Title: Adjustable hinge for motor-vehicle seat

Abstract: An adjustable hinge for interconnecting the back part and seat part of a motor-vehicle seat has a fixed hinge element secured to the seat part and a movable hinge element secured to the back part. The movable hinge element is provided with a pinion having outer teeth centered on a movable axis and is further provided with a disk riveted with the pinion to the movable element and having an outer edge surface also centered on the movable axis. The fixed hinge element has a recess with a circular inner edge surface aligned radially with the outer edge surface of the disk and centered on a fixed axis spaced from the movable axis. Furthermore the fixed hinge element is formed with an array of inner teeth aligned with the outer teeth. The tooth depth is smaller than the spacing between the axes and there are fewer outer teeth than inner teeth. An eccentric ring carried on a handle has a circular outer periphery riding on the outer edge surface of the disk so that rotation of the handle orbits the movable axis about the fixed axis and adjusts the inclination between the hinge elements.

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Inventors: Gensicke, Walter (Rockenhausen, DE, US)

Application Number: 862821
Filing Date: 1977-12-21
Publication_date: 1980-02-12
Assignee: Keiper Automobiltechnik GmbH & Co KG (Remscheid-Hasten, DE)
Primary Class(es): 16/354 297/362
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

3401979	Sep, 1968	Putsch	297/362.
3667804	Jun, 1972	Yasui et al.	297/362.
3673891	Jul, 1972	Pickles	297/362.
3823440	Jul, 1974	Klingelhofer	16/139.
4020717	May, 1977	Johnson	297/362.
4025109	May, 1977	Klingelhofer et al.	16/139.

Other Refs: 213087326157892303502

Jan, 1973	DE
Oct, 1976	DE
Oct, 1976	FR

Primary Examiner: Kee Chi, James
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Striker; Michael J.