IP Library Granted Patent US 11,131,127
Granted Patent B2
US 11,131,127 · App. 15/846,617 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Motor vehicle door latch

Inventors: Robert J. Hunt (Davisburg, MI); Robert S. Pettengill (Farmington, MI)
Assignee: Kiekert AG
E05B81/20E05B81/16E05B81/28E05B81/06E05B81/40Y10S292/23Y10T292/108Y10T292/1043Y10T292/1047Y10T292/1082Y10T292/1092
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Patent No.
US 11,131,127
App. No.
15/846,617
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motor vehicle door latch which is equipped with a locking bolt and a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, including a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle door latch possesses a stop lever pivotably located on the control lever, which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet position and a pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt in respect of the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis. The stop lever impinges a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch in order to open the locking mechanism.

Claims (26)

1. A motor vehicle door latch, comprising:

a locking bolt, and

a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, the locking mechanism including a catch and a pawl, and a stop lever pivotably located on a control lever which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet and pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt vis-à-vis the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis, and

wherein in order to open the locking mechanism the stop lever is disposed to impinge a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch,

wherein the control lever is located coaxially in relation to the catch.

2. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 1 , wherein the stop lever is disposed to interact with a contour on the triggering lever in such a way to open the locking mechanism that it is lifted from its mesh with the protrusion on the catch.

3. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 1 , wherein the control lever is connected to a closure drive.

4. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 3 , wherein the closure drive is formed as a spindle drive.

5. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 4 , wherein the closure drive is connected with the control lever via a movable spindle nut.

6. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 1 , wherein the stop lever provides a spring pre-tensioning it in the direction of the protrusion on the catch.

7. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 1 , wherein the stop lever is formed as a two arm lever.

8. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 7 , wherein the stop lever is equipped with a protrusion lever arm and a triggering lever arm on both sides of its rotational axis.

9. A motor vehicle door latch according to claim 8 , wherein the triggering lever arm is hook-shaped and interacts with a starting angle as a contour of the triggering lever.

10. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 1 , wherein the catch has a first recess corresponding to the main ratchet position and a second recess corresponding to the pre-ratchet position, the protrusion being separate from the first recess and the second recess.

11. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 10 , wherein the third ratchet position is upstream from the main ratchet position and the pre-ratchet position relative to a direction of the catch in which the catch rotate during closure.

12. A motor vehicle door latch, comprising:

a locking bolt, and

a locking mechanism interacting with the locking bolt, the locking mechanism including a catch and a pawl, and a stop lever pivotably located on a control lever which interacts with a protrusion on the catch beyond a main ratchet and pre-ratchet position, whereby the protrusion corresponds to a third ratchet position with an increased distance of the locking bolt vis-à-vis the main ratchet and pre-ratchet position compared to a catch axis,

wherein in order to open the locking mechanism the stop lever is disposed to impinge a triggering lever lifting the pawl from the catch, and

wherein the stop lever is formed as a two arm lever.

13. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 12 , wherein the control lever is connected to a closure drive.

14. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 13 , wherein the closure drive is formed as a spindle drive.

15. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 14 , wherein the closure drive is connected with the control lever via a movable spindle nut.

16. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 12 , wherein the stop lever provides a spring pre-tensioning it in the direction of the protrusion on the catch.

17. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 12 , wherein the catch has a first recess corresponding to the main ratchet position and a second recess corresponding to the pre-ratchet position, the protrusion being separate from the first recess and the second recess.

18. The motor vehicle door latch according to claim 17 , wherein the third ratchet position is upstream from the main ratchet position and the pre-ratchet position relative to a direction of the catch in which the catch rotate during closure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: HUNT, ROBERT J.; PETTENGILL, ROBERT S.
To: KIEKERT AG
Reel/Frame 046053/0908 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62436111 · Dec 19, 2016
Related Publication 20180171680A1 · Jun 21, 2018
Cited By (1)
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