Motor vehicle lock
AssigneeBrose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsDavid Rosales, Jens Lueke
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Abstract
Described herein is a motor vehicle lock for use in all types of closing elements of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle lock can be brought into different function states such as “unlocked”, “locked”, “theft protected” or “child locked.” The motor vehicle lock includes a coupling device designed for quick decoupling which includes a coupling arrangement with a shiftable switch element that can be shifted by means of at least one control drive. Depending upon the coupled state, the switch element couples together or decouples two swivelable adjustment elements of the actuating system.
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A motor vehicle lock with closing elements of a lock bolt and catch, wherein the catch in a dropped position holds the lock bolt in a main engagement position or in a pre-engagement position, wherein an actuating lever is provided which, in a mounted state, is allocated to an actuating handle and, by the actuating lever's operation, the catch is configured to be lifted from the dropped position, wherein the motor vehicle lock can be brought into different function states such as “unlocked”, “locked”, “theft protected” or “child-locked”, and wherein a current function state for the motor vehicle lock is stored in a lock controller, wherein a coupling arrangement is provided by which the actuating lever, depending on function state, can be coupled with the catch to lift it, wherein from a decoupled state, a first actuation of the actuating lever always causes coupling of the coupling arrangement and lifting of the catch can be achieved by a subsequent second actuation, wherein the lock controller on first actuation transfers the coupling arrangement back to the decoupled state by means of a control drive, depending on current function state, such that the second actuation does not cause lifting of the catch, wherein the coupling arrangement has a switch element which can be shifted by means of the control drive from a coupling position to a decoupling position and depending on coupled state couples together or decouples two swivelable adjustment elements of the actuating system, and which can be shifted separately from the two adjustment elements at least in the decoupling direction or which can be shifted in a bistable manner between the coupling position and the decoupling position;
- wherein the switch element is arranged within the transmission chain between the two adjustment elements at least in the coupling position.
A motor vehicle lock with closing elements of a lock bolt and catch, wherein the catch in its a dropped position holds the lock bolt in a main engagement position or in a pre-engagement position, wherein an actuating lever is provided, which in a mounted state, is allocated to an actuating handle and by actuation of which the catch can be lifted from its dropped position, wherein the motor vehicle lock can be brought into various function states comprising “unlocked”, “locked”, “theft protected” or “child-locked” and wherein the current function state for the motor vehicle lock is stored in a lock controller, wherein a coupling arrangement is provided by which the actuating lever, depending upon function state, can be coupled with the catch to lift it, wherein the coupling arrangement comprises a shiftable switch element which, depending upon coupled state, couples together or decouples two swivelable adjustment elements of the actuating system and the coupling arrangement comprises a coupling connecting link with two laterally adjacent connecting link segments of different height on which the switch element lies to set the decoupling position or coupling position;
- wherein the switch element is arranged within the transmission chain between the two adjustment elements at least in the coupling position.
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