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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2001
Frank Kunst, Olfen, DE;
Norbert Frohne-Brinkmann, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle door lock with a lock mechanism including actuation mechanism which is manually-actuated to actuate a trigger mechanism to a coupled position via a coupling mechanism. A coupling element is engaged by a displacement mechanism which is manually or electronically actuated from the coupled position into an uncoupled position and vice versa when the actuation mechanism is not actuated. When the coupling element is in the uncoupled state and the actuation mechanism is actuated, the coupling element is moved into an intermediate storage position by actuating an adjustment mechanism. A spring element tensions the coupling element into the storage position when the coupling element is shifted. A structural simplification is achieved with the same functionality in that the spring element is an integrated component with the coupling element.