LOCKING ASSEMBLY FOR RECLINER

A locking mechanism includes a housing, a cam disposed within the housing, and a plurality of pawls disposed within the housing. The housing includes a first plate and a second plate received by the first plate. The second plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plural...

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Hauptverfasser:	Vakil, Sanjay, Fazli, Mohammad, Carroll, Jeff, Cao, Yang, Bijwe, Harish
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	PERFORMING OPERATIONS SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES TRANSPORTING VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDEDFOR VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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Zusammenfassung:	A locking mechanism includes a housing, a cam disposed within the housing, and a plurality of pawls disposed within the housing. The housing includes a first plate and a second plate received by the first plate. The second plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plurality of teeth. Each of the plurality of pawls include first teeth positioned at opposing ends thereof and second teeth positioned between the first teeth. Each of the first teeth have a first flat face and a second flat face. The first teeth have a different profile than the second teeth. The cam is configured to engage with the plurality of pawls to reposition the plurality of pawls from a first position where the plurality of pawls do not engage with the second plate and a second position where the plurality of pawls engage with the second plate.