Recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle

• US 7,472,963 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2005
• Issued: 01/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Jeong, Dong Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr.; Milton
• Application Number:
  US11/300,162
• Publication Number:
  US 20070102988A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,120 Days
• Field of Search: 297/463.1, 297/183.1, 297/183.4, 297/344.12, 297/354.1, 16D/IG.30, 161/101, 744/69, 744/91, 745/19, 745/43
• US Class Current: 297/463.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0296 Central command actuator to selectively switch on or engage one of several special purpose circuits or mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/16 height-adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/22 the back-rest being adjustable B60N2/2878 takes precedence

Abstract

A recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle has a recliner lever integrally assembled with a seat-height adjusting lever for the front seat with an identical hinge shaft, thereby preventing a passenger seated in the seat from being injured by an interference of a seat belt.

Claims

1. A recliner lever assembly for a front-seat of a vehicle, the recliner lever assembly comprising:

a hinge shaft;

a seat-height adjusting lever configured to be installed at a lower portion of a seat frame of the front-seat of the vehicle, the seat-height adjusting lever being rotatable around the hinge shaft, and comprising a receiving portion;

a recliner lever integrally assembled with the seat-height adjusting lever around the hinge shaft, so as to be received in the receiving portion of the seat-height adjusting lever and rotate when an angle of a seatback of the seat is adjusted;

a connecting bar configured to be attached to a side of the seatback; and

a connecting member comprising a first end connected to the hinge shaft and a second end attached to the connecting bar, the connecting member being operable by the recliner lever so as to adjust the angle of the seatback.

2. The recliner lever assembly for a front-seat of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises first and second links rotatably connected to the hinge shaft and the connecting bar respectively, and a third link extending between and connected to the first and second links by connecting pins.

3. The recliner lever assembly for a front-seat of a vehicle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first and second links have equal lengths.

4. The recliner lever assembly for a front-seat of a vehicle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recliner lever comprises a cap plate at an outer side thereof.