Motor vehicle door lock

• US 5,154,460 A
• Filed: 12/07/1990
• Issued: 10/13/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bomoro Bocklenberg & Motte GmbH & Company KG
• Original Assignee: Bomoro Bocklenberg & Motte GmbH & Company KG
• Inventors: Bartsch, Jurgen
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, RICHARD
• Application Number:
  US07/623,496
• Time in Patent Office: 676 Days
• Field of Search: 292/216, 292/280, 292/336.3, 292/DIG. 26
• US Class Current: 292/336.3
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 77/16 Preventing locking with the bolt in the unlatched position, i.e. when the door is open
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/36 Locks for passenger or like doors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/26 Automatic undogging or reconnecting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1047 Closure
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles

Abstract

A motor vehicle door lock with lock latch (30) and detent pawl (31) with a lock mechanism with a base plate (2), an inner release lever (3), an outer release lever (4), an inner safety lever (7), an outer safety lever (8) coupled with inner safety lever (7), and a central lock lever (9) acting on outer safety lever (8) and able to be connected to a central lock drive. The outer safety lever (8) which is stopped in a released position when the lock latch (30) and detent pawl (31) are open, is mechanically optimized, while taking into consideration the requirements of a multistep locking by a central lock by making the stopping of the outer safety lever (8) disengageable, when lock latch (30) and detent pawl (31) are open, by movement of the central lock lever (9) toward a safety position, so that outer safety lever (8) can then be brought with central lock lever (9) into the safety position.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle door lock assembly of the centrally and manually operaable type having a lock latch and detent pawl, a driving journal for actuating of the detent pawl, an inner release lever for manually releasing the door lock assembly from the inside, an outer release lever for manually releasing the door lock assembly from the outside, an inner safety lever and an outer safety lever coupled to the inner safety lever, both of said safety levers being movable between an unlocking position allowing manual unlocking of the door lock assembly and a locking position preventing manual unlocking of the door lock assembly and at least one of said safety levers being in a blocked condition when both of said levers are in the unlocking position and the lock latch and detent pawl are open for preventing manual actuation of the door lock assembly into a locked condition from the inside and from the outside when said lock latch and detent are open, a central lock drive for centrally locking and unlocking the door lock assembly, and a base plate for supporting the entire lock assembly;

the improvement for enabling central locking of the door lock assembly when said lock latch and detent pawl are open while enabling the inner and outer safety levers to prevent manual locking of the door lock assembly when said lock latch and detent pawl are open, comprising a central lock lever, said central lock lever being engageable and displaceable by said central lock drive as a means for displacement of said one of the inner and outer safety levers from its blocked condition and thereafter for displacement of both of the safety levers into the locking position condition, despite said lock latch and detent pawl still being open, when said central lock drive is actuated for locking of said door lock assembly.

2. Motor vehicle door lock assembly according to claim 1, wherein a transmission lever is provided, as a means for transmitting movement of the inner release lever and of the outer release lever to one of the detent pawl and driving journal.

3. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 1, wherein said at least one of the inner and outer safety levers that is in said blocked condition, when the safety levers are in said unlocking condition and the lock latch and detent pawl are open, is the outer safety lever;

and wherein a stop lever is provided as a means for producing said blocked condition of the outer safety lever by falling into a stop position, between a stop face on the outer safety lever and an opposite face on a stationary part, when the outer safety lever is in said unlocking position and the lock latch and detent pawl are open.

4. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 3, wherein said stationary part is said base plate.

5. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 3, wherein the stop lever is mounted to pivot on the outer safety lever in a manner such that it moves along with movement of the outer safety lever between the unlocking position and the locking position.

6. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 3, wherein a spring is mounted so as to act on the stop lever in a direction towards the stop position.

7. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 6, wherein said stop lever is movable by the central lock lever against the action of said spring into said release position that releases the outer safety lever.

8. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 3, wherein an auxiliary lever is placed between the central lock lever and said stop lever, said auxiliary lever being coupled to move with the central lock lever and said stop lever in only one force transmission direction each.

9. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 3, wherein said stop lever is mounted for movement by the central lock lever between the stop position and a release position in which said outer safety lever is unblocked.

10. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 6, wherein an auxiliary lever is located between the central lock lever and said stop lever for moving the stop lever from its stop position into a release position in which the outer safety lever is unblocked, said auxiliary lever being coupled to move with each of the central lock lever and said stop lever in only one force transmission direction.

11. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 7, wherein an auxiliary lever is located between the central lock lever and said stop lever for moving the stop lever from its stop position into a release position in which the outer safety lever is unblocked, said auxiliary lever being coupled to move with each of the central lock lever and said stop lever in only one force transmission direction.

12. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 2, wherein the transmission lever is positioned so as to be movable by the central lock lever between a stop position, corresponding to the blocked condition of said at least one of the inner and outer safety levers, and a release position at which said at least one of the inner and outer safety levers unblocked.

13. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 2, wherein a spring is mounted so as to act on the transmission lever in a direction towards a stop position that corresponds to the blocked condition of said at least one of the inner and outer safety levers.

14. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 13, wherein the transmission lever is movable by the central lock lever into a release position that releases the outer safety lever against the action of said spring.

15. Motor vehicle door lock according to claim 14, wherein an auxiliary lever is placed between the central lock lever and the transmission lever, said auxiliary lever being coupled to move with the central lock lever and the transmission lever in only one force transmission direction each.