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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2013
Brose Schliesssysteme Gmbh & Co. KG, Wuppertal, DE;
David Rosales, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael Wittelsbuerger, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Brose Schliesssysteme GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
A lock can include a catch and a pawl. The catch can be brought into an opening position and a closed position. The catch can be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. The pawl may be brought into a position, where it is in blocking engagement with the catch. The pawl may be deflected into a release position. A pawl actuation lever is provided. A switchable lock arrangement in an unlocked state can be included. A first drive train component is decoupled from the pawl for letting the pawl actuation lever run free without deflecting the pawl or a first drive train component is blocked for blocking an actuation of the pawl actuation lever. A crash condition causes the switchable lock arrangement to be in the locked state such that during the crash condition a crash induced actuation of the pawl actuation lever runs free or is blocked.