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US 6,805,410 B2Granted
Fitting for a vehicle seat
AssigneeKEIPER GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsThomas Christoffel, Kadir Yasaroglu
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Abstract
In a fitting for a vehicle seat, particularly an automobile seat, having two fitting parts (5, 8) which are pivotable relative to one another, thus allowing pivoting of a backrest (12) of the vehicle seat (3) between at least one sitting position and a table position and/or a reclining position, with the fitting having a pawl (15) which is pivolably borne on a first fitting part (5) and acting jointly with at least one single locking element (18, 32) of the second fitting part (8) to lock the fitting (1), the pawl (15) locks the fitting (1) in the sitting position as well as in the table and/or reclining position.
Claims20
A fitting for a vehicle seat having a seat component and a backrest, the fitting comprising:
- fitting parts mounted so that there can be relative rotation between the fitting parts, wherein the fitting parts are for allowing the backrest to pivot relative to the seat component from a first position, in which the backrest extends upright from the seat component so that a user can sit in the seat, to at least one other position selected from a reclining position and a table position, with the reclining position being achieved by pivoting the backrest away from the first position by pivoting the backrest in a first direction relative to the seat component, and the table position being achieved by pivoting the backrest away from the first position by pivoting the backrest in a second direction relative to the seat component, with the first and second directions being opposite from one another;
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- a pawl that is pivotably carried on a first fitting part of the fitting parts and releasably cooperates with:
- a first locking element of a second fitting part of the fitting parts to lock the fitting in the first position, and
- a second locking element of the second fitting part to lock the fitting in the other position,
- wherein:
- the pawl is arranged in a locking position while the pawl locks the fitting in the first position, and the pawl is also arranged in said locking position while the pawl locks the fitting in the other position,
- a first mouth of the pawl receives the first locking element to lock the fitting in the first position,
- a second mouth of the pawl receives the second locking element to lock the fitting in the other position, and
- the first and second mouths, with respect to the pivoting movement of the pawl, are respectively open in different directions.
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A fitting for a vehicle seat having a seat component and a backrest, the fitting comprising:
- fitting parts mounted so that there can be relative rotation between the fitting parts, wherein the fitting parts are for allowing the backrest to pivot relative to the seat component from a first position, in which the backrest extends upright from the seat component so that a user can sit in the seat, to at least one other position selected from a reclining position and a table position, with the reclining position being achieved by pivoting the backrest away from the first position by pivoting the backrest in a first direction relative to the seat component, and the table position being achieved by pivoting the backrest away from the first position by pivoting the backrest in a second direction relative to the seat component, with the first and second directions being opposite from one another;
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- a pawl that is pivotably carried on a first fitting part of the fitting parts and releasably cooperates with:
- a first locking element of a second fitting part of the fitting parts to lock the fitting in the first position, and
- a second locking element of the second fitting part to lock the fitting in the other position,
- wherein:
- a first mouth of the pawl receives the first locking element to lock the fitting in the first position,
- a second mouth of the pawl receives the second locking element to lock the fitting in the other position,
- the first locking element is a first bolt,
- the second locking element is a second bolt,
- the pawl is arranged in a locking position while the pawl locks the fitting in the first position, and the pawl is also arranged in said locking position while the pawl locks the fitting in the other position, and
- the fitting further comprises safety elements for securing the pawl in said locking position while the pawl locks the fitting in the first position, with the same safety elements securing the pawl in said locking position while the pawl locks the fittings in the other position, and the safety elements each being mounted for pivoting relative to the pawl.
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