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Motor vehicle seat

  • US 7,578,555 B2
  • Filed: 06/20/2005
  • Issued: 08/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:

  • a seat frame;

    a backrest pivotably mounted on the seat frame and configured to be folded down in a direction of a seat surface of the seat frame;

    a longitudinal rail guide configured to move the seat frame in a longitudinal rail direction for adjusting a longitudinal seating position;

    a fixing device for locking the longitudinal rail guide in a pre-set longitudinal seating position with at least one movably mounted first locking element, wherein a locking rail associated with the first locking element extends along the longitudinal rail direction with a plurality of locking points which are successively arranged in the longitudinal rail direction, wherein the first locking element is configured to engage the locking points for locking the longitudinal rail guide;

    a coupling mechanism configured to move together with the seat frame in the longitudinal rail direction and configured to unlock the fixing device when the backrest is folded down onto the seat surface;

    a memory unit configured to automatically stop the seat frame in a predeterminable longitudinal seating position, defined as the memory position, when movement occurs in the longitudinal rail direction, the memory unit comprising;

    an adjustment device configured to adjust the memory position of the memory unit in the longitudinal rail direction;

    a second locking element configured to be engaged with at least one locking point of the locking rail associated with the fixing device to lock a set memory position;

    wherein the second locking element has an engagement region configured to be engaged with the locking rail, and wherein the engagement region comprises two latching teeth configured to be selectively introduced into one locking point or into two adjacent locking points for locking the memory unit; and

    wherein the second locking element and the latching teeth are a unitary element.

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