Motor vehicle door lock

A motor vehicle door latch comprising:

• a latch case;
• at least one locking mechanism located in the latch case and essentially comprising a catch and a pawl;
• and
• a latch housing connected with the latch case,
• wherein the latch case has an L-shaped cross-section and defines a locking mechanism plane and a front panel plane different therefrom,
• wherein the front panel plane is defined by a bridging component spanning two lateral components of the latch case and an infeed section defined by an area between the two lateral components with the infeed section being open from the area defined between the two lateral components to past a length of the two lateral components extending along the front panel plane,
• wherein the latch case is configured in a bridging component-free manner without the latch case having any bridging part that connects the two lateral components along the front panel plane, with solely the two lateral components bordering the infeed section, and
• wherein the latch housing wholly or partially defines the bridging component that bounds the infeed section between the two lateral components,
• wherein during an impact on the motor vehicle door latch, the bridging component of the latch housing is configured to absorb forces occurring during the impact whereby a shear force occurring in the area between the two lateral components bordering the infeed section on the front panel plane is reduced or eliminated.