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US3216766A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Infinite positional adjustment and one-way lock mechanism

Assignee: Rockwell-Standard Corp
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Filing: 1962-05-14
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Granted: 1965-11-09
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Expires: 1982-05-14
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Paul C Tabor

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-01 04:20
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C1/00; A47C1/02; A47C1/022; A47C1/024; A47C1/027; A47C1/026

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 161 words
IN AN INFINITELY VARIABLE RELATIVE ANGULAR POSITIONAL ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN AUTOMOBILE SEAT FRAME AND SEAT BACK MEMBERS THAT ARE RELATIVELY ROTATABLE ABOUT THE SAME AXIS, AN INNER CLUTCH PART RIGID WITH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND HAVING DISTRIBUTED ALONG ITS PERIPHERY A PLURALITY OF ROLLER RECEIVING CAM RECESSES, A PLURALITY OF ROLLING CLUTCH ELEMENTS DISPOSED IN SAID CAM RECESSES, AN OUTER CLUTCH PART RIGID WITH THE OTHER MEMBER SHAPED TO ENCLOSE ONE SIDE AND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID INNER CLUTCH PART AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL INNER PERIPHERY SURROUNDING SAID INNER CLUTCH PARTS AND ENCLOSING SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS, A ROCKABLY MOUNTED COMBINATION RELEASE AND LOCKING RING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND COMPRISING POCKETS IN WHICH SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS ARE DISPOSED, SPRING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ONE SIDE OF THE INNER CLUTCH PART AND THE OUTER CLUTCH PART AND REACTING BETWEEN SAID INNER CLUTCH PART OF SAID LOCKING RING FOR BIASING SAID RING TO DISPLACE SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS ALONG SAID RECESSES
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 161 words
IN AN INFINITELY VARIABLE RELATIVE ANGULAR POSITIONAL ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN AUTOMOBILE SEAT FRAME AND SEAT BACK MEMBERS THAT ARE RELATIVELY ROTATABLE ABOUT THE SAME AXIS, AN INNER CLUTCH PART RIGID WITH ONE OF SAID MEMBERS AND HAVING DISTRIBUTED ALONG ITS PERIPHERY A PLURALITY OF ROLLER RECEIVING CAM RECESSES, A PLURALITY OF ROLLING CLUTCH ELEMENTS DISPOSED IN SAID CAM RECESSES, AN OUTER CLUTCH PART RIGID WITH THE OTHER MEMBER SHAPED TO ENCLOSE ONE SIDE AND THE PERIPHERY OF SAID INNER CLUTCH PART AND HAVING A CYLINDRICAL INNER PERIPHERY SURROUNDING SAID INNER CLUTCH PARTS AND ENCLOSING SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS, A ROCKABLY MOUNTED COMBINATION RELEASE AND LOCKING RING INTERPOSED BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS AND COMPRISING POCKETS IN WHICH SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS ARE DISPOSED, SPRING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN SAID ONE SIDE OF THE INNER CLUTCH PART AND THE OUTER CLUTCH PART AND REACTING BETWEEN SAID INNER CLUTCH PART OF SAID LOCKING RING FOR BIASING SAID RING TO DISPLACE SAID ROLLING ELEMENTS ALONG SAID RECESSES

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