Patent ID: 8757678

Claim:
A locking device for a vehicle seat, the locking device comprising: a vehicle seat locking mechanism for mechanical locking of a movable catch of the vehicle seat locking mechanism with a counter-element; an actuator unit for the actuation of the vehicle seat locking mechanism by means of a drive, said actuator unit comprising a motor shaft and a gear; an operating element for manual actuation of said vehicle seat locking mechanism, wherein said gear and said motor shaft do not rotate when said operating element is actuated; a housing in which the vehicle seat locking mechanism is arranged and mounted, the actuator unit being arranged together with the vehicle seat locking mechanism in the housing, said housing comprising a vehicle seat locking mechanism partial housing and an actuator unit partial housing, said vehicle seat locking mechanism being arranged in said vehicle seat locking mechanism partial housing, said actuator unit being arranged in said actuator unit partial housing, wherein a motor drive movement of the actuator unit is only provided for the unlocking of the moveable catch with said counter element, said actuator unit comprising a rotary shaft, said motor drive movement being transmitted to said rotary shaft upon actuation of said motor, said operating element being connected to said rotary shaft such that said rotary shaft is rotated upon actuation of said operating element, wherein said vehicle seat locking mechanism is opened via rotation of said rotary shaft upon actuation of at least one of said motor and said operating element, said rotary shaft and said operating element being arranged in said actuator unit partial housing.