Locking device for a motor vehicle hood, and method
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsMichael Scholz, Holger Schiffer
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Abstract
A locking device and method for locking the locking device includes a lock for a door or a hatch for a hood of a motor vehicle. The lock having includes a locking mechanism that has a rotary latch and at least one pawl for blocking the rotary latch. The locking device includes a drive which allows the locking mechanism to be moved in such a way that a door gap or hatch gap can be narrowed in the closed state of the door or hatch. The lock is an electric lock that includes an electric drive which allows the locking mechanism to be brought into the main blocking position of the locking mechanism and/or allows the lock to be opened.
Claims7
A locking device for a door or hatch of a motor vehicle, the locking device comprising:
- a locking mechanism having a catch and a first pawl for blocking the catch;
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- a motorized drive that is a closing aid, the drive including a driving wheel from which an eccentrically arranged bolt projects, a rocking lever defining a slot into which the bolt extends for moving the locking mechanism, and a second pawl mounted on the rocker arm;
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- a latch housing to which the locking mechanism is mounted, wherein the second pawl is engageable with an outside of the latch housing to retain the latch housing during movement of the rocking lever for movement of the latch housing with the rocking lever, whereby the locking mechanism is displaced in relation to a fixed base element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.