CN115434584A

CN115434584A - Motor vehicle lock signal trigger device, motor vehicle lock and motor vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN115434584A
Application number: CN202211236389.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王四玲; 汤杰虎; 周鲁超
Original assignee: Shanghai Ingin Auto Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Shanghai Ingin Auto Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-10-10
Filing date: 2022-10-10
Publication date: 2022-12-06

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device, comprising: the lock bolt component comprises a lock bolt, the lock bolt is provided with a main locking position and a pre-locking position, the lock bolt component can be kept at a full locking position based on the main locking position, and the lock bolt component can be kept at a half locking position based on the pre-locking position; a pawl component comprising a main pawl engageable with a main locking position of the bolt such that the bolt component can be held in a fully locked position; and the pawl signal device changes the signal state when the main pawl and the bolt change from the non-engagement state to the engagement state so as to indicate the main pawl to keep the bolt at the full-locking position. The disclosure also provides a motor vehicle lock and a motor vehicle.

Description

Motor vehicle lock signal trigger device, motor vehicle lock and motor vehicle

Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of automotive lock signal triggering technologies, and in particular, to an automotive lock signal triggering device for a cover or a door, which is applicable to various automotive lock systems.

Background

Along with the increasing requirements of users on the convenience of automobile use, the intelligent degree of the automobile door cover system is increased, and the intelligent degree of the automobile lock system serving as a core component for locking and releasing the automobile door cover system is also increased.

The signal trigger device is used as the basis of the intellectualization of the motor vehicle lock system, and needs to be continuously optimized to provide more timely and accurate signal state change so as to support the whole vehicle controller to identify and control the state of the motor vehicle lock system.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device, a motor vehicle lock and a motor vehicle. The present disclosure and Chinese patent 202210524351.7 are serial patent applications.

The motor vehicle lock signal triggering device, the motor vehicle lock and the motor vehicle are realized through the following technical scheme.

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device including:

a bolt part including a bolt having a main locking position based on which the bolt part can be held at a full locking position and a pre-locking position based on which the bolt part can be held at a half locking position;

a pawl component comprising a primary pawl engageable with only the primary locking position of the deadbolt such that the deadbolt component can be held in the full lock position;

the pawl signal device changes the signal state when the main pawl and the bolt change from the non-engagement state to the engagement state so as to indicate the main pawl to keep the bolt at the full-locking position.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the main pawl is not in the engaged state with the main locking position of the lock tongue, the signal state of the pawl signal device is a different signal state from that when the main pawl is in the fully engaged state with the main locking position of the lock tongue.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the main pawl is not in an engaged state with the main locking position of the lock tongue, the signal state of the pawl signal device is a triggered state, and when the main pawl is in a complete engaged state with the main locking position of the lock tongue, the signal state of the pawl signal device is an un-triggered state.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the pawl component further includes:

a pre-pawl engageable with the pre-lock position of the deadbolt to enable the deadbolt assembly to be retained in the half-lock position.

a sliding pawl operable to slide to a first position in which the sliding pawl maintains engagement of the primary pawl with the deadbolt in the primary locking position when the primary pawl is engaged with the deadbolt in the primary locking position.

The motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

a stopper portion for guiding movement of the sliding pawl when the sliding pawl is operated to slide to the first position.

a pawl signal trigger member that moves upon actuation of the sliding pawl to cause a change in signal state of the pawl signal device.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the main pawl enters the main locking position of the lock tongue, the sliding pawl can be operated to slide to the first position, and the pawl signal trigger component is actuated to move to release the pawl signal device, so that the signal state of the pawl signal device is changed;

when the sliding pawl is operated to move away from the first position, the sliding pawl actuates the pawl signal trigger part again to move so that the signal state of the pawl signal device changes again.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the fully engaged state refers to a state in which the main pawl completely enters the main lock position of the lock tongue, and the slide pawl is operated to slide to the first position.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the pawl component and the bolt component are in a non-complete meshing state, the signal state of the pawl signal device is a different signal state than when the pawl component and the bolt component are in a complete meshing state.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pawl signal trigger part and the main pawl have different rotation centers.

a deadbolt signal mechanism that changes a signal when the deadbolt approaches or enters a half-lock position during movement of the deadbolt assembly from a fully open position to a fully locked position.

