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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2023
Kiekert Ag, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Robert S. Pettengill, Farmington, MI (US);
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
A hood lock for a motor vehicle comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a lock holder interacting with the locking mechanism, a release lever, the locked locking mechanism being able to be unlocked by means of the release lever, and the lock holder being transferable from a latching position into a support position after a first actuation, and the lock holder being transferable after a second actuation of the release lever into a release position, and a closing drive, wherein the locking mechanism can be moved by means of the closing drive from the support position into a main latching position, and wherein at least one position of the rotary latch can be detected by means of a switching means, and wherein at least one further switching means is provided for detecting the pawl position.