Kiekert Ag

Volkswagen Ag

Kay-Olaf Loock

Kai Schrenke

Dieter Meyer

Thorsten Bendel

Andreas Beck

Marek Dragon

Klaus Götzen

Willi Kammerbauer

Tatjana Schmidt

Serkan Guelkan

Jens Richter

Wolfgang Hogräfer

Peter Jencus

Christoph Fuchs

Various embodiments provide a method for operating an opening mechanism which serves for the opening of a motor vehicle lock, wherein the opening mechanism is formed separately from the motor vehicle lock and, for the opening, is coupled mechanically to the motor vehicle lock, wherein the opening mechanism is assigned a control arrangement, a switchable coupling arrangement, an actuating lever and an electric drive arrangement. It is proposed that the overall pivoting region of the actuating lever starting from the starting position comprises a first pivoting region and a second pivoting region following the latter, wherein the motorized opening operation can be triggered by means of the drive arrangement by means of an actuating stroke over the first pivoting region.

Method for operating an opening mechanism

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

Motor vehicle lock () having a lock housing () with at least a locking mechanism () and actuating means (), wherein at least one actuating means () extends through an opening () in the lock housing () and the opening () is provided with at least one reinforcing insert ().

Reinforced motor vehicle lock

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

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Wolfsburg, Germany

Kay-Olaf Loock