Actuating arrangement for a vehicle seat
AssigneeDaimlerChrysler AG
InventorsRudolf Krist, Bernd Schmidt, Ralf-Henning Schrom, Volmar Schulz, Philip C. Shephard
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Abstract
An actuating device is provided for a vehicle seat whose seat back can be folded forward around a pivot axis into a deflected position to facilitate entrance and exit. The seat back is held in its folded-back end position by bilaterally provided rotary drop latches which can be unlocked remotely by a common actuating element in synchronization and with a tension arrangement being provided for remote unlocking. The rotary drop latches are rotationally coupled by a connecting rod and operably connected by a single tension strand with the actuating element.
Claims11
An actuating arrangement for a vehicle seat comprising:
- a vehicle seat whose seat back can be folded forward around a pivot axis into a deflected position to facilitate entry and exit, with the seat back being secured in its folded-back end position by bilaterally provided rotary drop latches that are synchronously remotely unlockable by a common actuating element, a tension arrangement being provided for remote unlocking;
- wherein the rotary drop latches are rotationally coupled by a connecting rod and operably connected with the actuating element by a single tension strand;
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- wherein the rotary drop latches are mounted with their rotary drop axles on the seat cushion part and, in their locking position with the seat back folded back, each fit around an associated retainer structure of the seat back in a locking fashion.
Vehicle seat arrangement comprising:
- a seat cushion,
- a seat back pivotally movable between an upright seating position and a folded position accommodating passenger exiting and entering of a vehicle,
- rotary latches disposed on respective opposite lateral sides of the seat cushion, and
- a remotely operable latching assembly operable to move the rotary latches from a position latching the seatback in the upright position to a position releasing the seatback to move to the folded position,
- wherein the latching assembly includes a single tension member operable to rotate both latches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.