Patent · US Active

Vehicle lock

US10844641B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by

16References

19Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Holger Schiffer · Meerbusch, DE
Ömer Inan · Dorsten, DE
Michael Scholz · Thannhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 23, 2013
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/1092
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lock with a locking mechanism including a rotary latch—preferably at least partially composed of metal—with a load arm and a catch arm, which is rotatably mounted on a catch axis, and which can receive a locking bolt, where the distance between the inner end of the locking bolt and the contact point between locking bolt and load arm is shorter than the distance between the contact point between locking bolt and load arm and the outer end of the locking bolt. The opening forces of a vehicle lock are minimised as a result.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.