Central locking equipment for vehicle doors
First Claim
1. In a system for locking the doors of a vehicle by central command, wherein each door includes a unit which includes a reversible motor operable under the central command, and a manually operable doorlock actuator including a lever, the improvement in such a unit and for each of the units of the system comprising:
- a worm gear spindle connected to be driven by the motor;
a traveling unit on the spindle and moving axially on the spindle as the spindle is driven by the motor;
a bilaterally effective spring loaded, overload clutch for selectively coupling and uncoupling the traveling unit to the lever of the doorlock actuator, the motor driving the lever via the spindle and the nut upon coupling of the nut to the lever by the clutch.
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Abstract
A system for locking the doors of a vehicle by central command includes a reversible motor driving a worm gear. A traveling nut operated by the worm gear engages a lock-actuating lever through an overload clutch. The overload clutch includes a cam and a cam follower. The cam has a normal central stable position bounded on either side by regions of neutral stability which permit override by small manually applied forces in case the motor or worm gear malfunctions. The system further includes a spring powered mechanism for unlocking the doors in the event of an accident. The spring powered mechanism is tripped electrically by an acceleration-sensing switch, and can be recocked by applying a relatively large force to a plunger located on the window sill.
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1. In a system for locking the doors of a vehicle by central command, wherein each door includes a unit which includes a reversible motor operable under the central command, and a manually operable doorlock actuator including a lever, the improvement in such a unit and for each of the units of the system comprising:
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a worm gear spindle connected to be driven by the motor; a traveling unit on the spindle and moving axially on the spindle as the spindle is driven by the motor; a bilaterally effective spring loaded, overload clutch for selectively coupling and uncoupling the traveling unit to the lever of the doorlock actuator, the motor driving the lever via the spindle and the nut upon coupling of the nut to the lever by the clutch. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In a system for locking the doors of a vehicle by central command, wherein each door includes a unit which includes a reversible motor operable under the central command, and a reduction gearing connected to be driven by the motor, further including a manually operable doorlock actuator, the improvement in such a unit and for each of the units of the system comprising:
a bilaterally effective spring loaded, overload clutch which includes a resiliently biased cam member connected to said actuator, a lever coupled to the output side of the reduction gearing, and roller means on the lever for selective engagement with and disengagement from the cam member respectively for selectively coupling and uncoupling the reduction gearing respectively to and from the doorlock actuator. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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