Delayed emergency release unit

An emergency manual door lock release mechanism for releasing a door lock on a vehicle door, the emergency manual door lock release mechanism comprising:

• a base plate coupled with a vehicle including the vehicle door, the base plate including at least one pin extending from a surface of the base plate, the base plate including a first end bracket disposed at a first end of the base plate, the first end bracket comprising an aperture configured to receive a manual release cable;
• a sliding plate abutting with the surface of the base plate, the sliding plate comprising at least one elongate slot configured to receive the at least one pin, the at least one pin configured to constrain sliding movement of the sliding plate in a lateral direction relative to the base plate, the sliding plate including a second end bracket that is disposed at a location opposite the first end of the base plate, the second end bracket of the sliding plate operably coupled with a door lock element via a motion transfer device;
• an electromechanical device configured to change between an energized state and a de-energized state;
• a magnetic plate operably coupled with the second end bracket of the sliding plate and disposed between the electromechanical device and the second end bracket of the sliding plate;
• and
• a spring that stores energy when stretched, the spring extending between a first end that is anchored to the second end bracket and a second end connected to the manual release cable,
• wherein, responsive to the electromechanical device being in the energized state, the magnetic plate is prohibited from moving away from the electromechanical device via activation of the manual release cable, and
• wherein, responsive to the electromechanical device being in the de-energized state, the magnetic plate moves away from the electromechanical device via the activation of the manual release cable, wherein the activation of the manual release cable energizes the spring to cause the sliding movement of the sliding plate relative to the base plate and move the magnetic plate away from the electromechanical device, to thereby activate movement of the motion transfer device, and move the door locking element to an unlocked position.

A door lock release mechanism comprising:

• a bracket system comprising a base plate operably coupled with a sliding plate, the sliding plate configured to move in a lateral direction relative to the base plate, the base plate including a first end bracket disposed at a first end of the base plate and a second end bracket disposed at a second end of the sliding plate that is opposite the first end bracket, the first end bracket comprising a passage configured to receive a manual release cable;
• an electromechanical system comprising an electromechanical device and a magnetic plate, the magnetic plate disposed between the electromechanical device and the second end bracket in the lateral direction, the electromechanical device configured to change between an energized state and a de-energized state;
• a spring extending between a first end operably coupled with the manual release cable and a second end operably coupled with the magnetic plate;
• and
• a motion transfer device extending between the second end bracket and a door lock element,
• wherein, responsive to the electromechanical device being in the energized state, the magnetic plate is prohibited from moving away from the electromechanical device in response to activation of the manual release cable, and
• wherein, responsive to the electromechanical device being in the de-energized state, the magnetic plate is allowed to move away from the electromechanical device in response to the activation of the manual release cable, wherein the activation of the manual release cable causes movement of the spring and movement of the magnetic plate, thereby causing movement of the motion transfer device to move the door lock element from a locked position to an unlocked position.