Patent ID: 9180799
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A locking system for a vehicle seat, for locking to a vehicle structure of a vehicle, comprising: a backrest which is able to he folded from an approximately upright normal position about a backrest axis into as folded position inclined in the direction of travel; a locking device arranged on the backrest which is arranged in a housing and comprises a pawl which is able to be pivoted between a locked position and an unlocked position about a pawl axis, wherein said pawl is configure to be pivotably driven by an unlocking element which is manually pivotable about a grip axis parallel to the backrest axis, between a locked position and an unlocked position, and said pawl is configured to be pivotably driven by an actuation device arranged on the vehicle structure, wherein, when the backrest is in the normal position and the pawl is in the locked position, the pawl is configured to lock to a counter element arranged on the vehicle structure to lock the counter clement and vehicle structure to the locking device, wherein the actuation device has a control lever which is able to be moved between a locked position and an unlocked position, wherein the control lever is operatively connected to the unlocking element when the backrest is in the normal position and the control lever is in the locked position, such that moving the control lever from its locked position into its unlocked position causes the unlocking element to be movably driven into its unlocked position, wherein the control lever is not operatively connected to the unlocking element when the backrest is in the normal position and the control lever is in the unlocked position and when the backrest has been moved from the folded position into the normal position with the control lever in the unlocked position.