A pumping device for a vehicle seat is proposed. The pumping device includes: a housing made of plastic, including a bottom surface having a through hole, a side wall arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the bottom surface, and an open upper surface, with a clutch device and a brake device, and a lever being connected to the housing at an outside of the bottom surface through the through hole so that the housing is configured to transmit drive force from the lever to the clutch device; and a housing cover made of metal, including a first side surface covering the open upper surface of the housing, a plurality of bending parts at an edge thereof such that the bending parts are bent toward the housing to achieve coupling between the housing cover and the housing, and a second side surface coupled to a seat frame.

The present invention relates to an eccentricity prevention device for a pumping device, which reduces an eccentric movement of an internal component due to an external force while reducing a free movement of a pumping lever, the eccentricity prevention device including a lever bracket coupled to the pumping lever, a housing having a clutch device provided therein and coupled to a position facing the lever bracket by the clutch device, and an elastic member elastically supported on the lever bracket while providing an elastic restoring force in a direction in which an eccentric movement of the clutch device being bent with respect to a rotation axis is canceled.

A clutch unit includes a lever-side clutch section configured to control transmission and interruption of rotational torque input by a rotation of an operation lever, and a brake-side clutch section configured to transmit the rotational torque from the lever-side clutch section to an output side and interrupt rotational torque that is reversely input from the output side. The lever-side clutch section includes a side plate to which the operation lever is fixed and an outer ring member that fits with the side plate. The brake-side clutch section includes a cover whose rotation is restricted. An angle regulating part configured to regulate a rotation angle of the operation lever is disposed radially inside of outer peripheral edges of the outer ring member and the cover and includes a claw of the outer ring member and a through hole of the cover.

Pawls in a lifter device, having: outer teeth that are rotatably supported by shafts for in lock plates and are meshed with inner teeth of a base; and pins that are provided in an intermediate section in the radial direction, between the shaft center of the shafts and the teeth tips of the inner teeth, and are pressed in the rotation direction by a rotation transmittance plate during a release operation. The pins have a protruding shape that protrudes from the pawls in the thrust direction.

A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle is proposed. In the pumping device, a plurality of pressure members is provided along an outer circumferential surface of a brake drum, and braking operation is performed through the pressure members moved when the brake drum rotates, so that friction between the brake drum and a housing can be avoided and thus deterioration of operational performance is prevented. In addition, the shape of the brake drum is simplified and the number of components is reduced, so that weight and size of the pumping device, and production cost are reduced, and fuel efficiency increases.

A pumping device for a vehicle seat is proposed. The pumping device includes: a housing made of plastic, including a bottom surface having a through hole, a side wall arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the bottom surface, and an open upper surface, with a clutch device and a brake device, and a lever being connected to the housing at an outside of the bottom surface through the through hole so that the housing is configured to transmit drive force from the lever to the clutch device; and a housing cover made of metal, including a first side surface covering the open upper surface of the housing, a plurality of bending parts at an edge thereof such that the bending parts are bent toward the housing to achieve coupling between the housing cover and the housing, and a second side surface coupled to a seat frame.

A pumping device for a seat of a vehicle is proposed. In the pumping device, a spring providing a restoring force to a lever bracket is directly connected to a housing without a separate component, so that the manufacturing cost is reduced and a layout size is reduced in response to removal of the component supporting the spring.

A clutch unit used for a vehicle seat includes an input side clutch is configured such that one member of the input side inner ring member and the input side outer ring member rotates with a rotation of the operation lever, and the other member of the input side inner ring member and the input side outer ring member is rotated via the input side transmission member, so that the rotation of the operation lever is transmitted to the output side clutch. A rotation suppressing member configured to urge the other member in the rotation axis direction and apply a rotational resistance force greater than a force for the co-rotating is provided so as to suppress co-rotation of the other member. A pressing force transmission portion configured to transmit a force the rotation suppressing member urges in the rotation axis direction to the output side transmission member is provided.

A clutch unit used for a vehicle seat includes an input side clutch configured such that one member of an input side inner ring member and an input side outer ring member rotates with a rotation of an operation lever, and the other member is rotated via an input side transmission member, so that a rotation of the operation lever is transmitted to an output side clutch. A rotation suppressing member configured to apply a rotational resistance force greater than a force for the co-rotating is provided between the other member and a member that does not rotate during a return operation of the operation lever, so as to suppress co-rotation of the other member by the one member during the return operation to the neutral position.

A backrest recline mechanism including a first shaft attachable to a first seat assembly component and a second shaft attachable to a second seat assembly component. The first shaft has a slotted ring defining capture slots and an interior annular space. A control ring has a first end disposed in the annular space. The second shaft is engaged with a second end of the control ring. A first collar, having a plurality of release recesses, is rotatably disposed around the slotted ring. First bearings respectively retained within the capture slots are beneath the first collar. In a first rotational position of the first collar, the plurality of release recesses align with the capture slots to rotationally disengage the first and second components. In a second rotational position, the release recesses misalign with the capture slots to rotationally engage the first and second seat assembly components.