CRASH-ARRESTING UNIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT

A crash-arresting unit for a vehicle seat may have a locking element and an actuating unit. The locking element can be brought into form-fitting engagement with a mating element via the actuating unit. The actuating unit may be an electromechanical actuating unit having a fusible wire, where destruction of the fusible wire frees a movement of the locking element in the direction of the mating element.