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US 11,536,056 B2Granted
Locking device for a motor vehicle
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorCarsten Fuchs
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Abstract
A locking device for a motor vehicle comprising an actuator, a lock with a locking mechanism, comprising a rotary latch and at least one pawl, the actuator and the lock can be interconnected by a Bowden cable and the Bowden cable has provision for actively blocking a force transmitted by the Bowden cable.
Claims19
A locking device for a motor vehicle, the locking device comprising:
- an actuator;
- a lock with a locking mechanism;
- a Bowden cable, wherein the actuator and the lock are connectable to the Bowden cable;
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- a locking unit that is configured for active locking of a force transmitted by the Bowden cable, wherein the locking unit includes:
- an actuating lever that is connected to the Bowden cable and pivotably movable by operation of the Bowden cable;
- a coupling lever pivotally mounted on the actuating lever;
- a release lever that is engageable with the actuating lever via the coupling lever;
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- a control lever, wherein when the actuator lever is pivotally moved above a limit speed by the operation of the Bowden cable, the control lever is held in a starting position and the coupling lever disengages from the release lever.
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A locking device for a locking mechanism in a motor vehicle, the locking device comprising:
- a Bowden cable for locking and unlocking the locking mechanism;
- an actuator lever that is connected to the Bowden cable and pivotably movable by operation of the Bowden cable;
- a coupling lever pivotably mounted in the actuating lever, wherein the coupling lever is pivotally moved by pivoting movement of the actuator lever during the operation of the Bowden cable;
- a control lever having a control curve into which at least a portion of the coupling lever engages during the pivoting movement of the coupling lever,
- a mass inertia lever that is engageable with the control lever;
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- a release lever that is engageable by the coupling lever,
- wherein during normal operation of the locking device in which the actuator lever is pivotally moved by the operation of the Bowden cable at a first speed, the control lever moves from a starting position and follows the pivoting movement of the actuator lever, such that the coupling lever engages the release lever, and
- wherein during a secondary operation of the locking device in which the actuator lever is pivotally moved by the operation of the Bowden cable at a second speed that is excessive relative to the first speed, the mass inertia lever holds the control lever in the starting position and the coupling lever disengages from the release lever.
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A locking device for a motor vehicle, the locking device comprising:
- an actuator;
- a lock with a locking mechanism;
- a Bowden cable, wherein the actuator and the lock are connectable to the Bowden cable;
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- a locking unit that is configured for active locking of a force transmitted by the Bowden cable, the locking unit including:
- an actuating lever;
- a release lever;
- a coupling lever, wherein the release lever is coupled by the coupling lever with the actuating lever;
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- a control lever, wherein the coupling lever is guided by the control lever,
- wherein the locking unit is movable between an unactuated state and an actuated state, wherein the control lever is in a starting position when the locking unit is in the unactuated state, and wherein the locking unit is moved toward the actuated state by movement of the actuating lever in a first rotational direction, whereby the movement of the actuating lever causes movement of the coupling lever and the control lever in the first rotational direction.
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