Abstract: Lock having a latch (1) which can be displaced between an open position and a closed position and is retained in the closed position by a catch (2), it being possible for the catch (2), by a release member (3) being pivoted about a pivot bearing, to be moved from a blocking position into a release position which allows the latch to be displaced into its open position, the release means (3) acting on the catch (2), and having a safety member (4) which can assume an active position, which allows displacement of the catch (2) by release member actuation, and a safety position, which allows the release member to be inoperative upon actuation, the changeover between the active position and the safety position of the safety member (4) taking place, in particular, by an electric motor such that with the release member (3) moved into the release position, upon changeover from the safety position into the active position, the catch (2) is moved into its release position, wherein a safety lever (5) which carries the sa

Abstract: Motor-vehicle door lock (1) which can be actuated by means of an interior handle and an exterior handle, wherein the exterior handle acts on a trigger (15), actuation of which triggers a catch (9) to retain a rotary latch (10) in an unlocked position of the lock, and is inactive in a locked position and in a safeguarding position. The interior handle (30) acts on a transmission lever (14) which triggers the catch (9) in the unlocked position and the locked position, and is inactive in the safeguarding position. The transmission lever (14) has a switching member (26) wherein in the locked position, initial actuation of the interior handle (30) switches over the switching member (26) from the inoperative position into the operative position, and switches over the lock (1) into the unlocked position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock with a latch (32), held in the closed position by means of a detent pawl (36). A tripping device (39) co-operates with the detent pawl (36) and with a safety element (43, 51, 54), which can adopt a working position, permitting a displacement of the detent pawl (36), by a tripping action and a safety position, permitting an idle operation of the tripping device on operation thereof, whereby on switching between the working and the safety position, with a tripping device (39) in the release position thereof, the detent pawl (36) is moved to the released position thereof. The pivot bearing (S) for the tripping device is non-active in the safety position in order to improve the force transmission and the control.

Abstract: A rotary-latch lock (1), of which a rotary latch (8) has a fork mouth (9) for accommodating a mating locking part (6) which, in a locked position of the rotary-latch lock (1), is located in front of a blocking flank (16) formed by a fork-mouth leg (11), having a window-like opening (17, 25, 26) which promotes plastic deformation when the blocking flank (16) is subjected to increased loading, wherein the opening (17, 25, 26) forms a bending/extending web (18, 23, 24).

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for the bracing connection of spaced-apart components (1, 2) by means of a connecting screw (5), comprising a supporting part (3), which can be secured on the first component (1) by means of fastening elements (8), and a spacer part (4), which can be displaced axially in relation to the supporting part (3) by virtue of rotation and, as the connecting screw (5), fitted into an opening of the spacer part, is screwed in, is carried along, as a result of friction-fitting engagement of the lateral surface of the screw shank against resilient elements (9) projecting into the opening, until it strikes against the second component (2). It is proposed that both the supporting part (3) and the spacer part (4) are threaded bushings (6, 7) formed in one piece, the fastening elements (8) and the resilient elements (9) forming parts of the respective shaped member.

Abstract: A seat for use in a motor vehicle has a body supporting unit and a back rest which is pivotably connected to the body supporting unit by two hinges having pintles provided with eccentrics which cause the back rest to perform a composite pivotal and transverse movement while it changes its orientation with reference to the body supporting unit. The back rest carries two pivotably mounted arm rests which are connected to the back rest and to the body supporting unit by linkages serving to ensure that the orientation of the arm rests remains substantially or completely unchanged while the back rest is pivoted with reference to the body supporting unit. A second linkage can be used to pivot the front ends of the arm rests rearwardly and upwardly when the back rest is lifted with reference to the body supporting unit and is pivoted forwardly toward the dashboard in a two-door motor vehicle in order to afford convenient access to the rear seats or to permit a passenger to leave a rear seat with a minimum of effort.

