US 8,998,332 B2Granted

Locking device for a fold-over backrest of a seat

AssigneeKEIPER GmbH & Co. KG

InventorsIngo Teufel, Peter Reimer

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Abstract

A locking device for a fold-over backrest of a seat, has a locking housing in which a handle is pivotable between a locked position and an unlocked position, by which handle a pawl of a locking mechanism can be carried between a locked position and an unlocked position. A blocking bolt is movable manually by a closable lock between a blocked position blocking the handle and a released position releasing the handle. A transmission element is driveable displaceably in a guide from a first end position into a second end position. The transmission element has a retaining element and, upon movement of the handle out of the locked position, is movable into a retaining recess of the blocking bolt and prevents the blocking bolt from being able to move from the released position into the blocked position.

Claims10

Dependent claims

A locking device for a fold-over backrest of a seat, comprising:

a locking housing;
a handle arranged in the locking housing and which is able to be pivoted about a pivot axis between a locked position and an unlocked position;
and
a locking pawl of a locking mechanism that is able to be driven between a locked position and an unlocked position, comprising a blocking bolt which is able to move manually by means of a closable lock between a blocked position blocking the handle in the locked position thereof and a released position releasing the handle,
wherein the handle, when moved from the locked position into the unlocked position, displaceably drives a transmission element in a guide from a first end position into a second end position,
wherein the transmission element has a locking element fixedly arranged thereon and which, when the handle is moved from the locked position thereof, is able to be moved into a locking recess of the blocking bolt and blocks the ability of the blocking bolt to move from the released position thereof into the blocked position thereof.

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