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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Oliver Jung, Wuppertal, DE;
Siegfried Reichmann, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Bernd Allefeld, Breckerfeld, DE;
Bernd Weyerstall, Wuppertal, DE;
Berthold Huessler, Ahaus, DE;
Bernd Huster, Muenchberg, DE;
Hansjuergen Linde, Coburg, DE;
Uwe Neumann, Bamberg, DE;
Heinrich Plett, Wermelskirchen, DE;
Stefan Schwitters, Remscheid, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
The subject of the invention is a key collar for a motor vehicle door lock or the like including a key collar support plate fixedly attached on a support sheet, and a collar element supported on the collar support plate which, in operation, engages a lock catch of the motor vehicle door lock or the like. Optionally, the key collar includes an elastomer arrangement which allows the collar element to move a limited distance relative to the collar support plate in the plane of the collar support plate thereby better meeting the different requirements of normal use conditions and during a vehicle crash. In operation, the collar element of a preferred embodiment is supported on the collar support plate on two spaced bearing points, one bearing point with a trailing bridge in a manner that collar element can be swivelled around an axis which is perpendicular to collar support plate, and another bearing point with a leading bridge which can be displaced in corresponding arc-shaped crank.