Lock with accumulator lever for a motor vehicle

A latch for a hood of a motor vehicle that extends horizontally, the latch comprising:

• a locking mechanism having a catch that is moveable between a latched position and an unlatched position, and a pawl that is moveable between a closed position for latching the catch in the latched position and an open position in which the catch is moveable to the unlatched position;
• a triggering lever that is moveable to move the pawl to the open position, thereby allowing the catch to move to the unlatched position;
• an accumulator lever that is configured to engage and hold the triggering lever in a non-triggering position when the catch is in the latched position and in a triggering position in which the triggering lever temporarily holds the pawl in the open position, wherein the accumulator lever is a spring element formed of an elastic material and has a fixed end that is fixed within the latch and a movable end that is pivotable relative to the fixed end;
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• an additional spring separate from the accumulator lever that exerts a force on the accumulator lever to pivot the accumulator lever to a position in which the accumulator lever holds the triggering lever in the triggering position in which the triggering lever temporarily holds the pawl in the open position.