Patent · US Expired

Locking device with grooved locking pins

US6764054B2 · kind B2 · utility

17Cited by

11References

3Claims

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Inventors

Burkhard Becker · Ismaning, DE
Ernst-Reiner Frohnhaus · Solingen, DE
Klaus Kautzner · Hilden, DE
Ulrich Karthaus · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 26, 2002
Grant date	Jul 20, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 26, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/0806
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A locking device of a longitudinal adjustment device of a vehicle seat is provided with a catch bar with periodically arranged snap openings and snap studs that is assigned to a bottom rail of the longitudinal adjustment device and is further provided with a locking unit assigned to a seat rail of the longitudinal adjustment device. The locking device has at least two locking pins that can be inserted into the snap openings independent of one another, they can be disengaged only jointly. The locking pins are arranged in a guide member which has a pin bore for each locking pin. The snap pins are provided with a grooved region consisting of at least one individual groove. Said grooved region is located in proximity to the lower end of the corresponding pin bore when the locking pin is engaged in a snap opening.

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