Patent · US Expired

Lock in particular for motor vehicle doors

US6279361A · kind A · utility

24Cited by

12References

14Claims

0Family size

Assignee

VDO Adolf Schindling AG · DE

Inventors

Theo Baukholt · Kriftel, DE
Alfred Wipfler · Kriftel, DE
Jens Lubben · Schwalbach, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1998
Grant date	Aug 28, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A lock, suitable for use in a car door, has a rotary latch which cooperates with a locking wedge, or the like, and can be locked by a locking pawl in a locking position. The pawl is actuatable by a setting device for bringing the rotary latch at least into an open position. In order to provide a lock which is of improved efficiency and is both compact in construction and operates reliably, transmission elements are arranged between the pawl and the setting device for transmitting movement of the setting device, in stepped-down fashion, to the pawl.

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