Patent · US Expired

Closing device for a vehicle door

US6942260B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

10References

21Claims

0Family size

Assignee

BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE GMBH & CO. · DE

Inventors

Rolf Bücker · Bamberg, DE
Thomas Flecke · Aachen, DE
Gerhard Hofmann · Großhabersdorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 9, 2001
Grant date	Sep 13, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 9, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/57
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A closing device for a vehicle door includes a doorlock, an operating element for operating the doorlock, an external door handle fixed to the external skin of the vehicle door with an adjuster piece, a deflecting element which translates a movement of the adjuster piece along a first direction into a movement along a second direction and a coupling element by means of which the deflector element acts upon the operating element. The external door handle and the deflecting element are connected to the external skin of the vehicle door, such that they move together with a deformation of the external skin and that the coupling element is provided with means for distance compensation, which permits a movement of the deflector piece relative to the operating element, without the deflecting element acting upon the operating element.

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