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US 12,338,664 B2Granted
Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorZbynek Louda
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which in its basic design is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, an accumulator lever that is controllable by the rotary latch is realized, which temporarily holds the pawl in its open position (accumulator position) at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism. According to the invention, a common spring acting on the rotary latch and the accumulator lever is provided.
Claims15
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and a pawl,
- an accumulator lever that is controlled by the rotary latch, wherein the rotary latch temporarily holds the pawl in an open accumulator position at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism, and
- a spring configured to directly engage both the rotary latch and the accumulator lever,
- wherein the rotary latch includes a control stop and a rotary latch stop, wherein the spring directly acts on the rotary latch stop, and wherein the control stop engages the accumulator lever when a pre-ratchet on the rotary latch has passed an engagement on the pawl to release the pawl from the open accumulator position.
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A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and a pawl,
- an accumulator lever that is controlled by the rotary latch, wherein the rotary latch temporarily holds the pawl in an open accumulator position at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism, and
- a spring acting on both the rotary latch and the accumulator lever,
- wherein the spring is a leg spring with a wound section and two spring legs,
- wherein one spring leg of the two spring legs is a rotary latch spring leg acting on the rotary latch and another spring leg of the two spring legs is an accumulator lever spring leg acting on the accumulator lever, and
- wherein the rotary latch spring leg rests against a rotary latch stop of the rotary latch, and the accumulator spring leg rests against an accumulator lever stop of the accumulator lever,
- wherein the rotary latch further includes a control stop, and
- wherein the control stop engages the accumulator lever when a pre-ratchet on the rotary latch has passed an engagement on the pawl to release the pawl from the open accumulator position.
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A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and a pawl,
- an accumulator lever that is controlled by the rotary latch, wherein the rotary latch temporarily holds the pawl in an open accumulator position at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism, and
- a spring acting on both the rotary latch and the accumulator lever,
- wherein the spring is a leg spring with a wound section and two spring legs,
- wherein the spring is connected by the wound section to the rotary latch, and
- wherein the wound section of the spring is arranged concentrically with a rotational axis of the rotary latch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.