Valeo Securite Habitacle

Philippe Jacquinet

Patrick Dupont

Electric lock for a motor vehicle door, comprising a lock casing (B), of which a first compartment contains a latch and a pawl, and of which a second compartment ( ) contains, in sealed manner, a locking lever ( ) capable of placing the lock in a locked/unlocked position, and an electric motor ( ) for assisting with opening, characterized in that, in the second compartment, the electric motor is capable of rotating, via a set of gears ( ), a gear wheel ( ) with at least one radially eccentric wrist pin ( ), the said wrist pin being intended, as the wheel rotates, to drive an operating lever ( ) until a radially eccentric peg ( ) on the said wheel comes into contact with an elastic end-of-opening travel stop ( ), the supply of electric power to the motor being timed to last long enough for the said peg to be sure of reaching the elastic stop, the said operating lever rotating as one with an opening lever arranged in the first compartment and capable of cooperating with the pawl to move it into the position for releasing the latch.

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Nouvion, France

Philippe Jacquinet