Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft

Steffen Sattler

Gabriel Hairer

Jaroslaw Gabrycki

A control element housing has a front face that receives at least one control element, a rear face lying opposite the front face, a first side face and a second side face lying opposite the first side face, the two side faces connecting the front face to the rear face, a base which interconnects the two side faces and the rear face, and an upper face lying opposite the base, the upper face connecting the front face, the first side face, the second side face and the rear face. The base and/or the upper face has or have at least one structural weakening that allows the control element housing to be deformed under mechanical stress. Also disclosed is a door interior trim having the control element housing.

Control element housing and door interior trim comprising a control element housing of this type

A lock for a motor vehicle is described. The lock includes a lock latch which is displaced upon closing of the lock by a closing element from an open position in the direction of a closed position. A spring element loads the lock latch in its closed position, which is fixed in its open position in a frictional and/or formfitting way by a removable open-position retention part. Upon closing of the lock, the closing element or another component detaches the open-position retention part from the lock latch.

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Ismaning, Germany

Steffen Sattler