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Locking device for a rail adjustment system

US7980525B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 2008
Grant dateJul 19, 2011
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Expiry dateJan 17, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/0881
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A locking device for a rail adjustment system of a vehicle seat, with a number of locking bolts and with a lever element, which is pivotable about a pivoting axis, for unlocking the locking bolt is provided, wherein the locking bolts can be unlocked by an application of force to an adjusting surface of the lever element in the unlocking direction. Furthermore, a rail adjustment system is provided which comprises an upper rail which can be connected to a vehicle seat, a lower rail which can be mounted in a positionally fixed manner, an articulation shaft and a locking device of the type mentioned at the beginning.

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