Lock apparatus for vehicle seat

Details Lock apparatus for vehicle seat Lock apparatus for vehicle seat

2011-03-29

2011-03-29

Pape, Joseph D (Department: 3612)

Land vehicles: bodies and tops

Bodies

Seats with body modifications

C296S065160, C297S337000, C297S378120

Reexamination Certificate

active

07914062

ABSTRACT:
A lock apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a protruding portion formed at the side of a seat cushion so as to protrude therefrom, the seat cushion being movable between a usable position and a retracted position, a guide wall member having a guide groove with which the protruding portion is engaged, a latch formed with an opening portion within which the protruding portion is engagable, a sliding member a sliding surface, a latch biasing member, a pawl, a cam surface formed at the pawl for rotating the latch so as to sandwich the protruding portion, a pawl biasing member, a releasing lever and a releasing member formed so as to protrude from the releasing lever in order to rotate the pawl by pressing a releasing portion in a direction against the biasing force applied to the pawl by the pawl biasing member.

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patent: WO 2006/132018 (2006-12-01), None
patent: WO 2008/102800 (2008-08-01), None

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