Locking device for a movable element of an automobile vehicle seat with locking indication
AssigneeBertrand Faure Equipements SA
InventorVincent Bernard
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Abstract
This device includes a locking component (2) attached to an element of the vehicle, for example, the inner wall of the boot, and penetrating, in locked position, into a window (12) of a second element, for example the folding backrest (1) of a rear seat, to be held in this position by a lock (3). The said second element includes a locking indication aperture (54) and a pivoting lever (5) returned by a spring (56) to a stable position where an end area (59) of the lever, visible in the indication window, indicates absence of locking, the said lever (5) being positioned so as to be moved out of the said stable position by the locking component when the latter is in locked position.
Claims8
Device for locking a movable element of an automobile vehicle seat onto a fixed element, the device comprising:
- a locking component attached to a first one of the elements and penetrating, in a locked position into a window made in a second one of the elements, and a movable lock attached to the second element and adapted to mate in locked position, with the locking component, wherein the second element includes a locking indication aperture and a pivoting lever returned by a spring to a stable position in which a lever end zone is visible in the indication aperture and indicates absence of locking, the lever being positioned so that it will be moved from the stable position by the locking component when the locking component is in locked position.
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