Patent ID: 8827302
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: A63C

Abstract:
1. Automatic heel unit for a ski binding, having a base element for mounting the automatic heel unit on the upper side of a ski and having a carriage which is mounted on the base element so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction of the ski and on which there is arranged a heel retainer with at least one retention means for retaining a ski boot in a heel region of the ski boot , wherein a) the automatic heel unit has at least one climbing position, in which the carriage with the heel retainer is situated in a rear position and the heel region of a ski boot held in the ski binding is released, and b) the automatic heel unit has a downhill position in which the carriage with the heel retainer is situated further forward than in the at least one climbing position and the at least one retention means can interact with the heel region of a ski boot held in the ski binding in such a way that the ski boot is locked in a lowered position, wherein the automatic heel unit comprises an adjusting lever for adjusting the automatic heel unit from the downhill position into the at least one climbing position and back, during which the carriage is moved to the rear position, wherein in the downhill position the carriage is further forward than in the at least one climbing position, wherein the adjusting lever is mounted on the carriage so as to be pivotable about a pivot axle, and wherein the automatic heel unit comprises a lever element which is mounted on the base element so as to be pivotable about a first axle and mounted on the adjusting lever so as to be pivotable about a second axle.