Volkswagen Ag

Kiekert Ag

Audi Ag

Dieter Meyer

Kay-Olaf Loock

Kai Schrenke

Thorsten Bendel

Gustav Hofmann

Marek Dragon

Klaus Götzen

Ulrich Lammel

Florian Zysk

Michael Drescher

Axel Anders

Frank Bekemeier

Klaus Meissner

Peter Plott

Alexander Schaaf

Bernd Krauter

Drago Sajfert

Jens Richter

Wolfgang Hogräfer

Bernd Orlow

Renee Dau

Peter Balko

Jörg Havemann

René Dau

A lock for a motor vehicle door or hatch with a plastic lock housing () attached to the vehicle door or hatch, which is provided with a guide slot () for a latch bracket () or latch bolt and at least one spring lip (), attached at the entrance side of the guide slot () extending longitudinally therein and formed as a single piece with the lock housing, for elastically supporting the latch bracket () or latch bolt in the closed position of the lock as well as during insertion of the latch bracket () or latch bolt into and retraction of the latch bracket () or latch bolt out of the guide slot () and the catch (), and wherein at least one said spring lip () at least in a region of its free end, which free end corresponds to an end position and a support position () of the latch bracket () or latch bolt in the closed position of the lock, includes an overlay () having a low-friction, wear-resistant surface.

Lock for a motor vehicle door or hatch

A front hood safety closure system for motor vehicles includes a rotary latch disposed to swivel about an axis, a catch hook, a striker, as well as a retaining pawl disposed to swivel about an axis, in the closed position of the front hood, the rotary latch being connected to the striker located on the front hood in that the rotary latch receives the middle limb of the striker within a fork-shaped recess adapted to the shape of the striker, and when the locking of the front hood is released, the striker being connected to the catch hook performing a safety function upon release of the retention by the rotary latch, both the rotary latch and the retaining pawl assigned a stop. The catch hook is swivelable, independently of the rotary latch, about the catch hook axis, the catch hook axis being coincident with the rotary latch axis.

Front hood safety closure system having a separate catch-hook control

Device () for a motor vehicle lock () comprising an inlet () for a latch pin (), wherein the inlet () has an entrance region () and an end region () with at least one damper element () which can absorb the contact force from the latch pin (), wherein the damper element () has at least one opening (), in which at least the rigid insert () is disposed against the damper element ().

Absorber element for a motor vehicle lock

A support bracket for an exterior handle of a vehicle door for motor vehicles attaches inside an outer skin of a vehicle door for mounting the exterior handle in a handle recess of the outer skin. Both longitudinally extending ends of the support bracket include a first opening for passage of connecting elements of the exterior handle. A second opening supporting a closing cylinder is arranged following the first opening. A Bowden cable connection associated with the support bracket substantially in a region of the second opening supports the closing cylinder, and in a region of the first opening receives a connecting element of the exterior handle. The Bowden cable connection is releasably connected with a downwardly depending longitudinal side of the support bracket to provide safety in a crash.

Support bracket for an exterior handle of a vehicle door for motor vehicles

A key system () for a motor vehicle comprises transmitter electronics arranged inside a housing () and used for the contactless locking and/or unlocking of a door of the motor vehicle and/or operation of the motor vehicle. The system further comprises an emergency key () for mechanically locking and/or unlocking the door of the motor vehicle and/or for the operation of the motor vehicle. The emergency key is received inside the housing () in a substantially complete manner.

Key system for a motor vehicle

An actuating arrangement for a Bowden cable, in particular in a vehicle, includes a bracket which can be fastened to a wall and a lever arrangement which is pivotally fastened to the bracket and includes a lever member and a cable coupling for one end of the Bowden cable. To provide improved installation conditions and a concealed arrangement of the Bowden cable, the lever member and the cable connector are separate parts which can be connected to each other in a rotationally fixed relation after the assembly consisting of the bracket and cable coupling has been fastened to the wall.

Actuating arrangement for a Bowden cable

A vehicle door lock control arrangement includes a spring lock and an external actuator which is releasably connected to a release lever on the lock side. The release lever can be pivoted between a rest position and a release position against the force of a first spring to act on a pawl which normally retains the lock in its locked position. A further spring is also provided which prevents the lock from being partially released when it is connected to the external actuator. For this purpose, the further spring normally holds the release lever in the rest position but its connection to the release lever is automatically released during the initial actuation of the release lever.

Lock control arrangement for a vehicle door

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Dieter Meyer