Lunke & Sohn Gmbh

Dr. Ing. H.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft

Daimler Chrysler Ag

Daimler-benz Ag

Mercedes-benz Aktiengesellschaft

Ralf Mertin

Holger Seel

Alfred Grossbach

Klaus P Claar

Reiner Armbruster

Jurgen Schrader

Bernhard Schenk

Kurt Schaible

Gerhard Zweigart

Eckart Schuler

Bodo Homann

Wolfgang Moebius

Robert Schwed

Jan Schilling

Hans Droste

Karl Koster

Gunter Ellenbeck

Jorg Hagenlocher

Helmut Staiger

Artur Mangold

Dirk Bogner

A door hinge, preferably for a door on a motor vehicle, having a carrying arm, which is articulated on a door bracket and a pillar bracket at the ends in each case, and having a control lever which is articulated on both sides and is intended for controlling a predetermined movement sequence during the opening and closing operations of the door, comprises an element articulated on a part of the door hinge, which element locks the door hinge, preferably automatically, when said door hinge is subjected to pronounced acceleration, especially in case of an accident with high frontal impacts.

Door hinge

A closure for a passenger car cover which is stretched against a stationary frame of a vehicle body, comprises a housing which is arranged on the top side and has an operating element and comprises a swivellable locking hook which interacts with a connecting link mounted on the frame. In its locked position, while having an inconspicuous appearance, the lock does not project with respect to the adjoining top contour in the direction of the passenger compartment. During the opening operation, the operating element takes up a position advantageous for gripping by a user. In the locked position of the lock, a first and a second operating element are arranged in a sunk manner in a recess of the top frame. The two operating elements interact such that the second operating element will be moved into a lowered gripping position only after the operation of the first operating element.

Closure for a passenger car cover

Locking assembly for releasably locking a vehicle roof

The invention concerns a power-assisted lock for doors, hatches hoods or hard tops of vehicles and the like. In addition to a known pivotal latch and a catch for a releasable engagement with the pivotal latch there is a control disc pivotally mounted in the housing of the lock. A manual or power actuated drive means is attached to the control disc for the closing and opening operation. The pivotal latch and the control disc have a drive connection providing for limited play. The arrangement together with the catch leads to a locking of the control disc before a closing operation and an unlocking of the control disc by turning the pivotal latch during the closing operation of the lock. The pivotal latch has the usual pre-lock position.

Power-assisted lock for vehicles

A tilting lever is mounted between a pivotal guide head and one side of a sliding door for a vehicle. The tilting lever is made of two angularly spaced arms with abutment surfaces at one end. The abutment surfaces engage with abutment surfaces and cam surfaces on the guide head and sliding door so as to hold the tilting lever in one of two positions. In one position the guide head is prevented from pivoting, while in the other position the sliding door is prevented from sliding. The guide head and sliding door are mounted together on a supporting arm pivoted to the body of the vehicle whereby the sliding door is first moved to an intermediate position and then to an open position.

Sliding door for vehicles, especially automobiles

A supporting arm and a rod, each having one end pivoted to a guide head in which a sliding door for a vehicle is longitudinally movable and the other end pivoted to a vehicle body, are of equal length so as to form a parallelogram linkage. The pivots of the supporting arm and the rod are offset relative to each other, accordingly, when the sliding door is opened to an intermediate position parallel with the vehicle body, it will move perpendicularly to the vehicle body.

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Herdecke, Germany

Ralf Mertin