Locking device for a longitudinal-adjustment device of a vehicle seat with a seat support to which an activation lever of the locking device is laterally hinged
First Claim
1. In a vehicle seat having a longitudinal adjustment device, wherein the longitudinal-adjustment device includes two pairs of rails (22, 24), each of said two pairs of rails being releasably lockable by means of a locking device having a catch (26), and including a floor rail (24) and a seat rail (22), said vehicle seat including a seat support and a height adjustment device for height adjustment of the vehicle seat independent of the longitudinal adjustments thereof, the seat rails (22) being connected to the seat support (34) through the height-adjustment device (30, 32), said locking device comprisingan activation lever (36) of the locking device laterally hinged to the seat support (34) and defining a hinge point, said activation lever serving to activate the catch (26), said locking device having a movable transmission link and a locking lever, wherein the activation lever (36) is connected to the transmission link (44) by means of a hinge connection for transmitting a movement of the activation lever to the locking lever independent of the position of the height adjustment device which in turn is hinge-connected to the locking lever (48), said locking lever being hinged to the seat rail and having a locking area which includes one from a group including the catch (26) and means for activating a separate catch.
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Abstract
A locking device for a longitudinal-adjustment device of a vehicle seat. The longitudinal-adjustment device includes two pairs of rails, each of which being releasably lockable by a catch and consisting of a floor rail and a seat rail. The seat rails being connected to a seat support through a height-adjustment device. An activation lever of the locking device is laterally hinged to the seat support and serves to activate the catch. This activation lever is hinge-connected to a transmission link which in turn is hinged to the seat rail and has a locking area which includes the catch or activates a separate catch.
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1. In a vehicle seat having a longitudinal adjustment device, wherein the longitudinal-adjustment device includes two pairs of rails (22, 24), each of said two pairs of rails being releasably lockable by means of a locking device having a catch (26), and including a floor rail (24) and a seat rail (22), said vehicle seat including a seat support and a height adjustment device for height adjustment of the vehicle seat independent of the longitudinal adjustments thereof, the seat rails (22) being connected to the seat support (34) through the height-adjustment device (30, 32), said locking device comprising
an activation lever (36) of the locking device laterally hinged to the seat support (34) and defining a hinge point, said activation lever serving to activate the catch (26), said locking device having a movable transmission link and a locking lever, wherein the activation lever (36) is connected to the transmission link (44) by means of a hinge connection for transmitting a movement of the activation lever to the locking lever independent of the position of the height adjustment device which in turn is hinge-connected to the locking lever (48), said locking lever being hinged to the seat rail and having a locking area which includes one from a group including the catch (26) and means for activating a separate catch.
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