Lock device having a multi-part pawl

US8480138B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

• Thorsten Bendel · Oberhausen, DE
• Serkan Gülkan · Hattingen, DE
• Dirk Hanisch
• Ulrich Weichsel · Duisburg, DE
• Karsten Barth · Bochum, DE
• Klaus Töpfer · Lennestadt, DE
• Hans Deischl · Nagold, DE
• Stefan Ebersohn · Simmozheim, DE
• Martin Lindmayer · Sulz, DE
• Wolfgang Much · Eppelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 2, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/1082
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A lock unit (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising at least a catch (2), a first pawl (3) having a pawl rotation axis (4), and a blocking lever (5), in which the catch (2) in a locked state of the lock unit (1) transfers a pivoting moment onto the first pawl (3) and in which the first pawl (3) is fixed by a blocking lever (5) and in which a second pawl (6) is provided that is mounted on the pawl rotation axis (4) and is engageable with the blocking lever (5) and the catch (2).