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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2002
Bernardo Erices, Berg.gladbach, DE;
Simon Brose, Hattingen, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle electric door lock with an outside housing which is essentially closed on all sides, with an inlet channel for a key collar and located in the outside housing, a rotary latch, a detent pawl which holds the rotary latch, a separate detent pawl lever which is dynamically connected to the detent pawl or which is made on the detent pawl as an extension, and an electrical opening drive unit with a drive motor, step-down gearing, and a driven element, the driven element via the detent pawl lever driving the detent pawl in the lifting direction and engaging the actuating section of the detent pawl lever. The drive unit is located in the drive housing which is located in the outside housing and which is sealed relative to the remainder of the outside housing, the driven element of the drive unit is a cam wheel which is located on the outside of the drive housing and the drive shaft of the cam wheel is sealed by a rotary bushing which is routed through the wall of the drive housing.