Abstract: A hinge joint wherein a first component is affixed to the body supporting portion and a second component is affixed to the back rest of a seat, particularly in a motor vehicle. The two components are articulately connected to each other by a pintle having a cylindrical portion journalled in a sleeve of the second component, and an eccentric conical portion journalled in a complementary hole of a spur gear forming part of the first component. A spring biases the conical portion into the hole, and the conical portion has an eccentric recess for a cylindrical portion of the sleeve. Such design of the pintle contributes to simplicity and to a reduction of space requirements of the hinge joint. The conical portion can move the spur gear of the first component radially relative to an internal gear of the second component when the pintle is rotated by a hand wheel or by a motor.

Abstract: A hinge joint which pivotably connects the back to the weight carrying portion of a seat in a motor vehicle has a shaft with two concentric and two eccentric cylindrical portions. The component which is attached to the back has an internal gear mating with a spur gear of the component which is attached to the weight carrying portion of the seat. One of the components is rotatably mounted on the concentric cylindrical portions of the shaft, and the other component surrounds with a small clearance one of the eccentric cylindrical portions. The other eccentric cylindrical portion is surrounded by the prong-like segments of a diaphragm spring or by discrete segments to compensate for radial clearance between the mating teeth of the gears on the two components.

Abstract: A hinge joint wherein one of the leaves is secured to a fixed part and the other leaf is secured to the pivotable back rest of a seat in motor vehicle and is pivotable with reference to the fixed leaf about the axis of a pintle which can be rotated by a hand wheel or a motor. The other leaf carries a braking member with a cylindrical or frustoconical internal surface which is engaged by the peripheral surface of a prestressed elastic split ring defining a gap for the projection of a blocking element which is affixed to the pintle and urges the split ring into stronger frictional engagement with the braking member when the back rest is acted upon to pivot the other leaf. A coupling device is secured to the hand wheel or to the motor to disengage the split ring from the braking member when the pintle is rotated by the hand wheel or by the motor. The end portions of the split ring flank the projection of the blocking element and are flanked by two protuberances of the coupling device.

Abstract: A seat rail for vehicle seats, particularly motor vehicle seats, is formed as a housing in which at least one drive element of a seat adjustment device is arranged. A slide rail which serves the longitudinally movable adjustment in a guide rail is formed on the seat rail. Seat adjustment devices to control the height, longitudinal movement or the angle of inclination of the seat may be included in the seat rail.

Abstract: An arrangement for adjustment of seats has a seat support which is connected with rails associated with a vehicle bottom. The front end region of each lateral support member is connected via a swinging member with the associated rail in a pivotable manner. Each swinging member has a toothed rack in which a pinion supported in each lateral support member engages, and the pinion is arranged on a shaft extending through the lateral support members. An actuatable locking device fixes the pinion in the toothed rack together with the seat support in selected positions in stepped manner. For lifting or lowering the front and the rear seat region independently of each other, or together with each other, the rear end region of each lateral support member is also supported on a shaft extending through the seat support and fixedly connected with a pinion associated with each lateral support member.

Abstract: A seat, particularly a power vehicle seat, has seat rail elements arranged at both longitudinal sides and forming a connection between a vehicle body and the seat part, each of the seat rail elements has a guide rail and a movable rail displaceably longitudinally relative to the guide rail, each of the movable rails includes a carrying member and a holding member together forming a T-shaped movable rail, a hinge connected with the seat part and connecting the movable rail with the back part, the hinge includes two hinge parts formed as a position adjusting and fixing transmission, wherein one of the hinge parts is fixedly connected with the carrying member of the T-shaped movable rail, whereas the other hinge part is connected with the back part and surrounded by the holding member of the T-shaped movable rail.

Abstract: A seat rail for vehicle seats, particularly motor vehicle seats, is formed as a housing in which at least one drive element of a seat adjustment device is arranged. A slide rail which serves the longitudinally movable adjustment is a guide rail is formed on the seat rail. Seat adjustment devices to control the height, longitudinal movement or the angle of inclination of the seat may be included in the seat rail.

