Vehicle door lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsMichael Scholz, Holger Schiffer
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle door lock and an associated method for the operation thereof, wherein the vehicle door lock is equipped with a locking mechanism, which essentially consists of a catch and a pawl. The pawl has a contact surface for the catch, which rests on said contact surface when the locking mechanism is closed. According to the invention, a supporting element, which delays the opening of the locking mechanism, is associated with the pawl, so that the catch glides along the contact surface up to a predetermined opening angle until is it is released from the pawl.
Claims20
Motor vehicle door lock, equipped with a locking mechanism which essentially consists of a catch and a pawl, in which the pawl has a contact surface for the catch which rests on said contact surface when the locking mechanism is closed, characterized in that the pawl is allocated to a supporting element delaying the opening of the locking mechanism, so that the catch glides along the contact surface up to a specified opening angle, until it is released from the pawl.
Method for the operation of a motor vehicle door lock, with a locking mechanism essentially consisting of a catch and pawl, according to which the catch rests against a contact surface of the pawl in the closed state of the locking mechanism and according to which a supporting element is provided, delaying an opening of the locking mechanism and acting on the pawl in such a way that the catch glides along the contact surface up to a specified opening angle and is only then released from the pawl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.