According to the automotive lock signal triggering device of at least one embodiment of the disclosure, in the process of moving the bolt part from the full-open position to the full-lock position, when the bolt part is close to the half-lock position or moves in the locking state, the signal state of the bolt signal device is different from the signal state when the bolt part moves in the non-locking state, and the locking state comprises that the bolt moves to the half-lock position, the full-lock position and any position between the half-lock position and the full-lock position.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, when the latch part is close to a half-lock position or moves in the locked state, the signal state of the latch signal device is an un-triggered state, and when the latch part is in or moves in the unlocked state, the signal state of the latch signal device is a triggered state.

According to the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the tongue part still includes:

the lock tongue signal triggering part is used for triggering the lock tongue signal device.

According to the automotive lock signal triggering device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the lock tongue signal triggering part is fixedly arranged on the lock tongue part.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a motor vehicle lock comprising:

the signal triggering device of any one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The motor vehicle lock according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further includes:

the lock catch is used for being matched with a lock tongue of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device so as to realize the lock function.

According to a further aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a motor vehicle comprising a motor vehicle lock according to any one of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the motor vehicle lock being arranged on a door and/or a hood of the motor vehicle.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of a latch part of a vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a pawl member of a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a pawl signal device of a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a sliding pawl of a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 6 to 8 are schematic views illustrating an operation process of the latch signal triggering device for the vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

100. Lock tongue component

101. Lock tongue

102. Bolt support

103. Spring bolt

104. Spring bolt signal trigger part

200. Pawl member

201. Main pawl

202. Main pawl support

203. Pre-pawl

204. Pre-pawl support

205. Limiting part

206. Spacing portion support shaft

207. Sliding pawl spring

208. Pawl signal trigger part

209. Spring of main pawl

210. Pre-pawl spring

211. Sliding pawl

300. Pawl signal device

400. Lock tongue signal device

1000. Signal trigger for motor vehicle lock

1011. Main locking position

1012. Pre-locking position

1041. First arc surface characteristic part

2081. Hole(s)

2082. Trough

2083. Second cambered surface characteristic

2111. Pushing the shaft.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the relevant matter and not restrictive of the disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict. Technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the illustrated exemplary embodiments/examples are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concept of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is generally used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, unless otherwise noted, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or indicate any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, size, proportion, commonality between the illustrated components and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of a component. Further, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While example embodiments may be practiced differently, the specific process sequence may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two consecutively described processes may be performed substantially simultaneously or in an order reverse to the order described. In addition, like reference numerals denote like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "over," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For purposes of this disclosure, the term "connected" may refer to physically, electrically, etc., and may or may not have intermediate components.

For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "under 8230; \8230;,"' under 8230; \8230; below 8230; under 8230; above, on, above 8230; higher "and" side (e.g., as in "side wall)", etc., to describe the relationship of one component to another (other) component as shown in the figures. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "at 8230; \8230;" below "may encompass both an orientation of" above "and" below ". Further, the devices may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" and variations thereof are used in this specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof are stated but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximate terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to interpret inherent deviations in measured values, calculated values, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

The structure of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to fig. 1.

Referring to fig. 1, an automotive lock signal triggering device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: deadbolt assembly 100, pawl assembly 200, pawl signal 300, and deadbolt signal 400.

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of the latch bolt part 100 of the signal trigger device 1000 for the motor vehicle lock according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The structure of latch bolt assembly 100 will now be described with reference to fig. 1 and 2.

Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a deadbolt assembly 100 of the present disclosure includes a deadbolt 101, a deadbolt support 102, a deadbolt spring 103, and a deadbolt signal trigger assembly 104.

