IP Library Granted Patent US 12662855
Granted Patent B2
US 12662855 · App. 18/294,376 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Securing arrangement for a flap or cover of a vehicle

Inventors: Marcus Knechtel (Kirchheim, DE); Arne Koehler (Pliening, DE); Ulrich Koestler (Hebertshausen, DE)
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
E05B83/24E05B63/143E05B79/20E05B81/06E05B81/08E05B81/16
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12662855
App. No.
18/294,376
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A locking arrangement for a vehicle includes at least two locks for locking a flap or cover, in particular a single flap or cover, of the vehicle, and an opening device with an actuating device, in particular a single actuating device, for unlocking the two locks. The opening device is designed.

Claims (25)

1 . A locking arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:

at least two locks for locking a flap of the vehicle;

an opening apparatus having an activation apparatus for unlocking the at least two locks,

wherein the opening apparatus is configured such that the activation apparatus opens just a single one of the at least two locks, by a respective actuation of the activation apparatus, and

the activation apparatus is a single rotatable lever mechanically connected to the at least two locks via two opposing force-transfer devices, such that rotation in a first direction unlocks only a first lock and rotation in an opposite direction unlocks only a second lock.

2 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the activation apparatus is in the form of a rotatably supported lever which is connected to the at least two locks in order to unlock the at least two locks.

3 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein

the opening apparatus comprises a rotary lever and a coupling,

the rotary lever is configured and arranged for manual activation, and

the coupling is switchable, and in the coupled state connects the rotary lever to the activation apparatus so as to transmit torque and in the uncoupled state transmits no torque from the rotary lever to the activation apparatus.

4 . The locking arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling has an electrically controllable actuator for switching the coupling.

5 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the electrically controllable actuator is controlled via a central locking system of the vehicle.

6 . The locking arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the coupling comprises a pin which is extendable and which, for coupling, is introduced into a recess of the rotary lever and/or into a recess of the activation apparatus.

7 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the activation apparatus is connected to the two locks by way of two opposing force transfer devices.

8 . The locking arrangement according to claim 7 , wherein the force transfer devices are displaceably received in the activation apparatus so that no thrust can be transmitted to the force transfer devices.

9 . The locking arrangement according to claim 3 , wherein the rotation axes of the rotary lever and the activation apparatus are coaxial.

10 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein an extendable extension lever is arranged on a rotary lever.

11 . The locking arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the locking arrangement is for only a single flap, and

the opening apparatus has only a single activation apparatus.

12 . A vehicle, comprising:

a flap; and

a locking arrangement according to claim 1 .

13 . The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein the flap is a front flap.

14 . The vehicle according to claim 12 , wherein a coupling is switched by a central locking system of the vehicle.