Motor vehicle door and door lock unit as well as motor vehicle locking system

• US 7,070,018 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2004
• Issued: 07/04/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Original Assignee: Brose Schließsysteme Gmbh & Co. Kg
• Inventors: Kachouh, Checrallah
• Primary Examiner(s): SHRIVER II, JAMES A
• Application Number:
  US10/775,329
• Publication Number:
  US 20040251710A1
• Time in Patent Office: 874 Days
• Field of Search: 180/287, 180/286, 180/289, 307/10.1, 307/10.2, 307/10.3, 292DIG 3- 5, 292/DIG.23, 702/84, 702/85
• US Class Current: 180/287
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/10 Illuminating devices on or for locks or keys; Transparent or translucent lock parts; Indicator lights
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/106 fluorescent
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0071 Connecting lockparts by electronic communication means only, e.g. bus systems, time multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/14 operating on bolt detents, e.g. for unlatching the bolt
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/90 Manual override in case of power failure

Abstract

A motor vehicle door with a door lock unit located on the edge side with mechanical latching elements such as a latch and ratchet, with a preferably electrical opening drive for triggering the latching elements which is preferably integrated into the door lock unit, with a mechanical inside actuating element for emergency mechanical triggering of the latching elements, which is mechanically connected to the door lock unit, and with an the electrical inside actuating element for normal operational triggering of the opening drive for actuating the latching elements, which is connected by electrical-control technology to the opening drive. It is structurally optimized in that the mechanical inside actuating element is located on the inside of the motor vehicle door in the immediate vicinity of the door lock unit, its preferably being connected directly or only with a minimum intermediate mechanism to the inside actuating lever of the door lock unit.

Claims

1. Motor vehicle door, comprising:

a door body,

a door lock unit having with mechanical latching elements located on an edge side of the door body,

an opening drive for unlatching the latching elements,

a mechanical inside actuating element for emergency mechanical unlatching of the latching elements, said mechanical inside actuating element being mechanically connected to the door lock unit, and

an electrical inside actuating element for normal operational triggering of the opening drive for unlatching the latching elements, said electrical inside actuating element being connected by electrical-control technology to the opening drive,

wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is located on an inner side of the door body in the immediate vicinity of the door lock unit.

2. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is connected substantially directly to an inside actuating lever of the door lock unit.

3. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is formed as part of the door lock unit.

4. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the door lock unit has a section adjoining a partition between a wet space of the door body and a dry space of the door body, and wherein the mechanical inside actuating element passes through a passage opening to the inside of the door in the area of the partition, a seal being formed around the opening.

5. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element if formed of plastic.

6. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is at least one of painted in a conspicuous color, marked with a conspicuous color and conspicuously labeled.

7. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is made easily recognizable by at least one of fluorescence effects and illumination.

8. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical inside actuating element is located in the interior of the motor vehicle.

9. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim in claim 8, wherein the electrical inside actuating element is located at a location which is easily accessible and detectable for the user.

10. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 8, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is at least one of painted in a conspicuous color, marked with a conspicuous color and conspicuously labeled.

11. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 10, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is made easily recognizable by at least one of fluorescence effects and illumination.

12. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the opening drive is an electrical opening drive for unlatching the latching elements.

13. Motor vehicle door as claimed in claim 1, wherein the electrical inside actuating element is located on an inner side of the motor vehicle door.

14. Door lock unit for a motor vehicle door, the door lock unit having mechanical latching elements and being provided with an opening drive for unlatching the latching elements, wherein the door lock unit has a mechanical inside actuating element which is located in the immediate vicinity to the door lock unit.

15. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is connected substantially directly to an inside actuating lever of the door lock unit.

16. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 15, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is formed as part of the door lock unit.

17. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is formed of plastic.

18. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is one of painted in a conspicuous color, marked with a conspicuous color and conspicuously labeled.

19. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the mechanical inside actuating element is made easily recognizable by at least one of fluorescence effects and illumination.

20. Door lock unit as claimed in claim 14, wherein the door lock unit has a section adjoining a partition between a wet space of the door body and a dry space of the door body, and wherein the mechanical inside actuating element passes through a passage opening to the inside of the door in the area of the partition, a seal being formed around the opening.

21. Motor vehicle locking system, comprising:

at least one door lock unit with mechanical latching elements,

an opening drive for unlatching the latching elements,

an electrical inside actuating element for normal operational triggering of the opening drive for unlatching the latching elements, the electrical inside actuating element being connected to the opening drive by electrical-control technology in a manner enabling the electrical inside actuating element to be deactivated in a locked stated and to be re-activated by unlocking,

wherein the electrical inside actuating element which has been deactivated in the locked state causes unlocking upon a first actuation thereof and upon a second interior side actuation thereof causes electrical triggering of the opening drive for unlatching the latching elements of the door lock unit.

22. Motor vehicle locking system as claimed in claim 21, wherein the opening drive is integrated into the door lock unit.