The lock tongue 101 is provided with a main locking position 1011 and a pre-locking position 1012; based on the main lock position 1011 and the pre-lock position 1012, the latch bolt assembly 100 of the present disclosure is capable of forming a full lock position (based on the main lock position 1011), a half lock position (based on the pre-lock position 1012), and a full open position.

Referring to fig. 2, a latch bolt support 102 of the latch bolt assembly 100 of the present disclosure is used to support the latch bolt 101 such that the latch bolt 101 is rotatably mounted on a bottom plate (not shown) of a motor vehicle lock (which may have the same or similar structure as the bottom plate in chinese patent 202210524351.7).

The deadbolt spring 103 of the deadbolt assembly 100 of the present disclosure is used to apply an elastic force to the deadbolt 101 such that the deadbolt 101 has a tendency to move from a fully locked position to a fully open position.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 2, the latch bolt support 102 is fixedly connected to the latch bolt 101, the latch bolt 101 can rotate around an axis of the latch bolt support 102 (i.e., the axis of the latch bolt support 102 is used as a rotation axis of the latch bolt 101) to rotate to a full-lock position, a half-lock position, and a full-open position, the latch bolt support 102 may have an axisymmetric body (e.g., a cylinder) shape, the latch bolt support 102 may be disposed on a first surface (an upper surface shown in fig. 2) of the latch bolt 101, and the axis of the latch bolt support 102 is perpendicular to the first surface of the latch bolt 101.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the tongue spring 103 is sleeved on the tongue supporting portion 102, and the specific configuration of the tongue spring 103 may be the same as or similar to that of the tongue spring in chinese patent 202210524351.7, which all fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.

With continued reference to fig. 2, the latch signal trigger part 104 of the latch bolt part 100 of the present disclosure is fixedly connected with the latch bolt 101 so as to be able to follow the movement of the latch bolt 101.

As shown in fig. 2, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a first curved feature 1041 is designed on the latch bolt signal triggering component 104 of the present disclosure, and the first curved feature 1041 is used for triggering the latch bolt signal device 400.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first arced feature 1041 of the strike signal trigger component 104 has an extension dimension on the axis of rotation of the strike 101. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the arc of the first arced feature 1041 is parallel to the axis of rotation of the locking bolt 101, such that the first arced feature 1041 enables smooth activation of the activation bolt signal device 400 during rotation of the locking bolt 101.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first arced feature 1041 is formed on the same surface side of the tongue 101 as the tongue support 102, such as the first surface side in fig. 2.

With continued reference to fig. 1 and 2, in some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 of the present disclosure, a deadbolt signal device 400 is also included.

In the process that the bolt 101 moves from the full-open position to the full-lock position, when the bolt 101 moves to the position close to the half-lock position, the bolt signal device 400 changes the signal state of the bolt signal device 400 under the action of the bolt signal trigger part 104, and the change of the signal state can be used for identifying the half-lock position of the bolt 101. This ensures that under various manufacturing tolerance conditions, the latch bolt signaling device 400 will change state when the latch bolt 101 reaches the half-lock position, thereby indicating the half-lock position more accurately.

In other embodiments of the present disclosure, the latch signal device 400 may change the signal state of the latch signal device 400 under the action of the latch signal triggering component 104 when the latch 101 moves to reach and/or cross the half-lock position during the movement of the latch 101 from the fully-open position to the fully-lock position.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of the pawl member 200 of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pawl member 200 of the present disclosure includes a main pawl 201, a main pawl support 202, a pre-pawl 203, a pre-pawl support 204, a limit portion 205, a limit portion support shaft 206, a sliding pawl spring 207, a pawl signal trigger member 208, a main pawl spring 209, a pre-pawl spring 210, and a sliding pawl 211.

Referring to fig. 3, the primary pawl 201 of the pawl assembly 200 of the present disclosure is engageable with the primary detent 1011 of the deadbolt 101 to retain the deadbolt assembly 100 in the fully locked position.

