Bowden cable connection for a motor vehicle lock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10323681-B2
Application number	US-201615566732-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2016
Priority date	Apr 16, 2015
Publication date	Jun 18, 2019
Grant date	Jun 18, 2019

Abstract

The object of the invention is a device ( 1 ) for axially fixing one end ( 9 ) of a Bowden cable ( 3 ), in particular a motor vehicle lock, comprising a housing ( 2 ), a Bowden cable ( 3 ), wherein the housing ( 2 ) has a receptacle ( 11 ), in which the end ( 9 ) of the Bowden cable ( 3 ) can be fixed, wherein the housing ( 2 ) has a means for introducing ( 12 ) the Bowden cable ( 3 ) into the receptacle ( 11 ) so that an incorrect assembly of the Bowden cable ( 3 ) can be prevented.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A device for axial fixing of an end of a Bowden cable having a mounting flange in a motor vehicle latch, the device comprising:
a housing extending along a lengthwise axis of the Bowden cable and attached to the motor vehicle latch,
wherein the housing has a mounting into which the mounting flange of the Bowden cable is radially insertable, whereby the Bowden cable is secured to the housing when the mounting flange is inserted into the mounting,
wherein the housing has an insertion member extending along the lengthwise axis of the Bowden cable axially adjacent the mounting of the housing, the insertion member receiving a portion of the Bowden cable that is axially adjacent the mounting flange of the Bowden cable in a partly non-form-fitting manner, whereby incorrect mounting of the Bowden cable is prevented,
wherein the housing has an opening for the mounting of the Bowden cable, and
wherein the insertion member is arranged at least partly on a circumference of the opening.

2. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion member includes an elevation arranged on the circumference of the opening, wherein an end of a cover of the Bowden cable or the mounting flange of the Bowden cable slides off the elevation away from the opening to prevent a form fit between the Bowden cable and the opening.

3. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 2 , wherein the opening in the housing is U-shaped.

4. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 3 , wherein the elevation is formed ascending starting from an end of the opening and descending at an opposite end of the opening, so that the elevation forms a bevel.

5. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of plastic.

6. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 5 , wherein the housing is made of polyoxymethylene.

7. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 1 , wherein the portion of the Bowden cable that is axially adjacent the mounting flange of the Bowden cable is a Bowden cable cover.

8. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 7 , wherein a diameter of the flange is larger than a diameter of the Bowden cable cover.

9. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 7 , wherein the insertion member at least partly envelopes the Bowden cable cover.

10. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 7 , wherein the Bowden cable includes a sheathing that is axially adjacent the Bowden cable cover.

11. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 10 , wherein when the flange is inserted into the mounting, the sheathing is adjacent to the insertion member.

12. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion member is formed as a single piece with the housing.

13. The device for axial fixing of the end of the Bowden cable according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting has a depression which is complementary to a diameter of the flange for fixing the flange to the mounting.

Assignees

• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Hundsdorfer Nikolaus

Classifications

• F16C2350/52

  Locks, e.g. cables to actuate door locks · CPC title

• F16C1/105 Primary

  to a slot in the bracket · CPC title

• E05B79/20 Primary

  using flexible connections, e.g. Bowden cables · CPC title

• E05B79/02

  Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof · CPC title

• F16C1/103 Primary

  to a hole in the wall or bracket · CPC title