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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2001
Jochen Hofmann, Kueps, DE;
Gregor Kroener, Bischberg, DE;
Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, Coburg, Coburg, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a crash locking mechanism for an adjustment device of an automobile seat, with a triggering body having a triggering mechanism mounted for swivel movement on a part of the seat frame and which when a predetermined crash load is exceeded leaves the rest position as a result of its inertial energy, whereby a positive fit locking of the adjustment device is made possible by means of at least one locking element, and is characterised in that the triggering mechanism ( ) when the predetermined crash load is exceeded can be uncoupled from the at least one locking element ( ) which is spring elastically pretensioned in the locking direction. A retaining element ( ) which is associated with the locking element ( ) can be controlled by the triggering body ( ) to which the spring force of the pretensioned locking element is applied. Furthermore a connecting link ( ) and spring-loaded holding element ( ) acting thereon is provided interacting with the triggering body ( ) in order to be able to adapt the triggering energy and the triggering time exactly to the different requirements.