An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes a seat-motion controller configured to control movement of the seat back relative to the seat bottom.

The invention relates to a bracket (20) of a vehicle seat connecting a backrest (12) to a seat portion (11), including a hinge (10) which includes a first flange (3) and a second flange (4) connected to one another by means of inner peripheral teeth (31), thus defining an interface plane (P) perpendicular to the hinging axis and passing through said inner peripheral teeth, a first framework (5) of the backrest connected to the first flange (3) via a first attachment (1), a second framework (6) of the seat portion connected to the second flange (4) via a second attachment (2), the first attachment and the second attachment (1, 2) being arranged on the same side relative to the interface plane (P), the attachments preferably being welds.

A vehicle seat frame comprising a first adjusting part and a second adjusting part which is pivotable relative to the first adjusting part, at least two detent fittings by means of which the first adjusting part and the second adjusting part are connected together, wherein the at least two detent fittings hold the two adjusting parts in position relative to each other in a locked state and are able to be unlocked from each other in order to pivot the two adjusting parts, an actuating device which is connected to a first of the at least two detent fittings for unlocking the first of the at least two detent fittings and a coupling device by means of which the at least two detent fittings are coupled together for a common unlocking process. The coupling device comprises a tensile element which is designed to transmit a tensile force.

When a first memory member rotates relative to a second rotating member to a predetermined relative rotation position at which a second memory member sliding on a sliding surface is capable of entering an engagement slot, the slide-trailing end of the second memory member, which leaves the sliding surface last, is a corner having no round shape. Further, the boundary between the sliding surface and the engagement slot is also a corner having no round shape.

The seat reclining apparatus includes first and second pawls supported by a base member to be movable in radial directions and to be engageable with an internal gear of a ratchet. In the unlocked range, a first pawl-restriction portion of the ratchet and a first limit portion of the first pawl, which are positioned on the radially outer side, radially face, and each pawl is prevented from engaging with the internal gear. In a specific range of the unlocked range, a second pawl-restriction portion of the ratchet and a second limit portion of the second pawl, which are positioned on the radially inner side, radially face. The second pawl-restriction portion or/and the second limit portion includes a pressing portion which moves the second pawl to a disengaged position when the second-pawl restriction portion and the second limit portion mutually contact in the rotational direction of the ratchet.

A seat adjuster, includes a brake acting between fixed and adjustable parts so the adjustable part is blockable in positions on the fixed part and releasable by a release element, an adjustment element acting on the release element, selectively adjusting the adjustable part in two opposite directions, and a locking element automatically engaging and interlockingly locking the adjustable part to the fixed part when the adjustment element is not actuated and automatically disengaging when the adjustment element is actuated, disengagement of the locking element and adjustment of the adjustable part being effected by moving the adjustment element out of neutral position, the locking element having a toothed segment for meshing with a toothed ring coupled to the adjustable part so the locking element is movable in the radial direction of the toothed ring between locking and release positions, in which the locking element meshes with or moves away from the toothed ring

A vehicle seat adjuster for adjusting the inclination of a backrest with respect to the seat.

A recliner mechanism for a seat. The recliner mechanism may have a first plate and a cartridge. The first plate may define a through hole that may receive the cartridge. The cartridge may have a pawl spring slot that may receive a pawl spring that may exert a biasing force on a pawl.

A locking mechanism for a recliner assembly. The locking mechanism includes a plate and a pawl. The plate includes a peripheral lip having an interior face that defines a plurality of teeth. The pawl includes first teeth positioned at opposing ends thereof and second teeth positioned between the first teeth. Each of the first teeth has a first flat face and a second flat face. Each of the second teeth has one flat face and one curved face. The pawl is positionable between (i) a first position where the pawl does not engage with the plate and (ii) a second position where the pawl engages with the plate.

A disc recliner assembly has a guide plate including one pair of spaced apart and parallel guide walls and an outer peripheral rim having a plurality of radially projecting teeth. A tooth plate has an outer peripheral rim with a plurality of radially projecting teeth axially aligned with the teeth of the guide plate. A pawl is mounted between the guide plate and the tooth plate. The pawl is guided by the pair of guide walls between an unlocked position with the teeth of the pawl spaced and disengaged from teeth of the guide plate and the tooth plate to allow rotational movement of the guide plate relative to the tooth plate and a locked position with the teeth of the pawl in messed engagement with the teeth of the guide plate and the tooth plate to prevent rotational movement of the guide plate relative to the tooth plate.