Continuously variable adjustable hinge
CA 2001133 A1 · Owner: Schmale, Gerhard · Inventors: Gerich, Frank; Schmale, Gerhard; Barda, Rudolph C.
Overview
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of the Invention, Continuously adjustable pivoted hinge such as employed for automotive, vehicle recliner seat back wherein a toothed sector on one hinge element is retained by a toothed pawl on tje other which has freedom of mounting connection at least equal to the pitch of one tooth in order to accommodate full tooth engagement for any continuously variable relative position of the sector. A pair of pivotally anchored cam element engage angularly related cam surfaces on the pawl after its full tooth engagement with the sector. Variable travel of cam surface to accommodate fully engaged presitioned pawl with self-locking angle resisting pawl displacement in either angular direction from …
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- Filed October 20, 1989. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 20, 2009.
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