Patent ID: 9592748
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: B60N

Claim:
1. A locking device comprising a retainer region for receiving a counter element, a catch, which can be pivoted between a locking position that locks the counter element in said retainer region and an unlocking position about a first rotation axis, wherein the locking device also comprises a compensation element that can be pivoted between a contact position for tensioning the counter element in a direction of the retainer region and a release position for releasing said counter element about a second rotation axis, wherein the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis are separate and parallel to each other; wherein the compensation element comprises a functional surface facing towards the counter element in the contact position, which, in the contact position, exerts a force directed into the retainer region on the counter element; wherein the locking device is configured such that the counter element comes into contact with an other functional surface of the catch only in the presence of a movement of the counter element along a release direction leading out of the retainer region, whereby the other functional surface of the catch is aligned perpendicular to the release direction; wherein the compensation element is coupled with the catch via a coupling mechanism, the compensation element comprising driver in the form of a pin, which is configured to slide on an external control cam of the catch; wherein in case the catch is transferred along a second direction of rotation from the locking position to the unlocking position, the external control cam comes into contact with the driver; and wherein in the contact position of the compensation element the driver is out of contact with the external control cam.