ARRESTER FOR A VEHICLE DOOR OR VEHICLE HATCH

• US 20110252599A1
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: D. La Porte Sohne Gmbh
• Original Assignee: D. La Porte Sohne Gmbh
• Inventors: Kutschat, Horst
• Granted Patent: US 8,387,211 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 16/82
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/46 in which the wing or a member fixed thereon is engaged by a movable fastening member in a fixed position; in which a movable fastening member mounted on the wing engages a stationary member
• CPC Class Codes: E05C 17/52 comprising a snap, catch, or the like

Abstract

An arrester (1) for locking a vehicle door or vehicle flap or the like in the open position has a male arrester part (2) for fastening to a first vehicle part, with a locking bolt (4), and a female arrester part (3) for fastening to a second vehicle part. The locking bolt (4) can be inserted into female arrester part. The second arrester part has a rotary latch mechanism for latching the inserted locking bolt (4) and a blocking element (118) for locking the rotary latch mechanism in the position latching the locking bolt (4). Both the male arrester part (2) and the female arrester part (3) have a pushbutton mechanism for releasing the locking of the rotary latch mechanism, the locking of the rotary latch mechanism being releasable by actuating either one of the pushbutton mechanisms.

Claims

1. An arrester for locking a vehicle door or vehicle hatch or the like in the open position thereof, comprising:

a male arrester part for fastening to a first vehicle part, with a locking bolt (4), and

a female arrester part for fastening to a second vehicle part, configured for inserting the locking bolt into the female arrester part, the female arrester part having a rotary latch mechanism for latching the inserted locking bolt and a blocking element for locking the rotary latch mechanism in a position latching the locking bolt,

the male arrester part having a first pushbutton mechanism and the female arrester part having a second pushbutton mechanism, the rotary latch mechanism being unlockable by actuating one of the the first and second pushbutton mechanisms.

2. The arrester according to claim 1, further comprising that the first pushbutton mechanism has a first pushbutton and a first ram arranged in the locking bolt and displaceable within a limited range in a direction parallel to a first actuating axis.

3. The arrester according to claim 2, further comprising that an actuation of the first pushbutton moves the first ram in such a manner that the rotary latch mechanism is unlocked.

4. The arrester according to claim 3, further comprising that an actuation of the first pushbutton moves the first ram telescopically out of the locking bolt, extending the first ram to a position where the first ram causes the the rotary latch mechanism to be unlocked.

5. The arrester according to claim 2, further comprising that the first ram has a ram head with a partially spherical surface facing outward from the locking bolt.

6. The arrester according to claim 1, further comprising that the second pushbutton mechanism has a second pushbutton and a second ram that is displaceable within a limited range in a direction parallel to a second actuating axis.

7. The arrester according to claim 6, further comprising that an actuation of the second pushbutton moves the second ram in such a manner that the rotary latch mechanism is unlocked.

8. The arrester according to claim 6, further comprising that, in a locked position of the rotary latch mechanism, the first and second rams are arranged opposite each other and the two actuating axes are coaxial with respect to each other.

9. The arrester according to claim 6, further comprising that the arrester has coupling means or movement transmission means transmitting the movement of the first and second rams to the blocking element and causing the blocking element to unlock the rotary latch mechanism.

10. The arrester according to claim 1, further comprising that the rotary latch mechanism has at least two rotary latches.

11. The arrester according to claim 10, further comprising that the rotary latches each have a locking-bolt-enclosing surface adapted to the shape of the locking bolt.

12. The arrester according to claim 11, further comprising that the locking-bolt-enclosing surfaces each extend from a first rotary latch surface to a second rotary latch surface and adapted to a wider locking bolt radius proximate to the second rotary latch surface than proximate the first rotary latch surface.

13. The arrester according to claim 12, further comprising that a first locking-bolt-enclosing edge bounds the locking-bolt-enclosing surface on the first rotary latch surface and a second locking-bolt-enclosing edge bounds the locking-bolt-enclosing surface on the second rotary latch surface.

14. The arrester according to claim 10, further comprising that the rotary latches are each mounted in a housing of the female arrester part and are rotatable about a rotary-latch axis of rotation parallel to a second actuating axis of the female arrester part.

15. The arrester according to one of claim 10, further comprising that the rotary latches each have a blocking trough.

16. The arrester according to claim 1, further comprising that the blocking element is a blocking bushing displaceable within a limited range parallel to a second actuating axis in a housing of the female arrester part.

17. The arrester according to claim 16, further comprising that the blocking bushing has at least two locking lugs configured to interact with the blocking troughs to cause locking of the rotary latches.

18. The arrester according to claim 17, further comprising that the female arrester part has a hood-like stopper which is arranged in the housing of the female arrester part so as to be displaceable within a limited range parallel to the second actuating axis.

19. The arrester according to claim 18, further comprising that, while the male and female arrester parts are not in engagement with each other, the stopper forms an abutment limiting a rotational movement of the rotary latches (78) in a rotary-latch-closing direction.

20. The arrester according to claim 18, further comprising that the stopper is arranged in the blocking bushing displaceable within a limited range parallel to the second actuating axis.

21. The arrester according to claim 18, further comprising that an actuation of the first or the second pushbutton mechanism drives the blocking bushing relative to the rotary latches and counter to a blocking-bushing locking direction causing the locking lugs to be free to be extended out of the blocking troughs.

22. The arrester according to claim 21, further comprising that an actuation of the first pushbutton mechanism drives the stopper relative to the rotary latches and counter to the blocking-bushing locking direction, and that the actuation of the first pushbutton mechanism simultaneously drives the blocking bushing relative to the stopper counter to the blocking-bushing locking direction.

23. The arrester according to claim 21, further comprising that an actuation of the second pushbutton mechanism drives the blocking bushing relative to the stopper counter to the blocking-bushing locking direction.

24. The arrester according to claim 18, further comprising that the female arrester part has at least two driving levers rotatably mounted in the stopper, the driving levers being supported at one end on the blocking bushing while the rotary latch mechanism is locked.

25. The arrester according to claim 24, further comprising that the stopper and the blocking bushing are displaceable relative to each other by rotation of the driving levers.