Vehicle door locking mechanism
AssigneeMinebea AccessSolutions France
InventorsFrançois Debroucke, Jean-Baptiste Grislain, Jean-Philippe Hochart
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Abstract
A vehicle door locking mechanism includes a lock cylinder for locking or unlocking a vehicle door by rotating a control paddle linked to a door latch, a kinematic lever provided on an inner door handle frame and linked to the door latch to allow opening of the door from inside a passenger cabin by rotation of an inner door handle, and a stopper knob supported by the inner door handle frame and a displaceable stopper which can be manually actuated by the stopper knob between a first position allowing rotation of the control paddle and a second position in which the stopper blocks the rotation of the control paddle preventing therefore opening of the vehicle door.
Claims8
A vehicle door locking mechanism comprising:
- a lock cylinder configured to lock or unlock a vehicle door by rotating a control paddle linked to a door latch;
- a kinematic lever provided on an inner door handle frame and linked to the door latch to allow opening of the door from inside a passenger cabin by rotation of an inner door handle;
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- a stopper knob supported by the inner door handle frame and a displaceable stopper which is configured to be manually actuated by the stopper knob between a first position allowing rotation of the control paddle and a second position in which the stopper blocks the rotation of the control paddle to prevent an unlocking of the latch from outside of the vehicle door and therefore an opening of the vehicle door even via an authorized key.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.