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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Klaus Gotzen, Mulheim, DE;
Carsten Fuchs, Dusseldorf, DE;
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a ratchet mechanism, at least one actuation lever for triggering the ratchet mechanism and a ratchet lever that is pivotable about an axis. The ratchet lever renders the ratchet mechanism ineffective, at least with regard to the magnitude and direction of occurring retarding forces, for example in the event of an accident ('in the event of a crash'). According to the invention the ratchet lever is mounted eccentrically on the axis thereof and thereby produces in dependence of the occurring retarding forces a counter-torque that blocks the actuation lever.