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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1998
Bernd-Alfred Kluting, Radevormald, DE;
Alexander Zernikel, Herzogenaurach, DE;
Detlef Gorgens, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Rolf Fleischhauer, Furth, DE;
ED. Scharwachter GmbH, Remscheid, DE;
Abstract
A door lock formed integrally with a motor vehicle door hinge and including a housing, a first bearing ring forming a holding element with a curved running track concentric with a pin axis and a plurality of detent points, a plurality of braking and locking members rotatable about respective axes extending transverse to a hinge pin axis, a spring for biasing the braking and locking members into engagement with the holding element, a second, flat-surface, bearing ring for engaging the bearing and locking members opposite the first bearing ring, and a cage for receiving the braking and locking members, with the cage and the first, holding element-forming, bearing ring being alternatively fixedly connectable with the hinge pin and the one of the first and second hinge halves without a possibility of rotation relatively to the hinge pin and the hinge half, respectively.