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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
VDO Adolf Schindling AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 4/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 4/700 ;
Abstract
A lock, suitable for use in a car door, has a rotary latch which cooperates with a locking wedge, or the like, and can be locked by a locking pawl in a locking position. The pawl is actuatable by a setting device for bringing the rotary latch at least into an open position. In order to provide a lock which is of improved efficiency and is both compact in construction and operates reliably, transmission elements are arranged between the pawl and the setting device for transmitting movement of the setting device, in stepped-down fashion, to the pawl.