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Keykert USA, Inc.

Keykert USA, USA

Robert J Hunt

Robert S Pettengill

Keith Julien

Adrin Wagner

Daniel I Udriste

Claus Töpfer

Gaylen W Ercanbrack

Jeff Duncan

Scott Brown

Thorsten Nottebaum

Jim Zhuang

Robert L Brickner

Werner Pohle

Octavian Cimpean

Karl Lambertz

David Keehn

Vasanth K Suratkal

Raja Raymond

Ruben Reyna

William E Burger

Kyle Schroeder

Keon Seok Bang

Sorin S Tudora

Michael K Hietbrink

Tommy Toma

John K Carlisle

Patrick Mullins

John Diederich

A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, which is equipped with a latch case and a latch cover as substantial components of a latch housing. The latch case and the latch cover can be connected to one another. In addition, the latch case is equipped with a raised edge at least on part of the circumference. According to the invention, the latch cover overlaps the raised edge with an overhang flange when installed on the latch case.

Motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch

A motor vehicle latch, in particular to a motor vehicle door latch, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a catch and a pawl. Furthermore, a release lever rotatable about an axis of rotation is provided for the locking mechanism. In addition, an electromotive opening drive and a handle connected to a connecting means are provided. In order to open the locking mechanism, the opening drive acts by motor on the release lever, while the handle, including the connecting means, alternatively or additionally acts manually on the release lever. According to the invention, the opening drive acts on the release lever radially on the inside relative to the axis of rotation, and the connecting means acts on said release lever radially on the outside in relation to said axis of rotation.

A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl as locking mechanism components. In addition, a latching element which is arranged in the engagement region between the two locking mechanism components and is pivotably mounted on the rotary latch or the pawl for the most part in a plane of the locking mechanism spanned by the two locking mechanism components. In addition, at least one guide element is implemented for additional axial and/or radial guidance of the latching element. According to the invention, the guide element is designed as a holding plate which overlaps the latching element laterally and is oriented largely parallel to the plane of the locking mechanism.

Motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock

A positioning unit for technical applications in motor vehicles, in particular a locking system, a door positioner or a sliding door drive, having a housing, a drive arranged in the housing, a control element which can be acted upon by the drive, and a bearing location for the drive, in which the bearing location is formed at least partly of plastic, wherein the bearing is designed as a separate bearing location, and at least part of the drive is insertable into the bearing location.

Positioning unit for technical applications in motor vehicles

A latching device with a blocking device that is capable of preventing unintentional opening of a door or a flap in the case of a crash. The blocking device includes a pyrotechnic gas generator. The pyrotechnic gas generator triggers in the case of a crash and moves a blocking element into a blocking position which prevents opening of the locking mechanism of the latching device.

Motor vehicle latching system with pyrotechnic blocking device

A latching system for a door or flap of a motor vehicle includes a triggering lever and an operating lever to rotate the triggering lever, the triggering lever having two connections for simultaneous triggering of two separate latching devices for a door or flap, and further includes a coupling lever rotatably attached to the triggering lever to couple the operating lever with the triggering lever. Highly reliable bolting can be attained with simultaneously low manufacturing costs.

Latching system for a motor vehicle

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

The object of the present invention is a motor vehicle door latch, in particular a motor vehicle tailgate latch. In its basic construction, this comprises a plastic base plate () having a recess () and a drive unit () arranged in the recess () Furthermore, a lever arrangement () acted on by the drive unit () consisting of two or more levers () mounted on the base plate () is provided for. According to the invention, the levers () are detachably connected by means of a ratchet rotational connection () and additionally axially secured by an individual attachment element ().

Motor vehicle door latch

A motor vehicle door latch, in particular a tailgate latch, which is equipped with a locking mechanism comprising a catch and a pawl. Furthermore, a triggering element working on the pawl is provided for which is set up at least to lift the pawl. Furthermore, a memory element, which at least guarantees an unimpeded opening movement of the catch when the pawl is lifted. The memory element maintains the pawl in its elevated position.

Motor vehicle door latch, in particular a tailgate latch

A closing device for use in motor vehicles, in particular a backrest latch for locking and unlocking backrests in motor vehicles. The closing device is also provided with a multi-pawl locking mechanism substantially consisting of a catch, a comfort pawl that interacts with the catch and a blocking pawl that secures the comfort pawl. The catch includes an L-shaped insertion slot for a closing pin for forming at least a first closed position and a second closed position.

Closing device for use in motor vehicles

A motor vehicle door latch which is equipped with a locking bolt and a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, including a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle door latch possesses a stop lever pivotably located on the control lever, which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet position and a pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt in respect of the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis. The stop lever impinges a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch in order to open the locking mechanism.

An opening device for a motor vehicle latch with a trigger which can be moved from a starting position into an opening position for pivoting of a triggering lever from a starting position into an opening position and which is connected with an inertia component by a deflectable knee lever, with a blockade lever, which can be moved by deflection of the knee lever from a starting position into a blocking position, whereby the movement of the triggering lever into the opening position is prevented when the blockade lever is in its blocking position, whereby the knee lever is deflected by excessive acceleration of the trigger and the blockade lever is thus moved into its blocking position.

Opening device with locking device for a motor vehicle latch

A latching device for motor vehicle applications, in particular to a multi-position backrest latch for locking and unlocking seat backrests in motor vehicles. The basic structure of the device has a locking mechanism substantially consisting of a catch and pawls, and also has a locking pin that interacts with the locking mechanism, and a cam element, which acts upon the locking pin in the direction of an open position. According to the invention, the cam element acts on a blocking element which engages over the locking pin.

Latching device for motor vehicle applications

The invention relates to a locking mechanism component, in particular a catch, for a motor vehicle lock for retaining and securing a closing member in a closed position of a door or hatch of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one first punched metal sheet and one second punched metal sheet, wherein the punched metal sheets are connected to each other in a non-detachable manner and the first punched metal sheet, compared to the second punched metal sheet, has a different punched metal sheet material and/or a greater punched metal sheet thickness, wherein the first punched metal sheet and the second punched metal sheet have at least partially or predominantly an identical outer contour and/or are disposed stacked one above the other in such a way that sections with an identical outer contour are disposed flush with each other on the outside. The invention further relates to a production method. A locking mechanism component with a great strength and longevity can be provided with a smaller production expenditure.

Locking mechanism component for a motor vehicle lock

The object of the present invention is a drive unit for a motor vehicle component with an electromotor () and a rotatable output element (). Furthermore, a blocking element (), which can be acted on by an actuator (), is provided for interacting with a protrusion () on the output element (). According to the invention, the protrusion () detaches the blocking element () from a stop () at the start of a rotational movement of the output element (). Thus, the blocking element () is transferred into a blocking position with the aid of the actuator () in which the blocking element () blocks a rotation of the output element () beyond a specified point.

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Davisburg, MI, United States of America

Robert J Hunt