US Patent Issued to TOYOTA BOSHOKU on May 26 for "Gear device for vehicle seat" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,976, issued on May 26, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).

"Gear device for vehicle seat" was invented by Masashi Hattori (Seto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gear device is provided which transmits a rotational force to a movable portion of a vehicle seat. The gear device of the present disclosure includes a rotation body, a second gear, a third gear, a fourth gear, and a thrust bearing portion. The thrust bearing portion is configured to make a sliding contact with an axial end surface of a shaft protruding from the second gear. The thrust bearing portion is configured to make the sliding contact with an are...