IP Library Granted Patent US 9,315,122
Granted Patent B2
US 9,315,122 · App. 14/233,587 · Granted Apr 19, 2016

Seat fitting for a motor vehicle seat

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Patent No.
US 9,315,122
App. No.
14/233,587
Granted
Apr 19, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle seat fitting includes a fitting top part with a ring gear ( 21 ) having internal toothing, a fitting bottom part with a gear wheel ( 4 ), having external toothing and which is in engagement with the ring gear, an eccentric arranged rotatably in a bore ( 7 ) of the bottom part running axially to the gear wheel, for rolling adjustment of the gear wheel relative to the hollow gear, and a drive shaft, which drives the eccentric and extends axially to the ring gear. A cam receptacle ( 17 ) is arranged on one of the gear wheel or the ring gear ( 21 ) and a stop cam ( 16 ), that engages in the cam receptacle, is arranged on the other of the gear wheel or ring gear, in a ring portion between the external toothing and the bore and on the ring gear in a zone which may overlap the ring portion.

Claims (31)

1. A seat fitting for a motor vehicle seat, the seat fitting comprising:

a fitting top part with a ring gear that has internal toothing;

a fitting bottom part with a gear wheel, which has external toothing and which is in engagement with the ring gear;

an eccentric arranged rotatably in a bore of the fitting bottom part running axially to the gear wheel for rolling adjustment of the gear wheel relative to the ring gear; and

a drive shaft, which drives the eccentric and extends axially to the ring gear, wherein:

a cam receptacle is arranged on one of the gear wheel or the ring gear;

a stop cam, engaging into the cam receptacle, is arranged on the other of the gear wheel or the ring gear; and

the stop cam or the cam receptacle is arranged on the gear wheel in a ring portion running between the external toothing and the bore and is arranged on the ring gear in a zone which can be overlapped by the ring portion, the stop cam being arranged on a stop cam carrier that can be connected, secured against rotation, to the ring gear or the gear wheel.

2. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the cam receptacle and/or the stop cam have a progression coaxial to the associated bore.

3. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein side surfaces of the stop cam oriented in the peripheral direction, have a shape matched to side surfaces of the cam receptacle.

4. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the stop cam carrier, and the ring gear or the gear wheel have a corresponding design, such that the stop cam carrier in the assembled state is secured against rotation relative to the gear wheel or the ring gear.

5. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the cam receptacle is formed by an annular cavity, circumferential in the assembled state, that is interrupted by a locking element.

6. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the stop cam and the cam receptacle are formed such that during an adjustment, the stop cam moved relative to the cam receptacle on a cycloid-shaped path comes into contact with the side surface of the cam receptacle in the zone of the path, in which the portion of the movement path oriented in the peripheral direction is greater than the portion of the movement oriented in the radial direction.

7. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , further comprising at least another cam receptacle to provide a plurality of cam receptacles of different length arranged in a peripheral direction on the ring gear or gear wheel.

8. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the fitting top part is formed integrally with the ring gear and/or the fitting bottom part is formed integrally with the gear wheel.

9. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , wherein the eccentric has a catch and two wedge segments.

10. The seat fitting according to claim 1 , further comprising a spring element wherein the wedge segments are pressed apart from each other in the peripheral direction by the spring element.

11. A motor vehicle seat fitting comprising:

a fitting first part with a ring gear comprising internal toothing;

a fitting second part with a gear wheel comprising external toothing, the external toothing being engaged with the internal toothing;

an eccentric arranged rotatably in a bore of the fitting second part, the bore extending axially to the gear wheel for a rolling adjustment of the gear wheel relative to the ring gear;

a drive shaft, which drives the eccentric and extends axially to the ring gear;

a cam receptacle associated with one of the gear wheel and the ring gear; and

a stop cam associated with another of the gear wheel and the ring gear, the stop cam extending into the cam receptacle, one of the stop cam and the cam receptacle being positioned in a region of a ring portion between the external toothing and the bore another of the stop cam and the cam receptacle being positioned in a region adjacent to the ring portion, the stop cam being formed as a part of a stop cam carrier secured against rotation to said another of the gear wheel and the ring gear.

12. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the cam receptacle and the stop cam have a course that extends coaxially to the bore.

13. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein side surfaces of the stop cam, oriented in a peripheral direction, have a shape matched to side surfaces of the cam receptacle.

14. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein the stop cam carrier is secured against rotation relative to the gear wheel or the ring gear.

15. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein the cam receptacle is formed by an annular cavity that extends circumferentially and is interrupted by a locking element.

16. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein the stop cam and the cam receptacle have a shape such that during rolling adjustment of the gear wheel relative to the ring gear, the stop cam moves relative to the cam receptacle on a cycloid-shaped path and comes into contact with a side surface of the cam receptacle over a portion of the path, in which the portion of the movement path oriented in the peripheral direction is greater than the portion of the movement oriented in the radial direction.

17. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , further comprising at least another cam receptacle to provide a plurality of cam receptacles of different length arranged in a peripheral direction on the ring gear or gear wheel.

18. The seat fitting according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the fitting first part is formed as an integral part including the ring gear and the fitting second part is formed as an integral part including the gear wheel.

Assignments (7)
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: CNI ENTERPRISES, INC.; ADIENT US LLC
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063085/0391 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN IP Recorded Nov 17, 2022
From: ADIENT US LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 061956/0301 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 14, 2022
From: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
To: ADIENT US LLC
Reel/Frame 059086/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
To: ADIENT GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD.
Reel/Frame 058751/0678 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: JOHNSON CONTROLS METALS AND MECHANISMS GMBH & CO. KG
To: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A R.L.
Reel/Frame 055170/0344 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 24, 2020
From: C. ROB. HAMMERSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG
To: JOHNSON CONTROLS METALS AND MECHANISMS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055026/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2014
From: WINGENSIEFEN, WILHELM
To: C. ROB. HAMMERSTEIN GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 031996/0344 →