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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2010
Jun-kyu Park, Incheon, KR;
Hong-jeon Baek, Seoul, KR;
Jun-Kyu Park, Incheon, KR;
Hong-Jeon Baek, Seoul, KR;
Austem Co., Ltd., Cheonan-si, KR;
Abstract
A latch assembly for vehicle seat is provided. The latch assembly includes a base with a receiving pocket for accommodating a striker of a vehicle body part, a catch rotatably coupled to the base to rotate between a locking position where the catch supports the striker and an unlocking position where the catch allows the striker to escape, a damping plate rotatably coupled to the base to elastically press the catch to rotate to the unlocking position and having a damping surface which elastically presses and supports the striker accommodated in the receiving pocket, a pawl plate rotatably coupled to the base and having a pressing surface which presses the catch rotated to the locking position, and a pawl rotatably coupled to the base with the same rotating axis as the pawl plate and can prevent a further rotation of the catch due to an outer impact.