Kiekert Ag

Karl Lambertz

Robert J Hunt

Livianu Dorin Puscas

Vlad Negrut

Tommy Toma

Ronald Toranto

The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock, particularly a backrest lock (), on a motor vehicle seat (). The basic construction of the motor vehicle door lock includes a locking mechanism () consisting essentially of a rotary latch (), a ratchet pawl () and a blocking element () for the ratchet pawl (). In addition, a drive unit () that acts on a triggering element () is provided. According to the invention, the drive unit () is constructed as a linear adjustment drive (), which acts on the triggering element () so that it interacts in succession, first with the blocking element () and then with the ratchet pawl ().

Motor vehicle door lock, particularly a backrest lock on a motor vehicle seat

A dual-member locking mechanism for a vehicle door handle assembly activated by an inertial force acting on the locking mechanism, comprising a first lever having a first axis of rotation; and a second lever having a second axis of rotation; wherein the first lever is engageable with the door handle assembly; the second lever comprises a weight member and a finger member; the finger member is engageable with the first lever; and the second lever is rotatable around the second axis of rotation in response to the inertial force.

Dual-member inertia-activated locking mechanism for vehicle door handle assembly

The actuating system has a handle pivoted about a handle axis on the door, an actuating part fixed on the handle and extending radially from the axis, and a damper fixed on the door adjacent the axis and having an input element. The actuating part is connected to the input element for displacement of the input element and operation of the damper on pivoting of the handle. The input element is rotatable about a damper axis and the connection is a positive rotational coupling. The coupling includes gear teeth on the actuating part and gear teeth on the rotary input meshing with the actuating-part gear teeth. More specifically the rotary input element is a gear wheel and the actuating part includes a sector gear in mesh with the gear wheel.

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Troy, MI, United States of America

Karl Lambertz