Motor vehicle door lock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9677305-B2
Application number	US-201214002690-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 5, 2012
Priority date	Mar 4, 2011
Publication date	Jun 13, 2017
Grant date	Jun 13, 2017

Abstract

A motor vehicle door lock comprising a locking mechanism ( 1, 2 ) and a mechanical lever gear ( 4, 5 ) as well as a motor-driven opening unit ( 7 to 9 ), which are respectively individually arranged for opening of a locking mechanism ( 1, 2 ), wherein in the normal mode, the motorized opening unit ( 7 to 9 ) provides a free movement of the lever gear ( 4, 5 ) in relation to the locking mechanism ( 1, 2 ) and the engagement of the lever gear with the locking mechanism ( 1, 2 ) in the opening mode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle door lock comprising:
a locking mechanism having a pawl is moveable between a closed position and an open position;
a mechanical lever gear that is a arranged on a common axis with the pawl and pivotable to move the pawl to the open position;
a journal mechanically connected between the pawl and the mechanical lever gear, wherein the mechanical lever gear includes an L-shaped profile for the journal to engage therein and the pawl includes a slot-shaped profile for the journal to engage therein;
a swiveling lever arranged between the pawl and the mechanical lever gear, the swiveling lever having a guiding area for receiving the journal, the journal following pivoting movement of the swiveling lever; and
a motorized opening unit having a unidirectional motor and a pulley that is driven by the unidirectional motor and rotatable from a first position to a second position,
wherein when the pulley is in the first position, the pulley acts on the swiveling lever to prevent the swiveling lever from acting on the journal, the journal being freely moveable within a first leg of the L-shaped profile of the mechanical lever gear, and the journal being located at a first end of the slot-like profile of the pawl, the mechanical lever gear being freely moveable relative to the locking mechanism without moving the pawl towards the open position, and
wherein when the pulley is in the second position, the pulley releases the swiveling lever, the swiveling lever having pivoting movement and the journal following the pivoting movement to move to a second leg of the L-shaped profile of the mechanical lever gear and a second end of the slot-like profile of the pawl, enabling the mechanical lever gear to move the pawl towards the open position via the journal carrying the pawl.

2. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the first leg of the L-shaped profile of the mechanical lever gear includes a free-movement area and the second leg of the L-shaped profile includes an engagement area.

3. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein a spring acting against a drive direction is assigned to the motorized opening unit.

4. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the pulley contains a cam.

5. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 4 , wherein the pawl has a stop element and wherein the cam is configured as a drive cam interacting with the stop element on the pawl and with the swiveling lever.

6. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the swiveling lever mechanically couples the cam of the pulley to the journal.

7. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein a return spring is assigned to the motorized opening unit.

8. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the swiveling lever is u-shaped and the guiding area that accommodates the journal is u-shaped.

Assignees

• Bendel Thorsten
• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Bendel Thorsten

Classifications

• E05B85/243 Primary

  with a bifurcated bolt · CPC title

• Y10T292/1079

  Gear · CPC title

• E05B81/05 Primary

  moving in one direction only · CPC title

• E05B81/06

  using rotary motors · CPC title

• E05B81/14

  operating on bolt detents, e.g. for unlatching the bolt · CPC title