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Motor vehicle lock composed of mechanical and electrical, electromotive and/or electronic components

US9006573B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Bendel · Oberhausen, DE
Karsten Barth · Bochum, DE
Serkan Gülkan · Hattingen, DE
Ulrich Weichsel · Duisburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 1, 2010
Grant date	Apr 14, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 29, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T70/7113
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A motor vehicle lock containing mechanical locking elements and/or latching elements as well as electrical, electromotive, and/or electronic components that interact with the mechanical locking elements and/or latching elements, wherein the electrical, electromotive, and/or electronic components are attached to a part of a housing (10), wherein an electric line attached to the part of the housing (10) is connected to at least one of the electrical, electromotive, and/or electronic components, wherein the electric line comprises a single-strand or multi-strand, flexible cable, wherein a cable path (19a, 19b) of the cable (8) passes through a cable conduit (15) disposed in the part of the housing (10), wherein the cable conduit (15) comprises a permanently, plastically-deformed material, at least at one side of the cable path (19a, 19b), whereby a deformation (V) in the material immobilizes the cable (8) in the cable conduit (15).

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