Kiekert Ag

Thorsten Nottebaum

Thorsten Bendel

Johannes T Menke

Karl Krause

Robert J Hunt

Robert S Pettengill

Werner Pohle

Markus Berghahn

Johannes Theodor Menke

Disclosed is a securing device (), comprising a front hood () and a hood lock () with a lock holder (), for a motor vehicle; the hood lock () includes a rotary latch () featuring a pre-locking position and a main locking position, and an electric drive () for switching the rotary latch () from the main locking position into the pre-locking position, the front hood () being closed and locked in the main locking position; in the pre-locking position of the rotary latch, the front hood () can be manually moved from a locked position of the front hood () in which the lock holder () engages the rotary latch () and the front hood () is locked, into an unlocked position of the front hood () in which the lock holder () is released by the rotary latch () and the front hood () is unlocked.

Securing device comprising a manually unlockable front hood

The invention relates to a securing device () for a motor vehicle, having a front hood () and a hood lock () with a lock holder (). The hood lock () has a rotary latch () with a pre-locking position and a main locking position and an electric drive () which causes a switchover of the rotary latch () from the main locking position into the pre-locking position. In the main locking position, a release of the lock holder () is blocked, and the front hood () is closed. In the pre-locking position, the lock holder () can be manually moved between a closed position, in which the lock holder () is engaged with the rotary latch () and the front hood () is locked, and an open position, in which the lock holder () is released from the rotary latch () and the front hood () is unlocked.

Securing device for front hoods, comprising an electric drive

The invention relates to a securing device (), which has a front hood () and a hood lock () with a lock holder (), for a motor vehicle. The hood lock () has a rotary latch () with a pre-latching position and a main latching position in which the front hood () is closed and locked, an electric drive () which switches the rotary latch () from the main latching position into the pre-latching position, and a bayonet-type closure system () with a closed position, a release position, and an intermediate position. In the closed position, the rotary latch () is located in the main latching position; in the intermediate position, the rotary latch () is located in the pre-latching position and the lock holder () is engaged with the rotary latch (); and in the release position, the lock holder () is released by the rotary latch () and the front hood () is unlocked.

Securing device with a front hood and a bayonet-type closure system

A motor vehicle lock comprising a lock housing, an electric power supply and at least one illuminant which can be connected to the electric power supply, emits light into a light-guiding element and can be placed directly on a circuit board located inside the lock housing.

Motor vehicle lock

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 safety device for a motor vehicle includes a bonnet with an open and closed position, a bonnet lock with a lock retainer and a rotary latch, and an electric drive which shifts the rotary latch from a main locking position into a preliminary locking position. The lock retainer has an actuator, wherein in a first position of the actuator and in the preliminary locking position of the rotary latch, the lock retainer engages with the rotary latch and the bonnet is locked, and in a second position of the actuator, the lock retainer is released by the rotary latch and the bonnet is unlocked. The bonnet is coupled to the actuator such that in the preliminary locking position of the rotary latch a displacement of the bonnet towards the closed position of the bonnet causes a displacement of the actuator from the first position into the second position.

Safety device for bonnets comprising an electric drive and lockable actuator

A method and to a device for impinging on a motor vehicle door in the sense of a deceleration, in particular for avoiding collisions. There is at least one sensor assigned to the motor vehicle door. Furthermore, as a function of signals from the sensor, the control unit actuates the locking device for locking the motor vehicle door. The locking device applies a preferably variable braking torque to the motor vehicle door, taking into account a braking start predetermined by the control unit.

Method and device for impinging on a motor vehicle door in the sense of a deceleration, in particular for avoiding collisions

A method for controlling a motor vehicle locking mechanism and to a motor vehicle locking mechanism, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a control unit, at least one electric drive that can be controlled by the control unit, and at least one illuminant that can be associated with the locking mechanism, the illuminant being controllable in accordance with a status of the locking mechanism and/or of a vehicle component accommodating the locking mechanism, said status being detectable by the control unit, the illuminant being integrated into a switching circuit of the electric drive.

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