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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2008
Hyun Sung Paing, Incheon, KR;
Jun Kyu Park, Incheon, KR;
Hyun Sung Paing, Incheon, KR;
Jun Kyu Park, Incheon, KR;
Austem Co., Ltd., Cheonan-si, KR;
Abstract
A latch assembly for a vehicle seat is provided which includes a base plate, a latch coupled to the base plate to rotate between locking position and open position, and a pawl and a pawl plate being coaxial on the base plate and coupled to overlap and interact therebetween, wherein the latch includes a locking surface, the pawl plate includes a pressing surface pressing the locking surface when the latch is at the locking position and a first supporting surface supporting the locking surface when the latch receives impact, and the pawl includes a second supporting surface supporting the locking surface together with the pawl plate when the latch receives the impact. Thus, the latch assembly has an improved configuration enabling a convenient handling and smoothly operating although there is a coupling condition error, and stably maintaining a coupling state in spite of external impact.