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Motor vehicle lock

US8727398B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11References

20Claims

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Assignee

Brose Schliessysteme GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

Simon Brose · Hattingen, DE
Roman Joschko · Dormagen, DE
David Rosales · Rochester Hills, US
Stefanic Josip · Odenthal, DE
Abdelali El Hamoumi · Remscheid, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 21, 2008
Grant date	May 20, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T292/1078
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a motor vehicle lock having the locking elements of a lock catch and a pawl and having a lock mechanism, with it being possible for the lock mechanism to be moved into different functional states such as “unlocked”, “locked”, “anti-theft locked” or “child-safety locked” and with the lock mechanism having for this purpose at least one functional element which can be adjusted into corresponding functional positions. It is proposed that at least one functional element is designed as a resiliently elastically bendable wire or strip, and can thereby be bent in a resiliently elastic manner, as a bendable functional element, into different functional positions.

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