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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Bernd Weyerstall, Wuppertal, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A motor vehicle lock for the door of a motor vehicle which can be locked from the outside, preferably with a key and locking cylinder. The lock mechanism includes a force application element which is preferably a cylindrical nut that can be turned around an axis of rotation, and includes a measurement system for detecting the position of the nut. The measurement system can have at least one stationary sensor and at least one measurement element which is dynamically coupled to the nut of the lock and is located in the measurement range of the sensor in order to detect the position of the nut. The measurement element is located directly on the outside cylindrical surface of the nut while at the same time is made as a component which is separate from the nut of the lock.