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Door lock for a motor vehicle

US6705649B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 2001
Grant dateMar 16, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2021

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a door lock for a motor vehicle. The principal design of the inventive door lock comprises a rotary lock (1), a lock pawl (2) an actuation lever system (3), a latching lever system (5) and a central locking drive (10a, 10b, 11) for a central locking element (8). The central locking element (8) comprises, in addition to the first forked arm (13), at least one second forked arm (14). Both forked arms (13, 14) project at least partially into the arc of rotation of an eccentric control pin (12) of the central locking drive (10a, 10b).

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