Patent ID: 8366198

Claim:
A fitting for a vehicle seat comprising: a first fitting part fixed to a seat part; a second fitting part rotatable between a plurality of usage positions relative to the first fitting part for setting the inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat; a detent element fixedly connected to the second fitting part, said detent element having a detent element outer edge; a third fitting part fixed to the backrest, the third fitting part being lockable with the detent element, and pivotable about an axis relative to the second fitting part for the free pivoting of the backrest, said third fitting part having a third fitting part outer edge; and a stop for limiting the pivoting motion of the third fitting part on one side, the stop including at least one axially protruding first stop cam formed on the third fitting part and at least one axially protruding second stop cam formed on the detent element, the at least one axially protruding first stop cam and the at least one axially protruding second stop cam cooperating to form the stop to limit the pivoting motion of the third fitting part, the at least one axially protruding first stop cam having a first stop surface protruding into an intermediate space between the third fitting part and the detent element axially spaced apart therefrom and the at least one axially protruding second stop cam having a second stop surface protruding into the intermediate space, said first stop cam being arranged radially inside said third fitting part outer edge, said second stop cam being arranged radially inside said detent element outer edge; and a pawl wherein for locking the third fitting part to the detent element the pawl is mounted pivotably on the third fitting part via a bearing pin configured as an eccentric pin and said pawl cooperates with a detent cam on the detent element, said bearing pin being adjusted and fixed such that the pawl is locked to the detent element with one or more of maximum engagement of the pawl and without play.