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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2022
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Ömer Inan, Dorsten, DE;
Holger Schiffer, Meerbusch, DE;
Michael Scholz, Essen, DE;
Peter Szegeny, Engelskirchen, DE;
Andreas Schmitz, Velbert, DE;
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be blocked in at least one catch position by means of the pawl, an electrical drive unit for unblocking the locking mechanism, a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber, and wherein at least one mechanical connection is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber such that a mechanism arranged in the dry chamber can be actuated.