Motor vehicle lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsÖmer Inan, Holger Schiffer, Michael Scholz, Peter Szegeny, Andreas Schmitz
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be blocked in at least one catch position by means of the pawl, an electrical drive unit for unblocking the locking mechanism, a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber, and wherein at least one mechanical connection is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber such that a mechanism arranged in the dry chamber can be actuated.
Claims12
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch is blocked in at least one catch position by the at least one pawl,
- an electrical drive unit that is operable for unblocking the locking mechanism,
- a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the electrical drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber,
- at least one mechanical connection that is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber,
- an actuatable mechanism arranged in the dry chamber that is actuated via the mechanical connection,
- at least one further mechanical connection that is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the wet chamber, and
- another actuatable mechanism arranged in the wet chamber that is actuated via the further mechanical connection.
A motor vehicle lock comprising:
- a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch is blocked in at least one catch position by the at least one pawl,
- an electrical drive unit that is operable for unblocking the locking mechanism,
- a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the electrical drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber,
- at least one mechanical connection that is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber, and
- an actuatable mechanism arranged in the dry chamber that is actuated via the mechanical connection,
- wherein the mechanical connection includes a Bowden cable,
- wherein two or more Bowden cables are connected to the lock housing, and
- wherein at least one of the two or more Bowden cables extends into the dry chamber and least one of the two or more Bowden cables extends into the wet chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.