Patent ID: 8123297

Claim:
A latching fitting for a vehicle seat for releasably locking a first part and a second part that are moveable with respect to each other, particularly for adjusting and locking a backrest part with respect to a seat part of the vehicle seat, the latching fitting comprising: a pawl connected to the first part, wherein the pawl is pivotable about a pawl bearing and comprises a latching toothing, wherein the latching toothing in a locked state of the latching fitting engages along a radial direction into a counter latching toothing of a locking piece connected to the second part; a tensioning element rotationally movable with respect to the pawl, wherein the tensioning element is supported on the first part and has a clamping surface via which the tensioning element interacts with a corresponding control surface of the pawl between a locking and an unlocking position of the pawl; a spring element configured to act on the tensioning element; and an actuating device configured to act on the pawl for unlocking and locking the latching fitting; wherein both the latching toothing of the pawl and the counter latching toothing of the locking piece comprise teeth having different tooth shapes extending in the radial direction and comprise a section in which a tooth geometry of the teeth is of a generally trapezoidal shape and a section in which the tooth geometry of the teeth is of a generally triangular shape, wherein the trapezoidal shaped teeth and the triangular shaped teeth of the latching toothing of the pawl generally correspond to the trapezoidal shaped teeth and the triangular shaped teeth, respectively, of the counter latching toothing of the locking piece.