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Clutch unit for seat lifter

Granted 25 Dec 2018 · no office action yet

Assignee: NTN Corporation

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Inventors: Kyohei Sasanuma, Yumiko Mineno · Examiner: Mimosa De · AU 2913 · TC 2900

Application
29/556,080
filed 26 Feb 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D836370
granted 25 Dec 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of the…

FIG. 1 is a front view of the design;

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the design;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the design;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view of the design;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the design;

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the design;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the design;

FIG. 8 is a reference rear view of the design;

FIG. 9 is a reference cross sectional view of the design along lines A-B-C in FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a reference right side view showing Example 1 of attachment onto a seat part;

FIG. 11 is a reference right side view showing Example 2 of attachment onto a seat part;

FIG. 12 is a reference drawing showing a state in which a lever for a seat lifter is coupled; and,

FIG. 13 is a reference drawing of a seat showing a lever for a seat lifter.

The broken lines form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D06/716.7

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JPJP-1548702-SS9 May 201627 Aug 2015grantedno title held

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