Patents Assigned to I.H.W. Engineering Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5016940
    Abstract: A seat reclining mechanism including a cushion arm pivotally connected to a squab arm by a planetary gear arrangement, the planetary gear arrangement including a pair of side by side ring gears, one of the ring gears being secured to the squab arm and the other of the ring gears being secured to the cushion arm, a sun and planetary gear arrangement common to both ring gears, the sun and planetary gear arrangement including radially movable planetary gears surrounding at least one sun gear having a fruso-conical form which is biased in an axial direction so as to urge the planetary gears in a radially outwards direction and into contact with the ring gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 21, 1991
    Assignee: I.H.W. Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Ian Holloway
  • Patent number: 4570999
    Abstract: The seat has a cushion portion and a back portion connected thereto by a pivot. The back portion is rotated relative to the cushion portion about the pivot by a flexible threaded tube rotatably attached to the frame of the cushion portion and passing through a threaded member on the back portion. Rotation of the tube by means of a hand wheel, or an electric motor, drives the threaded member. The thread is selected to be self-locking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1986
    Assignee: I.H.W. Engineering Ltd.
    Inventor: Neil Harrison