Motor vehicle door lock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708837-B2
Application number	US-201314374049-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2013
Priority date	Jan 26, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a lock housing ( 1 ) and at least one lever ( 2 ) that is arranged in the lock ( 1 ) and projects through an opening ( 4 ) at least partially out of the lock ( 1 ), wherein the lever ( 2 ) is formed as a pivot lever ( 2 ) which is movable along the opening ( 4 ) and mounted in the interior and/or on the lock housing ( 1 ) and the opening ( 4 ) is equipped with at least one seal ( 6 ) that, for the most part, closes an opening gap ( 5 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor vehicle door lock comprising a lock housing that defines an opening, and at least one lever that is arranged in the lock housing and projects at least partially out of the lock housing through the opening, wherein the at least one lever is formed as a pivot lever which is moveable along the opening and mounted in an interior and/or on the lock housing,
wherein the housing has at least one opening rim that defines the opening,
wherein the opening includes at least one gap formed between the at least one lever and the at least one opening rim,
wherein the opening is equipped with at least one seal fixed to the at least one opening rim so as to at least partially close the at least one gap between the at least one lever and the at least one opening rim; and
wherein the at least one seal comprises two seals, the at least one opening rim comprises two opposing longitudinal edges, and the at least one gap comprises two gaps, wherein each seal is fixed to a corresponding one of the longitudinal edges and extends into a corresponding one of the gaps perpendicularly to the at least one lever so as to accommodate the at least one lever centrally between them.

2. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one seal is designed as a foil injection moulded to the at least one opening rim.

3. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the opening is predominantly rectangular with the at least one opening rim forming an open rectangle.

4. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the lock housing and the at least one seal are made of the same material.

5. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein at least in an area of the opening the lock housing and the at least one seal are made of plastic.

6. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the lock housing and the at least one seal are made of a different plastics.

7. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 6 , wherein the lock housing is made of a thermoplastic material and the at least one seal is made of an elastomer.

8. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the lock housing and the at least one seal are produced in a single production process.

9. The motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one seal defines an opening slit equal to or thinner than a material thickness of the at least one lever.

Assignees

• Kiekert Ag

Inventors

• Bendel Thorsten
• Handke Armin
• Ochtrop Matthias
• Kellersohn Matthias

Classifications

• Y10T292/48

  Seals · CPC title

• E05B85/00 Primary

  Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00 · CPC title

• E05B15/1607

  Adhesive · CPC title

• E05B85/02

  Lock casings · CPC title

• E05B77/34 Primary

  Protection against weather or dirt, e.g. against water ingress (closures or guards for keyholes E05B17/14) · CPC title