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Fixing device for a vehicle seat and vehicle seat

US9016791B2 · kind B2 · utility

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13References

13Claims

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Assignee

Johnson Controls, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stefan Flucht · Burscheid, DE
Ian Morgan George · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 4, 2011
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60N2/309
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A fixing device for a vehicle seat, especially for a motor vehicle seat, includes a multi-articulated mechanism and a locking device that unlocks the multiarticulated mechanism when the vehicle seat is pivoted or folded back past a defined limiting angle, enabling the vehicle seat to be guided, especially pivoted and longitudinally moved, in a controlled manner, between an unlocked first position and an unlocked second position or vice versa.

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