Device for compensating clearances between the satellite and toothings of the flanges of a reducing mechanism for adjustment in position of seats, particularly of automobile seats

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A device to compensate for play between a satellite and teeth of flanges of a reducing mechanism for adjusting seat position is made of a fixed flange with inner teeth and a mobile flange with inner teeth, held against one another by a crimped ring, and contains a satellite with double teeth bearing by means of a roller bearing on a cam driven by a driving shaft. The driving shaft has a square section provided at one end with a conical portion and supporting at the other end a cone housed in a central opening of the fixed flange. The cone is pushed back by a spring bearing against a peg extending through the driving shaft. When the teeth of the fixed flange, the mobile flange and the, …