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US 10,407,951 B2Granted
Reinforced motor vehicle lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsKlaus Götzen, Alexander Grossmann, Dorothea Müller
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, comprising a lock housing, a lock case, a locking mechanism and an operating device, wherein at least one component of the operating device extends through an opening in the lock housing and said opening is designed with at least one reinforcing insert. The main area of the plate or the metal sheet from which the lock case is made is basically relatively large. In light of this, it has proved advantageous to form the reinforcing insert from the lock case. Waste is thus avoided.
Claims9
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a lock housing, a lock case that receives the lock housing, a locking mechanism and an operating device, wherein at least one component of the operating device exits the lock housing through an opening in the lock housing;
- said lock case includes a main area and a reinforcing insert that is directly connected to the main area of the lock case and directly extends from the main area of the lock case and through a portion of the lock housing at the opening where the component of the operating device exits the lock housing;
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- a reinforcing plate for a rotatable fixing of a rotary latch and/or pawl of the locking mechanism, the reinforcing plate being a separable part from the lock case and is positioned orthogonal to side walls of the lock case;
- wherein the lock housing has a double wall portion comprising two parallel wall sections that form the opening, and the reinforcing insert extends between and parallel to the parallel wall sections of the double wall portion of the lock housing to reinforce the lock housing at the opening.
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