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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2022
Ts Tech Co., Ltd., Asaka, JP;
Andrew J. Simms, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Justin Schrand, Ferndale, MI (US);
Dean Vandenheede, Franklin, MI (US);
TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A latch including a frame having a receiving groove in which a striker is receivable, and a hook rotatably supported by the frame, the hook having an engaging groove with which the striker is engageable. The engaging groove is a single groove having a first groove part extending from a part of an outer edge of the hook and a second groove part bent from the first groove part and extending in a direction different from a direction the first groove part extends. When the seat back is in the raised position, the hook is in a first position and the striker is in the first groove part, and when the seat back is in the reclining position, the hook is in a second position that is a position of the hook rotated in a first direction from the first position and the striker is in the second groove part.