Patent ID: 8708413
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking device for a vehicle seat, the locking device comprising: a housing; a pawl mounted in a movable manner on the housing for locking with a mating element; safety elements for securing the pawl in a locked state, and for moving relative to the pawl for unlocking the locking device, the safety elements including a clamping element exerting a closing moment on the pawl in a normal case, and a catch element supporting the pawl in the event of a crash; and a query device for querying the locked state of the locking device, the query device having a transducer and a sensor, the query device being contactless with the transducer and the sensor interacting with each other due to the relative positioning and/or movement thereof, wherein just one of the safety elements comprises the transducer and another one of the safety elements has a passive element, which interferes with the field of the transducer.