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Power-assisted rotary bolt lock

US4927196A · kind A · utility

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19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 18, 1988
Grant dateMay 22, 1990
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Expiry dateOct 18, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/1082
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The lock (S), intended in particular for an automobile door, includes a rotary bolt (1) intended for cooperation with a keeper (2), and includes motive means arranged to assist at least the closure, as well as manual control means enabling the assurance of the opening and closure of the assisting motive means; it includes a transmission device (T) of the freewheel type (17), mounted in a recess (18) of the bolt (1) and arranged to communicate to the bolt a rotational movement originating in the assist means for the direction that corresponds to the closure of the lock (S); anti-lock means are arranged to be actuated by the manual control means, with a view to preventing the normal action of locking the freewheel (17), and uncoupling the bolt from the assist means in the event of failure of these means.

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