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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Thorsten Bendel, Oberhausen, DE;
Armin Handke, Duisburg, DE;
Andreas Sohlbach, Mulheim, DE;
Matthais Ochtrop, Dorsten, DE;
Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a lock for a door or flap, comprising a locking mechanism that consists of a rotary latch () and at least one pawl () for locking the rotary latch (), the rotary latch () when in the detent position preferably initiating an opening moment in the pawl (). The design of the rotary latch () is such that said latch is deformed under excessive stress in the locked state in such a way that an engagement between the pawl () and the rotary latch () is maintained or increases. A lock of this type will not open even under excessive stress.