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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theo Baukholt, Kriftel, DE;
Klaus-Peter Rathmann, Frankfurt, DE;
Jens Lübben, Schwalbach, DE;
Sven Petzold, Wiesbaden, DE;
Assignee:
VDO Adolf Schindling AG, Frankfurt, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 4/708 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 4/708 ;
Abstract
A lock suitable for use in a motor vehicle door has a rotary latch, a locking wedge, a pawl, a setting device, and a transmission device wherein the rotary latch cooperates with the locking wedge to be locked in a locking position by the pawl. Upon actuation of a manipulator, the setting device brings the pawl electrically at least into one opening position. The transmission device brings the pawl into its opening position by actuation of the manipulator over a displacement range which is greater than a displacement range of an electric unlocking.