Closing device for a vehicle door

Closing device for a vehicle door with

• a door lock
• at least one actuating element (4, 4′,4″) for actuating the door lock
• an external door actuator (12) which is fixed on the external skin (100) of the vehicle door and which has an adjuster part (15) which when the external door actuator (12) is operated moves along a first direction
• a force transfer device through which the external door actuator (1) is coupled to the actuating element (4, 4′, 4″)
• at least one deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) of the force transfer device which converts a movement of the adjuster part (15) along the first direction (R) in to a movement along a second direction (B, D) and
• at least one coupling element (3, 3′, 3″) of the force transfer device through which the deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) acts on the operating element (4, 4′, 4″)
• whereby the coupling element (3, 3′, 3″) is provided with or interacts with distance compensation means (5, 5′, 5″) which enable a movement of the deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) relative to the operating element (4, 4′, 4″)
• and wherein the external door actuator (12) and the deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) are connected to the external skin (100) of the vehicle door so that if the external skin (100) is deformed they move in unison and
• that the distance compensation means (5, 5′, 5″) only enable a movement of the deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) relative to the operating element (4, 4′, 4″) in the event of a change in the position of the deflector element (2, 2′, 2″) together with the external door actuator (12) as a result of deformation of the exterior skin (100)
• characterised in that
• a) the external door actuator (12) is attached at one end of a guide lever (2) mounted in a door handle dish (10) and a ratchet coupling (5) is switched in between the other end of the guide lever (2) and a lever-type lock operator, or
• b) the door handle (12) is provided with a toothed rod (17) which when the door handle (12) is operated comes into engagement with a pinion (24) of a torsion-spring-tensioned cable pulley (2′, 23) in the handle dish (10) whose cable is connected to a lock operator (4′) whereby the toothed rod (17) and pinion (24) otherwise remain out of engagement, or
• c) the door handle (12) is provided with a projection (15) on which a nose (18) is formed which engages in a guide groove (27) which is formed with an incline relative to the axis on the cylinder sleeve of a pulley (2″) mounted in the door handle dish (10), and wherein a coupling rod (37) is mounted coaxial, with keyed engagement and axially displaceable in the pulley (2″) and is connected to a rotationally moved lock actuation (4″).