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Locking device

US9440557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

KEIPER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

Peter Mueller · Mackenbach, DE
Volker Windecker · Sippersfeld, DE
Stefan Haber · Pirmasens, DE
Kadir Yasaroglu · Bursa, TR
Silke Labuk · Weilerbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 16, 2012
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T403/595
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A locking device for a vehicle seat, includes a pawl for locking a mating element, which pawl is pivotally supported about a first axis, and a tensioning eccentric that is pivotally supported about a second axis, which is parallel to the first axis, between a locking position and an unlocking position and ensures a locked state of the pawl owing to the interaction with a first functional surface of the pawl, the tensioning eccentric acting upon the first functional surface by a tensioning surface when spring-loaded and locked, an unlocking element being pivotable about the first axis counter to a spring force from a locking position to an unlocking position by an actuation device and the tensioning eccentric being pivotally engaged by the unlocking element from its locking position towards its unlocking position.

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