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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2008
Horst Kutschat, Wuppertal, DE;
Horst Kutschat, Wuppertal, DE;
D. La Porte Soehne GmbH, Wuppertal, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle door lock for locking and closing doors of motor vehicles, particularly of doors of agricultural machines, such as tractors, having a rotary catch arrangement and a release mechanism, by means of which the rotary catch arrangement can be unlocked, wherein the rotary catch arrangement has a recess for a lock case having a locking stud, in which at least one, preferably two rotary catches are pivotally supported, wherein the rotary catch is drivably connected to a rotary catch spring, particularly in the rotary catch opening direction (D), and wherein in the lock case at least one pivotable pawl is disposed, by means of which the rotating movement of the rotary catch can be locked, and thus the rotary catch can be closed, wherein the release mechanism has a near controllable releasing unit and a remote controllable releasing unit having a transverse tube with remote control means disposed therein, a remote control button, and a cable pull mechanism operatively connected to remote releasing means, and wherein the pawl can be actuated both using the near controlled releasing unit and the remote controlled releasing unit such that the locking of the rotary catch can be released, wherein the release mechanism has an actuating lever, by means of which the pawl can be actuated, and which can also be actuated by means of the near controlled releasing unit and by means of the remote controlled releasing unit.