Abstract: A hinge unit for a seat, particularly an automotive vehicle seat, has a fixed hinge element associated with a seat part of a seat and including an upper region provided with a recess with an end abutment, a pivotable hinge element associated with a back part of the seat and pivotably connected with the fixed hinge element, a two-side catch lever pivotally connected with the pivotable hinge element and having a locking projection engageable with the abutment of the fixed hinge element and a heavy arm with a weight urging the catch lever so that the projection assumes its free position, and a retaining element urging the catch lever so that the latter assumes its locking position.

Abstract: A height adjustment arrangement for a motor vehicle seat has a plurality of pivotable supports each having one end portion arranged at a fixed height relative to a vehicle floor and another end portion hingedly connectable with a seat portion, and a plurality of pairs of separate supporting elements arranged so that each pair of the supporting elements is pivotably connected with a respective one of the pivotable supports. A first supporting element of each pair is mounted on the seat portion, whereas a second supporting element of the same pair is mounted at a fixed height relative to the vehicle floor.

Abstract: An apparatus for setting a fitting element which is adjustable relative to a support element to various positions, particularly a fitting element for vehicle seats is disclosed. The apparatus includes a locking device which is self-arresting under a load from the return force and having at least two locking elements which engage each other by teeth means which prevent movement of the fitting element, one of said locking elements positioned on the fitting element and the other of said locking elements being movably guided on the support element and movable forcibly only into the locking position against a return force by means of said activating member.

Abstract: A seat adjusting mechanism, arranged to be operated by an electric motor, for use with a motor vehicle seat is disclosed. The seat adjusting mechanism is supported by at least two slide tracks which extend along the length of the seat and which are placed through glide tracks each spaced away from the vehicle floor. The seat adjusting mechanism comprises at least one rack situated on one of said guide tracks and extends along the length of the guide track. The rack has one end connected by means of a connecting body to the slide track lying above it. The rack contains a long slot which has teeth formed on one side thereof for contacting a pinion which is situated to engage the teeth and is connected to an electric motor for movement of the seat adjusting mechanism. The width of the long slot in the rack serves to retain the pinion in engagement with the teeth of the slot.

Abstract: An arresting device in a longitudinally adjustable guide rail assembly for motor vehicle seats includes a shaft rotatably supported in a stationary bearing plate and driven by a stationary electromotor; the driving pinion of the electromotor is in mesh with an intermediate gear which is supported for free rotation on the shaft; a coupling disk is supported for joint rotation on the shaft and for an axial displacement between the bearing plate and the face of an intermediate gear. The bearing plate portion opposite the coupling disk is provided with a ring of arresting teeth and also the facing side of the intermediate gear is provided with a corresponding toothing. Both sides of the coupling disk are serrated and normally are urged by a cup spring into engagement with the arresting teeth of the intermediate gear.

Abstract: A seat component of an adjustable seat, particularly of a motor vehicle seat, is mounted on a base component for movement generally in the forward and rearward direction of the seat. A toothed rack is rigidly mounted on the seat component, and a pinion member is mounted on a driving shaft and meshes with the toothed rack. A driving element of a disk-shaped configuration is rigidly connected to the driving shaft and has a plurality of circumferentially distributed openings which receive corresponding tooth-shaped projections of the pinion member to entrain the pinion member for joint rotation with the driving shaft. The pinion member is displaceable axially of the driving shaft to engage the tooth-shaped projections in, and disengage the same from, the corresponding openings of the driving element.

Abstract: The anchoring means for safety belt buckles for adjustable motor vehicle seat includes a guiding member in the form of a U-shaped slide shoe engageable with a holding rail secured to the vehicle floor. The slide shoe supports for rotation a gear segment and a pinion in mesh with the gear segment. The pinion is movable in a vertically directed onlong slot and engageable with an arresting projection above the upper end of the oblong slot so that during the accelerated motion of the gear segments which are normally coupled to the belt buckles the segments are arrested and the excessive forces are transmitted to the body of the motor vehicle.