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US 10,094,149 B2Granted
Motor vehicle door lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorStephan Mittelbach
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, having at least one housing (3) and at least one lever (5) mounted rotatably about an axis (4) in the housing (3), wherein the lever (5) can be coupled to an actuating element (6) disposed outside the housing (3) and for this purpose passes through an opening in the housing (7), and the lever (5) has a cover (8) which substantially completely closes the housing opening (7) when viewed over the entire travel path(s) thereof.
Claims13
A motor vehicle door lock comprising:
- a housing;
- a pivotably accommodated lever that comprises an outside lever portion exposed outside the housing and configured to be connected to an actuating element arranged outside the housing, and an opposed inside lever portion that comprises a pivotal portion defining an axis of rotation and mounting the lever in the housing, the lever is configured to pass through a housing aperture, wherein the pivotal portion defines a cover that predominantly completely seals the housing aperture over its entire distance;
- wherein the cover and the housing aperture are arch-shaped;
- and wherein the cover and the housing aperture run radially compared to the axis for the lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.