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US 12,607,047 B2Granted
Motor vehicle latch
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsRob Hunt, Robert Pettengill
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Abstract
A motor vehicle latch, in particular to a motor vehicle door latch, is equipped with an actuating lever chain having at least one actuating lever for opening a locking mechanism. Also provided is a linearly displaceable actuating slide and a sensor that can be acted upon by the actuating lever via the actuating slide. According to the invention, a spring is assigned to the actuating slide such that the sensor is permanently acted upon, with only an opening movement of the actuating lever lifting the actuating slide from the sensor.
Claims16
A motor vehicle latch comprising:
- an actuating lever chain having at least one actuating lever for opening a locking mechanism,
- a linearly movable actuating slide,
- a sensor that is acted upon by the at least one actuating lever via the actuating slide, and
- a spring directly acting on the actuating slide such that the actuating slide is biased by the spring into direct engagement with the sensor, and an opening movement of the at least one actuating lever acts against the spring to lift the actuating slide away from the sensor to entirely separate the actuating slide from the sensor,
- wherein the at least one actuating lever comprises an outside actuating lever and an inside actuating lever, and
- wherein the actuating slide has a first stop contour for the outside actuating lever and a second stop contour for the inside actuating lever.
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A motor vehicle latch comprising:
- an actuating lever chain having at least one actuating lever for opening a locking mechanism,
- a linearly movable actuating slide,
- a sensor that is acted upon by the at least one actuating lever via the actuating slide, and
- a spring directly acting on the actuating slide such that the actuating slide is biased by the spring into direct engagement with the sensor, and an opening movement of the at least one actuating lever acts against the spring to lift the actuating slide away from the sensor to entirely separate the actuating slide from the sensor,
- wherein the at least one actuating lever comprises an outside actuating lever and an inside actuating lever, and
- wherein the motor vehicle latch has an L-shaped design including an electronics leg that has the inside actuating lever and a latch leg that has the outside actuating lever and that is oriented relative to the electronics leg to form the L-shaped design.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.