Kiekert Ag

Michael Scholz

Holger Schiffer

Ömer Inan

Peter Szegeny

Thomas Schönenberg

Manuel Reusch

Armin Handke

Bernhard Drost

Thorsten Bendel

Christian Sturm

Thomas Hulsmann

Andreas Schmitz

Christian Bauer

Omar Inan

Uwe Reddmann

Johannes-Theodor Menke

Karsten Barth

Marek Dragon

Stefan Armbruster

Werner Pohle

Thomas Waldmann

Michael Herrmann

Radek Mazal

Frank Kunst

Elena Suholutskaja

Volker Westerwick

Dirk Hanisch

Cyrille Roussel

Murat Özdogan

Thomas Hülsmann

Oliver Goetz

Oliver Götz

Bernhard Kordowski

Johannes Theodor Menke

Michael Lüttig

ÖMar Inan

Thomas HÜLSMANN

Hans-Joachim Westerhoff

Andreas Kasper

A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be blocked in at least one catch position by means of the pawl, an electrical drive unit for unblocking the locking mechanism, a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber, and wherein at least one mechanical connection is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber such that a mechanism arranged in the dry chamber can be actuated.

Motor vehicle lock

An electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications, which is equipped with an electric motor, a drive wheel that interacts with the electric motor, in particular a worm wheel having a cam contour, and a lever that can be impacted by the cam contour. The cam contour completes a full rotation in order to impact the lever. According to the invention, the cam contour is designed to exceed a full rotation.

Electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications

A motor vehicle having a motor vehicle lock which is paired with a movable door element and which comprises a locking mechanism consisting of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. In an open position of the locking mechanism, at least one part of an inlet region for a lock holder can be released. The motor vehicle also has an actuation means which is arranged in the free inlet region, wherein the actuation means forms at least one part of an energy power supply of the motor vehicle lock.

Motor vehicle with a motor vehicle lock

A motor vehicle lock housing arrangement which is equipped with at least one lock housing and one carrier housing. The lock housing is designed to receive at least one locking-mechanism-side component, such as an actuator. The carrier housing has at least one electronics carrier. The lock housing and the carrier housing are connected together in a media-tight manner. According to the invention, the carrier housing and the electronics carrier define a pre-assembled structural unit, which is coupled modularly to the lock housing with at least one seal interposed.

Motor vehicle lock housing arrangement

A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism essentially consisting of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an actuating lever chain for the locking mechanism is provided. The actuating lever chain has at least one actuating lever, a coupling element, and a trigger lever on the locking mechanism side. Furthermore, an inertia element is also provided for acting on the coupling element at least in the event of a crash. According to the invention, the coupling element is disengaged during normal operation and is only engaged in the event of a crash by means of the inertia element.

A drive unit for motor vehicle applications, in particular motor vehicle closing devices. The drive unit comprises an electric motor and at least one drive element driven by the electric motor. In addition, an actuation lever that cooperates with the drive element is provided. The drive element and/or the actuation lever are advantageously designed to be able to rotate about an axis. A rotatably mounted intermediate element is provided between the drive element and the actuation lever. According to the invention, the intermediate element is in the form of a friction-reducing rolling element.

Drive unit for motor vehicle applications

A motor vehicle drive assembly which is equipped with a drive element and an abutment, and also with at least one spring between the drive element and the abutment. In addition, there is at least one drive element sensor which, depending on the application of force by the drive element counter to the force of the spring and an associated relative movement between the drive element and the abutment, transmits sensor signals to a control unites. According to the invention, the drive element sensor, depending on the application of force by the drive element, generates different force-dependent, sliding sensor signals which are evaluated by the control unites, for example to drive an actuating element.

Motor vehicle drive assembly

A motor vehicle lock which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl. Also provided is a sensor arrangement associated with the locking mechanism comprising a fixed sensor and a sensing element that influences signals of the sensor and follows the locking mechanism, or vice versa. The sensor generates at least two different signals associated with the presence and absence of the sensing element in the region of influence of the sensor. According to the invention, the single sensing element also produces at least one additional third signal of the single sensor in accordance with its position in relation to the sensor.

A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock. This lock is provided with a locking mechanism substantially formed by a rotary latch and at least one pawl. A lever chain is also provided for directly or indirectly acting on the locking mechanism. The lever chain has at least one actuation lever and an actuated lever optionally acted upon by the actuation lever. In addition, at least one damping element is created for the lever chain. According to the invention, the damping element is arranged on the actuation lever and/or the actuated lever.

Door lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock

The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock which is equipped with a locking mechanism () that consists essentially of a rotary latch () and a pawl (). Furthermore, an electrical drive () for the locking mechanism () is provided. Moreover, an actuating lever chain () is implemented between the electrical drive () and the locking mechanism (), wherein a coupling element () of the actuating lever chain () can at least be decoupled with the aid of an emergency actuating element () that can be acted on manually. According to the invention, the emergency actuating element () acts on the coupling element () predominantly in a linear manner in relation to a link ().

Motor vehicle door lock

A motor vehicle door equipped with a motor vehicle door lock, as well as with at least one first electromotive drive for the motor vehicle door lock, and with an emergency electrical power source for the first drive. According to the invention, the emergency power source is arranged in a component required for operation, for attaching in or to a door leaf.

Motor vehicle door

A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is provided with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, a latching element, which is arranged in the engagement region between two locking mechanism components is provided, wherein said latching element is pivotably mounted on the rotary latch and/or the pawl for the most part in a plane of the locking mechanism (E). According to the invention, the latching element has a guide extension, which projects relative to the plane of the locking mechanism (E), for additional axial and/or radial guidance.

A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism that substantially consists of a rotary latch and at least one pawl. Each of the two locking mechanism parts is rotatably supported on a base about a respective axis. For this purpose, a bearing surface of each locking mechanism part slides along a fixed support body. According to the invention, the support body is provided with an open bearing trough for receiving the bearing surface.

A latch for a motor vehicle, in particular an electrically operable latch, comprising a locking mechanism having a catch and at least one pawl, it being possible to ratchet the catch in at least one main ratchet position by means of the pawl, and a further ratchet element located between the catch and the pawl in the engagement region and arranged on the catch, the ratchet element being pivotably accommodated in the catch.

Latch for a motor vehicle in particular an electrically operable motor vehicle lock

A door lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and at least one pawl. Each locking mechanism component is mounted on a base in a rotatable manner about an axis. Additionally, a fixed support body is provided for at least one locking mechanism component. According to the invention, the locking mechanism component is designed to be rotatable about a bearing pin at a distance from the support body during a normal operation and comes into contact with the support body solely in the event of a crash with a simultaneous deformation of the bearing pin.

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Michael Scholz