Power-actuated motor-vehicle door latch with plastic housing

US6109674A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Bartel · Hattingen, DE
• Rainer Haubs · Voerde, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 30, 1997
• Grant date: Aug 29, 2000
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/62
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A motor-vehicle door latch has a metallic mounting plate, latching elements mounted on the plate and operable to secure a door carrying the latch in a closed position, a latch mechanism connected to the elements for operating same, and a plastic housing. The housing has a part fixed to the metallic mounting plate and a cover surrounding the mechanism and elements and formed with a plurality of mounting pockets. A plurality of conductors imbedded in the cover have exposed ends at least some of which are exposed in each of the pockets. An electrical drive unit fixed in one of the pockets of the housing is connected to the exposed ends in the respective pocket and is connected to the mechanism. At least one switch operable by the mechanism is mounted in another of the pockets and connected to the exposed ends in the respective pocket.