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Door lock with a servomotor for rotating a locking pin about an eccentric axis

US5217266A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 17, 1991
Grant dateJun 8, 1993
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Expiry dateJul 17, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/699
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A lock with a servomotor, particularly a door lock for a motor vehicle, having a lock latch (fork member 1) which can be shifted between an open position and a detent position. In the detent position, the lock latch (fork member 1) reaches behind a pin 3 which, in the detent position, can be rotated by the servomotor about an eccentric axis from a prelocking position into a main locking position.

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