Locking element for a vehicle seat
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorsAndreas Vedder, Igor Gordenko
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Abstract
A locking element for a vehicle seat serves to lock the backrest to a seat part and/or to the body of the vehicle. The element comprises a rotatably mounted rotary catch which interacts with a pin in a locking manner. A rotatably mounted latching pawl secures the rotary catch in its locking position. In case of an accident, the rotary catch and the latching pawl are displaced relative to a housing part.
Claims5
A locking element for a vehicle seat for locking the backrest to a seat part and/or to the body of the vehicle, comprising a rotatably mounted rotary catch which interacts with a pin in a locking manner, and a rotatably mounted latching pawl which secures the rotary catch in its locking position, wherein, in the case of an accident, the rotary catch and the latching pawl are displaced relative to a housing part.
The locking element claimed in claim 2, wherein the rotary catch and the latching pawl are each mounted by way of a bearing on the housing part, and wherein the bearing is deformed in the case of an accident.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.