Vehicle lock
AssigneeWitte Automotive GmbH
InventorsThorsten Janssen, Bernd Gellhaus, Matthias Wiemann, Stefanie Angelkorte, Tsevetelina Stoycheva
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Abstract
A motor vehicle lock in accordance with the invention comprises a pivotable catch having a jacket surface, a pawl which is acted on by a preloading force and which is pivotable between a blocking position in which the pawl blocks the catch and an unblocking position in which the catch is unblocked, a release lever for pivoting the pawl against the preloading force, and an arresting device for arresting the pawl in a release position in which it releases the catch, wherein a part of the arresting device is formed by the release lever.
Claims13
A motor vehicle lock having
- a pivotable catch with a jacket surface;
- a pawl, which is acted on by a preloading force, and which is pivotable about a pawl pivot axis between a blocking position in which the pawl blocks the catch and an unlocking position in which the catch is unblocked, comprising a driver that projects from the pawl in a direction parallel to the pawl pivot axis, said driver comprising a driver edge and a first cam;
- a release lever configured to pivot about a release lever pivot axis and transfer pivot movement to the pawl for pivoting the pawl about the pawl pivot axis against the preloading force, the release lever comprising a second cam and a transport cam;
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- an arresting device for arresting the pawl in a release position in which it releases the catch, with a part of the arresting device being formed by the release lever;
- wherein the driver edge lies in a rotational path of the second cam about the release lever pivot axis, and
- wherein the first cam lies in a rotational path of the release lever transport cam about the release lever pivot axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.