Referring again to fig. 2, the main locking position 1011 of the locking tongue 101 is formed on a circumferential wall of the locking tongue 101 to be adapted to interfere with the main pawl 201, and in some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 3, the main pawl 201 is formed with an arc-shaped protrusion for interfering with the main locking position 1011 of the locking tongue 101.

Referring to fig. 3, the main pawl support portion 202 of the pawl member 200 of the present disclosure is used to support the main pawl 201, and for example, the main pawl support portion 202 may be provided on the base plate described above by riveting such that the main pawl 201 is rotatably mounted on the base plate.

With continued reference to fig. 3, the pre-pawl 203 can engage the pre-lock position 1012 of the latch tongue 101 such that the latch tongue assembly 100 can be held in the half-lock position.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the sliding pawl 211 is operated to slide to the first position and the main pawl 201 engages the main detent 1011 of the deadbolt 101, the sliding pawl 211 is able to maintain the engagement of the main pawl 201 with the main detent 1011 of the deadbolt 101, thereby maintaining the deadbolt assembly 100 in the fully locked position.

Referring to fig. 3, the pre-pawl support 204 of the pawl member 200 of the present disclosure serves to support the pre-pawl 203, and in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pre-pawl support 204 may be disposed on the base plate described above in a riveted fashion such that the pre-pawl 203 is rotatably mounted on the base plate.

With continued reference to fig. 3, the primary pawl spring 209, the pre-pawl spring 210, and the sliding pawl spring 207 of the pawl member 200 of the present disclosure are used to apply elastic forces to the primary pawl 201, the pre-pawl 203, and the sliding pawl 211, respectively.

The main pawl spring 209, the pre-pawl spring 210 and the sliding pawl spring 207 of the present disclosure may adopt the same or similar configuration as the first pawl spring, the second pawl spring and the sliding pawl spring in chinese patent 202210524351.7, and the present disclosure is not repeated.

Referring to fig. 3, the primary pawl spring 209 of the pawl assembly 200 of the present disclosure causes the primary pawl 201 to have a tendency to move toward the primary lock position 1011 of the lock-in bolt 101. The pre-pawl spring 210 causes the pre-pawl 203 to have a tendency to move toward a pre-lock position 1012 where the locking bolt 101 is locked in. The sliding pawl spring 207 has a tendency to move the sliding pawl 211 towards the first position described above.

With continued reference to fig. 3, when the slide pawl 211 is operated to slide toward the first position, it can be guided by the stopper portion 205. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a surface of the stopper portion 205 contacting the slide pawl 211 is an arc-shaped surface, and in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the stopper portion 205 is fixed to the base plate described above by the stopper portion support shaft 206.

With continued reference to fig. 3, the sliding pawl 211 has a wedge-shaped feature, a first side of the wedge-shaped feature of the sliding pawl 211 is configured to mate with the primary pawl 201, a second side of the wedge-shaped feature is configured to mate with the limit stop 205, and the first side and the second side are opposite sides.

With continued reference to fig. 3, the pawl signal trigger member 208 of the pawl member 200 of the present disclosure is capable of being operatively moved by the sliding pawl 211.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the pawl signal trigger member 208 and the primary pawl 201 have different centers of rotation.

Referring to fig. 3, when the main pawl 201 enters the main locking position 1011 of the lock tongue 101, the sliding pawl 211 can be operated to slide to the first position, and the sliding pawl 211 drives the pawl signal trigger member 208 to move to release the pawl signal device 300.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when the sliding pawl 211 is operated away from the first position described above, the sliding pawl 211 moves the pawl signal trigger member 208 to cause a change in signal state of the pawl signal device 300, which can indicate whether the primary pawl 201 is restrained or not.

With continued reference to fig. 3, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 further includes a pawl signal device 300, the signal of the pawl signal device 300 being used to identify the position of the primary pawl 201.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 is not changed until the lock tongue 101 moves to the full lock position and the main pawl 201 enters the main lock position 1011 of the lock tongue 101.

