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US 12,195,998 B2Granted
Motor vehicle lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsFrank Kunst, Andreas Ziganki, Ömer Inan
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lock having a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, comprising an electric drive unit. The drive unit interacts at least indirectly with the locking mechanism, and the drive unit has an electric motor with an output shaft and an output means secured to the output shaft, wherein means for guiding and/or binding a lubricant are arranged between the electric motor and the output means.
Claims20
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl;
- an electrical drive unit that interacts with the locking mechanism, the electrical drive unit comprising an electric motor having an output shaft and an output means fastened to the output shaft;
- a lock casing configured to receive the electric motor, wherein a front face of the lock casing includes an opening and the output shaft extends through the opening, wherein except for the opening, the front face of the lock casing is solid, wherein the lock casing includes a lip formed integrally on the front face of the lock casing and configured to extend outwardly from the front face to extend along an edge of the opening;
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- a guide for guiding and/or binding a lubricant arranged between the opening and the output means, wherein the guide overlaps the opening and the lip.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.