Motor vehicle lock arrangement

US9845622B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brose Schliessysteme GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Simon Brose · Hattingen, DE
• Roman Joschko · Dormagen, DE
• David Rosales · Rochester Hills, US
• Ihsan Alisan · Hagen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 24, 2010
• Grant date: Dec 19, 2017
• Expiry date: May 5, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/0908
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

Described herein is a motor vehicle lock arrangement that includes a motor vehicle lock, with an operable functional element and a securing device which is associated with the functional element, wherein the securing device is coupled or it being possible to couple the securing device to the functional element in order to counteract an automatic operating movement of the functional element due to a crash acceleration phenomena which can occur in the event of a crash. In one embodiment, the securing device has a deflectable blocking element which can be deflected into a blocking position in which an operating movement of the functional element can be blocked by the blocking element, and the blocking element has an associated latching arrangement which latches in when the blocking element is deflected into the blocking position, and the latched-in latching arrangement holds the blocking element in the blocking position.