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US 10,682,932 B2Granted
Lock
AssigneeWitte Automotive GmbH
InventorGerhard Mosch
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Abstract
The invention relates to a lock comprising a housing, a rotary latch rotatably supported in the housing, a pawl for the rotary latch and an immobilization element for locking the pawl in an unblocking position and for pressing the rotary latch to a locking hoop received therein in a closed state of the lock, wherein the immobilization element is only guided in a predefined direction of movement along a round path by a guide topology.
Claims16
A lock configured for a backrest of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing,
- a rotary latch rotatably supported in the housing,
- a pawl for locking the rotary latch, and
- an immobilization element for locking the pawl in an unblocking position which is a position in which the pawl does not lock the rotary latch,
- wherein the immobilization element is driven by the rotary latch and is only guided in a predefined direction of movement along a round path by a guide topology,
- wherein the immobilization element comprises an engagement feature and the rotary latch has an entrainer for entraining the engagement feature when the rotary latch is moved from a closed position toward an open position, and
- wherein the guide topology includes a blocking element, the blocking element configured to prevent the immobilization element from moving against the predefined direction of movement along the guide topology.
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A lock configured for a backrest of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing comprising a guide abutment configured to limit movement of an immobilization element and to guide the movement of the immobilization element,
- a rotary latch rotatably supported in the housing,
- a pawl for locking the rotary latch, and
- the immobilization element for locking the pawl in an unblocking position which is a position in which the pawl does not lock the rotary latch,
- wherein the immobilization element is driven by the rotary latch and is only guided in a predefined direction of movement along a round path by a guide topology, and
- wherein the guide topology includes a blocking element, the blocking element configured to prevent the immobilization element from moving against the predefined direction of movement along the guide topology.
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A lock configured for a backrest of a motor vehicle comprising:
- a housing,
- a rotary latch rotatably supported in the housing,
- a pawl for locking the rotary latch,
- a spring, with the spring abutting both the rotary latch and an immobilization element and being pre-biased by a rotation of the rotary latch into the closed position, and
- the immobilization element for locking the pawl in an unblocking position which is a position in which the pawl does not lock the rotary latch,
- wherein the immobilization element is driven by the rotary latch and is only guided in a predefined direction of movement along a round path by a guide topology, and
- wherein the guide topology includes a blocking element, the blocking element configured to prevent the immobilization element from moving against the predefined direction of movement along the guide topology.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.