Motor vehicle door lock or the like
First Claim
1. Motor vehicle lock comprising an outer housing having a pair of opposed large faces, each of which is provided with an entry slot for a lock hinge, a rotary bolt located in said housing and movable within the entry slots, a lock pawl located within said housing for holding the rotary bolt in a locked position, an electric drive located in said housing for moving said lock pawl, and an electrical connection device for electrically connecting said drive to a source of electrical power;
- wherein said housing is essentially symmetrical relative to a center plane thereof that lies parallel to a plane of rotation of the rotary bolt with the entry slots being elongated in essentially identical directions that are parallel to said center plane on opposite sides thereof; and
wherein said electric drive is positioned between said entry slots, the symmetry of the housing and the positioning of the entry slots and electric drive enabling mounting of the housing, selectively, at either of said opposed large faces for use at both left and right sides of a vehicle.
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Abstract
The object of the invention is a motor vehicle door lock with an outer housing (11) with an entry slot (12) for a lock hinge (50), with a rotary bolt (13) moving in entry slot (12) and located in housing (11), with a lock pawl (14) holding rotary bolt (13) in locked position and placed in housing (11) and preferably with an electric drive (15) placed in housing (11) for lock pawl (14). This is first characterized in that housing (11) is completely closed externally except for entry slot (12) for the lock hinges and optionally entry fittings (23) for one or two Bowden cables (24; 25) and/or an entry fitting (26) for a lock cylinder. Further, it can also and independently be achieved that another drive motor be placed in housing (11) for motorized movement of rotary bolt (13) and that it be engaged with rotary bolt (13) even when the latter is in the locked position, and rotary bolt (13) is turned increasingly further in the locking direction as the motor vehicle speed increases. Especially significant is also a variant of the motor vehicle door lock in which housing (11) is made essentially symmetrical to its central plane lying in or parallel to the plane of rotary bolt (13) and lock pawl (14) and is provided with an entry slot (12) on both large faces parallel to the central plane.
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17 Claims
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1. Motor vehicle lock comprising an outer housing having a pair of opposed large faces, each of which is provided with an entry slot for a lock hinge, a rotary bolt located in said housing and movable within the entry slots, a lock pawl located within said housing for holding the rotary bolt in a locked position, an electric drive located in said housing for moving said lock pawl, and an electrical connection device for electrically connecting said drive to a source of electrical power;
- wherein said housing is essentially symmetrical relative to a center plane thereof that lies parallel to a plane of rotation of the rotary bolt with the entry slots being elongated in essentially identical directions that are parallel to said center plane on opposite sides thereof; and
wherein said electric drive is positioned between said entry slots, the symmetry of the housing and the positioning of the entry slots and electric drive enabling mounting of the housing, selectively, at either of said opposed large faces for use at both left and right sides of a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- wherein said housing is essentially symmetrical relative to a center plane thereof that lies parallel to a plane of rotation of the rotary bolt with the entry slots being elongated in essentially identical directions that are parallel to said center plane on opposite sides thereof; and
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15. Motor vehicle lock comprising an outer housing having a pair of opposed large faces, each of which is provided with an entry slot for a lock hinge having a catch, a catch pawl located in said housing which interacts directly with the catch of the lock hinge having a corresponding catch, and an electric drive located in said housing for moving said catch pawl, and an electrical connection device for electrically connecting said drive to a source of electrical power;
- wherein said housing is essentially symmetrical relative to a center plane thereof that lies parallel to a plane of rotation of the catch pawl with the entry slots being elongated in essentially identical directions that are parallel to said center plane on opposite sides thereof; and
wherein said electric drive is positioned between said entry slots, the symmetry of the housing and positioning of the entry slots and electric drive enabling mounting of the housing, selectively at either of said opposed large faces for use at both left and right sides of a vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
- wherein said housing is essentially symmetrical relative to a center plane thereof that lies parallel to a plane of rotation of the catch pawl with the entry slots being elongated in essentially identical directions that are parallel to said center plane on opposite sides thereof; and
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