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US 10,309,130 B2Granted
Motor vehicle door lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsHolger Schiffer, Michael Scholz
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock which is equipped with a body-side lock housing and a hood-or-door-side locking bolt or vice-versa. The invention also relates to a locking and/or opening device. According to the invention, the locking and/or opening device engages on the outer side on the lock housing for the adjustment thereof with respect to a fixed base element in the course of a closing/opening process.
Claims18
A motor vehicle door lock for a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle including a vehicle frame and a motor vehicle door, the motor vehicle door lock comprising:
- a locking bolt on the motor vehicle door;
- a latch assembly comprising:
- a catch for capturing the locking bolt, the catch being movable into a main ratchet position in which the locking bolt is held;
- a first pawl for securing the catch in the main ratchet position;
- a frame member enclosing the catch and the first pawl, the frame member having a projection;
- a rocker arm pivotally mounted on the vehicle frame;
- a second pawl pivotably coupled to the rocker arm and which selectively couples the frame member to the rocker arm by grasping the projection of the frame member;
- a drive configured to rotate the rocker arm;
- wherein rotation of the rocker arm while the second pawl grasps the projection moves the frame member and the latch assembly relative to the vehicle frame and reduces a gap between the motor vehicle door and the vehicle frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.