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Motor vehicle door lock with a lock unit and a control unit which are separated from one another

US6715806B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2002
Grant dateApr 6, 2004
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Expiry dateOct 16, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

A motor vehicle door lock with mechanical lock elements in a lock unit, with a lock mechanism, with several interacting elements in a control unit which is separated from the lock unit, optionally with lock electronics in the control unit , and the lock unit being arranged spatially separate from the control unit in or on a motor vehicle door or hatch, the lock unit being connected to the control unit by a remote power transmission, and the lock element in the lock unit, by the remote power transmission, is mechanically actuated from an element of the lock mechanism in the control unit. Reaching of the locked position or the main catch position of the lock latch is mechanically signaled to the control unit by the drawing function of the remote power transmission.

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