Motor vehicle door lock plate
OwnerLaurent Arquevaux, Mathilde Baudet +4inventors
InventorsLaurent Arquevaux, Mathilde Baudet, Simon Dobson, Rainer Grimm, Jacky Mercier, Yves Tronel
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Abstract
A motor vehicle door lock plate is provided, the plate (10) comprising a first part (14) with a slot (12), the slot (12) opening at one end of the first part (14), and a second part (16) for fixing the plate, the second part (16) being angled with respect to the first part and being at an opposite end of the first part to the end at which the slot opens. The plate has the advantage of allowing the lock to be fixed to a vehicle door the structure of which is such that the skin of the door is not able to take up the forces generated by operation of the door lock.
Claims24
A motor vehicle door lock plate, comprising:
- a first part having a slot disposed at a first end of the first part, and
- a second part connected to a second end of the first part, wherein the second end is opposite the first end, and wherein the second part is disposed at an angle with respect to the first part, the second part adapted to fix the lock plate to the vehicle door.
A motor vehicle door, comprising:
- a door lock plate, the plate comprising
- a first part having a slot disposed at a first end of the first part, and
- a second part connected to a second end of the first part, wherein the second end is opposite the first end, and wherein the second part is disposed at an angle with respect to the first part, the second part being fixed to the motor vehicle door.
A method for manufacturing a motor vehicle door lock plate, comprising:
- drawing the plate;,
- forming the plate into a first part and a second part, wherein the second part is disposed at an angle with respect to the first part and is adapted to fix the lock plate to the vehicle door;
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- forming a slot at a first end of the first part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.