Patent · US Expired

Motor-vehicle door latch with sealed housing

US6375234B1 · kind B1 · utility

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7References

6Claims

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Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Horst Brackmann · Velbert, DE
Frank Kleefeldt · Heiligenhaus, DE
Volker Westerwick · Bochum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2000
Grant date	Apr 23, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/03
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A latch is mounted between the inside and outside of a motor-vehicle door provided with a plurality of actuating elements and respective links extending from the elements and each having a respective movable part. The latch has latching and locking mechanism, a closed housing enclosing the mechanism and formed with a respective openings receiving free ends of the links, and seals in the openings engaged hermetically around the link free ends. The free ends are connected inside the housing to the mechanism. The housing includes a pair of housing parts that are hermetically joined to each other and the mechanism includes locking and latching elements received in the respective parts. The holes are all formed in one of the parts.

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