Patent ID: 8366196

Claim:
A hinged fitting for a vehicle seat, with a fixed fitting part and a pivotable fitting part which are connected to each other in a manner such that they can pivot about a pivot axis, wherein the pivoting movement of the pivotable fitting part can be infinitely variably blocked by a blocking device comprising: a first blocking element which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the fixed fitting part, and a second blocking element which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the pivotable fitting part, wherein the blocking elements which lie opposite each other coaxially with respect to the pivot axis can be coupled to each other in a rotationally fixed manner and can be decoupled from each other, wherein the first blocking element comprises a first gear wheel which is coaxial with respect to the pivot axis and has a radially oriented first toothing, and the second blocking element comprises a second gear wheel which is coaxial with respect to the pivot axis and has a radially oriented second toothing, said toothings being arranged at a fixed distance from each other coaxially with respect to the pivot axis, a locking wheel being arranged coaxially between the first and second toothings, said locking wheel having, on both sides, a respective radially encircling, axially oriented toothing with a mutually offset pitch, the geometries of which are designed in such a manner that said toothings can enter the respectively coaxially opposite toothings of the fixed fitting part and the pivotable fitting part, the first toothing of the fixed fitting part having the same number of teeth as the coaxially opposite toothing of the locking wheel, and the second toothing of the movable fitting part having a different number of teeth from the coaxially opposite toothing of the locking wheel, and the locking wheel which can be inclined with respect to the pivot axis being movable axially between the two gear wheels.