A latching arrangement 20 for securing to a vehicle body a part 28 associated with a foldable seat arrangement. The latching arrangement comprises: a striker 21; and a latch mechanism 22 for engagement with the striker 21, and for resisting movement of the striker 21 and the latch mechanism 22 away from each other in a longitudinal direction when the striker 21 and the latch mechanism 22 are engaged. Reinforcing means 40 constrain lateral movement of the striker 21 relative to the latch mechanism 22 when the striker 21 and the latch mechanism 22 are engaged. The reinforcing means 40 may comprise a metallic plate 50 protruding from the striker 21 in a direction extending away from a lengthwise axis of the striker 21. The reinforcing means 40 may comprise a surface 23 of the latch housing. The components of the reinforcing means 40 may abut against each other to constrain lateral movement. The latch housing may comprise a recess and the protrusion 50 of the striker 21 may be oversized relative to the recess so that lateral movement is constrained by abutment of a portion of the protrusion 50 against a portion of the latch housing.
Reinforced latching arrangement
2019-04-10
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B60N SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES , Sitze besonders für Fahrzeuge ausgebildet |
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