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US 12,338,662 B2Granted
Motor vehicle lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorPeter Szegeny
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lock comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be engaged in at least one engaging position by means of the pawl, a release lever, wherein the locking mechanism can be transferred from the engaging positions into a release position by means of the release lever, and an electrical drive unit for actuating the release lever. According to the invention, the pawl and the actuation lever and the release lever are accommodated in the motor vehicle lock such that they can swivel about a central axis.
Claims15
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a pawl, wherein the rotary latch is engaged in at least one engaging position by the pawl;
- a release lever, wherein the locking mechanism is transferred from the at least one engaging position into a release position by the release lever disengaging the pawl from the rotary latch;
- and
- an electrical drive unit for actuating the release lever, wherein the electrical drive unit includes an electric motor and a gear stage, and the gear stage has an actuation lever,
- wherein:
- the pawl, the actuation lever, and the release lever are arranged in the motor vehicle lock such that the pawl, the actuation lever, and the release lever swivel about a central axis,
- the locking mechanism is arranged in a wet region of the motor vehicle lock,
- the actuation lever extends in the motor vehicle lock from a dry region into the wet region and electrical components of the electrical drive unit are arranged in the dry region, and
- the central axis extends from the dry region into the wet region.
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A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and a pawl, wherein the rotary latch is engaged in at least one engaging position by the pawl;
- a release lever, wherein the locking mechanism is transferred from the at least one engaging position into a release position by the release lever disengaging the pawl from the rotary latch;
- and
- an electrical drive unit for actuating the release lever, wherein the electrical drive unit includes an electric motor and a gear stage, and the gear stage has an actuation lever,
- wherein the pawl, the actuation lever, and the release lever are arranged in the motor vehicle lock such that the pawl, the actuation lever, and the release lever swivel about a central axis,
- further comprising a housing and a seal, wherein the seal is arranged in a region of a passage opening of the housing through which the actuation lever extends,
- wherein the seal is inserted into the release lever.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.