Patent ID: 8469451

Claim:
A vehicle seat, comprising: a seat part; a back part connected to the seat part and rotatable; and a fitting adapted to adjust an angle between the seat part and the back part, the fitting comprising a first fitting part that is fixedly connected to a structure of the seat part, the structure of the seat part having a shell, and a second fitting part that is rotatable relative to the first fitting part and fixedly connected to a structure of the back part; wherein at least one of the first fitting part or the second fitting part is both positively connected and also non-positively connected to the structure of the seat part, wherein the back part includes a plurality of deformable projections that engage a respective recess of a plurality of recesses formed through the second fitting part to positively connect the second fitting part to the back part and a plurality of deformable beads that are formed on the second fitting part in a connection area between the second fitting part and the back part, and wherein the first fitting part is produced from a metal, has a substantially U-shaped cross-section to encompass an edge area of the shell of the seat part and includes at least one side airbag attachment opening.