US 2026/0085552 A1Published application

Motor vehicle lock

AssigneeKiekert AG

InventorsÖmer INAN, Holger SCHIFFER, Michael SCHOLZ, Peter SZEGENY

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Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially comprising a rotary latch (1) and a pawl (2). Moreover, an actuating lever chain (4, 5, 9) acting on the locking mechanism (1, 2) is provided with a coupling lever (9), wherein the coupling lever (9), when engaged, closes the actuating lever chain (4, 5, 9) in order to actuate the lock (1, 2) and opens it when disengaged. The coupling lever (9) interacts with a positioning lever (5), which controls the coupling lever, in order to change between at least two stable end positions, “engaged” and “disengaged”. According to the invention, the positioning lever (5) engages, with a pin (7), in a bidirectional slotted link (8) of the coupling lever (9). The bidirectional slotted link (8) is designed in such a way that, when the positioning lever (5) is acted upon, the pin (7) reaches its first end position along a first path (11) and its second end position along a second path (12) separate therefrom.

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Dependent claims

A motor vehicle lock, door lock, comprising:

a locking mechanism including:
a rotary latch, and
a pawl, and
an actuating lever chain configured to act on the locking mechanism, the actuating lever chain including a coupling lever and a positioning lever,
wherein the coupling lever, when engaged, closes the actuating lever chain in order to actuate the motor vehicle lock and opens the actuating lever chain when disengaged,
wherein the coupling lever interacts with the positioning lever configured to control, the coupling lever, in order to change between at least two stable end positions, including an engaged position and a disengaged position,
wherein the coupling lever includes a bidirectional slotted link with a pin,
wherein the bidirectional slotted link includes a first path having a first end position and a second path having a second end position,
wherein the positioning lever engages with the pin of the bidirectional slotted link of the coupling lever, and
wherein the bidirectional slotted link is designed in such a way that, when the positioning lever is acted upon, the pin reaches the first end position along the first path and the second end position along the second path.

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