Kiekert Ag

Keykert Usa, Inc.

Keith Robertson

Jim Zhuang

Stelian Borlodan

Daniel I Udriste

Scott Brown

Bryan D Bishop

John Dey

Vasanth K Suratkal

Philip Morrison

Stellan Borlodan

A motor vehicle seat locking device, in particular a rear seat backrest locking device, equipped with a retaining bracket that is connected to a vehicle body and can move relative thereto, and with a catch, seat-mounted, for the retaining bracket. According to the invention, the retaining bracket is connected to a rocker that can pivot with respect to a vehicle body-mounted base, about an axis that is at a distance from the bracket.

Motor vehicle seat locking device

A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle side-door latch, comprising a latch plate and comprising a locking mechanism which is mounted on the latch plate and consists substantially of a catch and pawl. The latch plate has an inlet jaw for a latch holder that enters therein and interacts with the locking mechanism. The inlet jaw is reinforced by a circumferential flange. According to the invention, the flange has at least one interruption which completely or partially reduces its installation height in order to compensate for deformations of the latch plate caused by tensile forces.

Motor vehicle latch

The subject matter of the present invention is a motor vehicle door lock, in particular tailgate lock, which is provided with a locking mechanism () essentially consisting of a rotary latch () and a pawl (). Furthermore, as required, an unlocking/opening actuator () as well as a locking actuator () may be realised. In addition at least one sensor () assigned to the locking actuator () is provided. According to the invention the sensor () is arranged at a distance from a locking mechanism plane protected in the lock interior, and is impacted by means of an actuating element () following the locking actuator ().

Vehicle door lock, especially tailgate lock

A latching device for automotive applications, in particular a backrest latch for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests in motor vehicles. The latching device in its basic construction is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting predominantly of a catch and predominantly a pawl. Furthermore, an element which can be mechanically impinged by a drive unit, in particular an unbolting element is provided for the locking mechanism. In accordance with the invention, the drive unit for the element and in particular the unbolting element is equipped with at least an end stop demonstrating a cantilever arm.

Latching device for automotive applications

A latching device for a backrest latch of a motor vehicle for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests includes a locking mechanism having a catch and at least one pawl, and an unbolting element for the locking mechanism which can be acted on manually and/or mechanically, whereby the unbolting element is a component of an exchangeable unbolting module and whereby the unbolting module forms a latch housing together with a basic module accommodating the locking mechanism, whereby the unbolting element is formed as a multifunctional element and whereby at least a switching and/or attenuation function can be executed by the multifunctional element.

The object of the invention is a motor vehicle latch demonstrating a locking mechanism comprising a catch and at least a pawl, a latch plate (), whereby the locking mechanism can be accommodated in the latch plate () and the latch plate () demonstrates an inlet area (), whereby a latch holder () can be inserted to interact with the locking mechanism in the inlet area () and with at least a deformation () formed in a peripheral area of the inlet area () in the latch plate (), whereby the deformation () is arranged at least in places directly on an edge of the inlet area ().

A motor vehicle latch, in particular, a backrest latch on a motor vehicle seat. This latch is fitted with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a catch, of a comfort pawl that secures the catch, as well as a pawl that acts on the comfort pawl. The pawl and the catch are resiliently coupled with the aid of at least one spring. The pawl is fitted with a securing arm and an actuating arm spaced apart from the securing arm over a predefined rotation angle, in each case for the comfort pawl.

Motor vehicle latch, in particular, backrest latch on a motor vehicle seat

The invention relates to a raising device for raising or opening a closure panel, in particular a rear flip glass, decklid, door or hood of a vehicle, after the closure panel has been unlocked. The raising device includes a raising lever moveably supported by a base frame, a spring having one part coupled to the raising lever for providing a raising force and securing means associated with the base frame for securing another part of the spring to secure the spring in different spring conditions, where each spring condition yields a different spring force and raising the force.

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Livonia, MI, United States of America

Keith Robertson