ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,271, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DELTA KOGYO Co. LTD. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Reclining device" was invented by Hiroki Oshimo (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reclining device includes a guide bracket that is fixedly attached to one of a seat cushion and a seatback, an internal gear that is fixedly attached to the other and is shiftable for relative rotation to the guide bracket, at least a pair of lock gears that are respectively movable along a guide part provided on the guide bracket and includes external teeth meshable with internal teeth of the internal gear, and a cam that shifts the lock gears along the g...