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Safety device for bonnets comprising an electric drive and lockable actuator

US10988961B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Karl Krause · Cologne, DE
Thorsten Nottebaum · Kleinwallstadt, DE
Johannes-Theodor Menke · Velbert, DE
Thorsten Bendel · Oberhausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2016
Grant date	Apr 27, 2021
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/696
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A safety device for a motor vehicle includes a bonnet with an open and closed position, a bonnet lock with a lock retainer and a rotary latch, and an electric drive which shifts the rotary latch from a main locking position into a preliminary locking position. The lock retainer has an actuator, wherein in a first position of the actuator and in the preliminary locking position of the rotary latch, the lock retainer engages with the rotary latch and the bonnet is locked, and in a second position of the actuator, the lock retainer is released by the rotary latch and the bonnet is unlocked. The bonnet is coupled to the actuator such that in the preliminary locking position of the rotary latch a displacement of the bonnet towards the closed position of the bonnet causes a displacement of the actuator from the first position into the second position.

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