Patent ID: 7434885
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A seat back hinge mounting for a forwardly foldable motor vehicle seat comprising: a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm adapted for relative rotation about a hinge pin, a locking cam, which is disposed on said second hinge arm and is movable between a locking position and a release position, a first stop flange and a second stop flange being provided on said first hinge arm and said locking cam cooperating with said second stop flange in the locking position and does not cooperate with said second stop flange in the release position, wherein a retainer lug, which is bound in a circumferential direction by said first stop flange and by said second stop flange, is provided on said first hinge arm; a limit stop cooperating with said first stop flange and being spaced in a same radial distance apart from said hinge pin as said first stop flange is disposed on said second hinge arm; and a retainer device that prevents said locking cam from moving from the release position into a forbidden region defined by an area bounded by (i) an arc of a circle about said hinge pin having a radius extending from said hinge pin to a free end of said retainer lug, (ii) a line extending from said hinge pin to said limit stop and (iii) a second line extending from said hinge pin to said first stop flange.