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Motor vehicle lock together with a manufacturing method

US9677304B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Bendel · Oberhausen, DE
Thomas Kippes · Dresden, DE
Dorothea Müller · Essen, DE
Klaus Götzen · Mülheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 30, 2012
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 14, 2033

Classification

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

Abstract

The present invention relates to a lock having a lock housing (3, 4) together with a lock cover (2), a lock case (9), a locking mechanism which is mounted on the base surface of the lock case (9), and an activation device for opening the locking mechanism. An activation lever of the activation device is at least partially covered by a pivotable flap (5) of a lock covering means (2, 3). The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the flap together with a lock cover (2) by injection molding.

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