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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024
Filed:
May. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Kiekert Ag, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Inventor:
Ulrich Weichsel, Duisburg, DE;
Assignee:
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 85/26 (2014.01); E05B 77/36 (2014.01); E05B 81/04 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 81/20 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 85/26 (2013.01); E05B 77/36 (2013.01); E05B 81/04 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); E05B 81/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A motor-vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism, comprising a rotary latch and at least one pawl, and with a closing drive and an opening drive for the locking mechanism. The rotary latch can be transferred into an overtravel position by means of the closing drive. According to the invention, in order to open the locking mechanism, the rotary latch is held in the overtravel position by means of the closing drive. In this way, the opening drive can open the pawl and subsequently the closing drive can travel back when the locking mechanism is open.