Double-stroke locking system with quick release
AssigneeAudi AG
InventorsAndré SCHUBERT, Thomas LIEPOLD
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Abstract
A double-stroke locking system includes a rotary latch, a locking pawl and a drive mechanism. The rotary latch has a receiving region which is designed to receive a locking element, and the locking pawl is designed to lock the rotary latch in at least one rotational position. The locking pawl has an actuating lever and can be moved into an unlocking position or into a locking position by the actuating lever. The actuating lever can be connected to a drive mechanism and can be decoupled from the drive mechanism by performing a first unlocking stroke by the drive mechanism.
Claims20
A double-stroke locking system, comprising:
- a rotary latch, a locking pawl and a drive mechanism, wherein the rotary latch has a receiving region which is designed to receive a locking element, and wherein the locking pawl is designed to lock the rotary latch in at least one rotational position, wherein the locking pawl has an actuating lever and can be moved into an unlocking position or into a locking position by the actuating lever, wherein the actuating lever can be connected to a drive mechanism, wherein the actuating lever can be decoupled from the drive mechanism by performing a first unlocking stroke by the drive mechanism.
A method for operating a locking system, wherein a drive mechanism is actuated and a first unlocking stroke is carried out, wherein during the first unlocking stroke a driver of the drive mechanism moves a locking pawl via an actuating lever from a first tilting position into a second tilting position, wherein after the end of the first unlocking stroke the driver is decoupled from the actuating lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.