Patent ID: 11891843
Assignee: FAURECIA INTERIEUR INDUSTRIE
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A locking device for a movable part of a trim element of a vehicle, comprising:
a locking element, movable along a direction of movement between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking element being biased towards the locked position,
a pin, and
an actuator for actuating the pin comprising a shape memory element, the pin being configured to move the locking element from the locked position to the unlocked position when the actuator is actuated by changing the shape of the shape memory element,
wherein the pin is movable relative to the locking element along a push direction between:
an extended position, in which the pin bears on the locking element and moves said locking element from the locked position to the unlocked position when the actuator is actuated, and
a retracted position, in which the pin authorizes the movement of the locking element towards the locked position, the pin being moved to the retracted position when the locking element is in the unlocked position,

wherein the actuator is movable along the direction of movement between an actuating position in which the pin is in the extended position and moves the locking element between the locked position and the unlocked position, and an intermediate position in which the pin is in the extended position and the locking element is in the unlocked position,
the actuator further being movable along the direction of movement between the intermediate position and a release position, the pin moving from the extended position to the retracted position when the actuator moves from the intermediate position to the release position while the locking element is in the unlocked position.