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US 9,695,618 B2Granted
Motor vehicle door lock
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsThorsten Bendel, Claus Topfer
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Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock comprising an actuation/locking lever mechanism, with a first lever and a second lever, both levers being couplable with each other in at least two different relative positions. At least the one, first lever comprises a detent spring connected thereto for engagement with at least one detent recess on the other, second lever.
Claims17
Motor vehicle door lock comprising an actuation/locking lever mechanism with a first lever and a second lever, with both levers being couplable with each other in at least two different relative positions,
- wherein, when coupled together, the first lever and the second lever pivot together,
- wherein the second lever defines at least two detent recesses,
- wherein the first lever comprises a detent spring connected thereto for engagement with one of the detent recesses of the second lever to define two different positions where the first and second lever are coupled together,
- wherein the detent spring contains a switching arm, by aid of which the detent spring can be selectively pivoted out of one of the detent recesses,
- wherein the first lever does not change its position in relation to the second lever and the second lever with the detent recess is a detent lever arrangeable in different detent positions relative to the fixed lever, and
- wherein the detent spring is movable into and out of engagement with the detent recesses of the second lever to decouple the first and second levers and permit pivoting of the detent lever relative to the fixed lever.
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