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Granted Patent B2
US 10,557,290 · App. 14/907,970 · Granted Feb 11, 2020

Motor vehicle door

Inventors: Michael Scholz (Essen, DE); Holger Schiffer (Meerbusch, DE)
Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
E05B77/36E05B77/42E05B79/10E05B85/045E05B85/243
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Patent No.
US 10,557,290
App. No.
14/907,970
Granted
Feb 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a motor vehicle door which is fitted with a motor vehicle door lock and an associated locking bolt and with a stop device with corresponding damping elements. Said stop device interacts, at least when the locking bolt engages in the motor vehicle door lock, with the relevant locking bolt for damping the movements thereof. According to the invention, said stop device is fitted with at least one deflection lever and a transmission lever. In this respect, the deflection lever interacting with the locking bolt is designed to at least partially absorb the movement of the locking bolt.

Claims (29)

1. A motor vehicle door, with a motor vehicle door latch having a catch, a pawl, an infeed section and pertaining locking bolt that traverses a course through the infeed section to a pre-latching position to a main latching position, the motor vehicle door comprising:

a stop device positioned externally from the motor vehicle door latch, the stop device comprising:

a deflection lever positioned to directly contact the locking bolt when the locking bolt moves along the course through the infeed section, wherein movement of the locking bolt along the course through the infeed section moves the deflection lever and attenuates movement of the locking bolt; and

a transfer lever, wherein movement of the deflection lever directly moves the transfer lever.

2. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the deflection lever is equipped with impulse absorption for the locking bolt.

3. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the impulse absorption is effective via a course of the locking bolt through the infeed section.

4. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the impulse absorption works up to a maximum of half of an entire course of the locking bolt through the infeed section.

5. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the impulse absorption comprises an attenuation element and offsetting contour defined on the deflection lever.

6. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the deflection lever defines a control contour for interaction with the transfer lever.

7. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the offsetting contour and the control contour of the deflection lever are arranged on an edge turned away from the locking bolt.

8. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the offsetting contour and the control contour connect to one another and define a contour changing area.

9. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 8 , further comprising an attenuation element, wherein the attenuation element attenuates movement of the transfer lever which attenuates movement of the deflection lever.

10. A procedure for attenuation of the closure movement of a motor vehicle door, with a motor vehicle door latch having a catch, a pawl, an infeed section and pertaining locking bolt, the procedure comprising:

positioning a deflection lever and a transfer lever externally from the motor vehicle door latch;

moving the locking bolt toward the catch;

before the locking bolt contacts the catch, directly contacting the locking bolt with the deflection lever;

after directly contacting the locking bolt with the deflection lever, attenuating further movement of the locking bolt toward the catch by moving the deflection lever with the locking bolt; and

wherein moving the deflection lever directly moves the transfer lever.

11. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the impulse absorption comprises an attenuation element on the deflection lever.

12. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the deflection lever defines a control contour for interaction with the transfer lever.

13. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the control contour of the deflection lever is arranged on an edge turned away from the locking bolt.

14. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the impulse absorption comprises an offsetting contour defined on the deflection lever.

15. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the deflection lever demonstrates a control contour for interaction with the transfer lever.

16. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the offsetting contour and the control contour of the deflection lever are arranged on an edge turned away from the locking bolt.

17. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the offsetting contour and the control contour connect to one another and define a contour changing area.

18. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the attenuation element is selected from the group consisting of: a hydraulic attenuator, an elastomer attenuator, a spring attenuator and combinations thereof.

19. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the deflection lever extends over the infeed section of the of the motor vehicle door latch so that the deflection lever contacts the locking bolt when the locking bolt is positioned within the infeed section.

20. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising an attenuation element, wherein the attenuation element attenuates movement of the transfer lever which further attenuates movement of the deflection lever.

21. The motor vehicle door in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a connecting panel, wherein the motor vehicle door latch is arranged behind the connecting panel and wherein the deflection lever is interposed between the motor vehicle door latch and the connecting panel or the motor vehicle door latch is interposed between the deflection lever and the connecting panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: SCHOLZ, MICHAEL; SCHIFFER, HOLGER
To: KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 050735/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2013 108 221 · Jul 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160222700A1 · Aug 4, 2016
Cited By (1)
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