Abstract: An up-stop mechanism for a vehicular window provides, in some embodiments of the present invention, a means of adjustment of a window position from inside the vehicle, rather than, for example, through its beltline. Embodiments of the present invention may also permit adjustment of the window without loss of the position of the up stop and, with it, the vertical limit of the controlled window pane. Fine adjustment of the window position is also enabled through the use of indirect control of the position of the up stop and gradations on an adjacent base plate, on which the up stop is adjustably mounted. Embodiments of the present invention may provide an adjustment interface on a portion of an up stop, while a complementary interface, designed to engage the adjustment interface of the up stop, may be provided on an adjusting component, most preferably one that is borne or mounted separately from the up stop.

Abstract: A locking pivot mechanism which may be used as a seat recliner to reduce chucking of a seat back has a toothed quadrant, a gear with two sets of teeth, a toothed pawl, and an engagement member. The engagement member is biased against the pawl which, in turn, is forced into engagement with one set of the gear teeth and the other set of teeth engage with the quadrant to lock the quadrant against rotation, thus reducing chucking.