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the pawl signal triggering portion 208 of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. The structure of the click signal trigger member 208 will be described below with reference to fig. 4.

Referring to fig. 4, in some preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, a hole 2081, a groove 2082, and a second arc-shaped feature 2083 are designed on the pawl signal trigger part 208 of the present disclosure.

The pawl signal trigger member 208 of the present disclosure may be rotationally movable about the axis of the aperture 2081; the groove 2082 is used for being matched with the sliding pawl 211, so that the sliding pawl 211 can push the sliding pawl 211 to move through the groove 2082; the second arc-shaped feature 2083 is used to trigger the pawl signaling device 300.

Fig. 5 is a structural schematic view of the sliding pawl 211 of the pawl member 200 of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to fig. 5, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, a push shaft 2111 is designed on the sliding pawl 211 of the present disclosure. The push shaft 2111 is adapted to engage a groove 2082 on the pawl signal trigger member 208 to push the pawl signal trigger member 208 to trigger the pawl signal mechanism 300 and to push the pawl signal trigger member 208 out of triggering on the pawl signal mechanism 300. Fig. 6 to 8 show the operation of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The operation of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to fig. 6 to 8.

As shown in fig. 6, the deadbolt 101 is in a fully open position, at which time the first arced feature 1041 of the deadbolt signal trigger component 104 triggers the deadbolt signal mechanism 400.

Referring to fig. 6, the main pawl 201 is also in a state of being disengaged from the main locking position 1011 of the latch tongue 101, the sliding pawl 211 is in a state of being moved away from the first position, and the wedge-shaped feature of the sliding pawl 211 and the stopper portion 205 interact so that the sliding pawl 211 cannot return to the first position. In fig. 6, the pawl signal trigger member 208 triggers the pawl signal 300 via the second arc-shaped feature 2083 under the action of the sliding pawl 211. As shown in fig. 7, on the basis of the working state shown in fig. 6, when the latch tongue 101 moves to the full-lock position (clockwise direction in the figure) under the pushing of a buckle (not shown, cooperating with the fishmouth feature of the latch tongue 101, which belongs to the prior art), and moves to the vicinity of the half-lock position, the first cambered feature 1041 of the latch tongue signal trigger part 104 releases the latch tongue signal device 400, so that the signal state of the latch tongue signal device 400 changes, and a vehicle controller (not shown) can recognize that the latch tongue 101 has moved to the half-lock position based on the change of the signal state, so that the vehicle controller can start to control the movement of the latch tongue 101.

As shown in fig. 8, when the lock tongue 101 completely enters the full lock position, the main pawl 201 is locked into the main lock position 1011 of the lock tongue 101, the sliding pawl 211 slides to the first position under the action of the sliding pawl spring 207, the pawl signal trigger component 208 moves under the action of the sliding pawl 211, so that the second arc feature 2083 releases the pawl signal device 300, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 changes, and the vehicle controller can recognize that the lock tongue 101 has entered the full lock position based on the change of the signal state.

Based on the above description, the present disclosure may provide technical solutions of the following embodiments.

In some embodiments of the present disclosure, a motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 is provided, comprising:

the lock tongue component 100 comprises a lock tongue 101, the lock tongue 101 is provided with a main locking position 1011 and a pre-locking position 1012, the lock tongue component 100 can be kept at a full locking position based on the main locking position 1011, and the lock tongue component 100 can be kept at a half locking position based on the pre-locking position 1012;

a pawl component 200, wherein the pawl component 200 comprises a main pawl 201, and the main pawl 201 can be engaged with a main locking position 1011 of the bolt 101, so that the bolt component 100 can be kept at a full locking position;

when the main pawl 201 and the bolt 101 change from the non-engagement state to the engagement state, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 changes to indicate that the main pawl 201 keeps the bolt 101 at the full-locking position.

The motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 of the present disclosure enables a state in which the main pawl 201 holds the latch tongue 101 in the full lock position to be clearly indicated by providing the pawl signal device 300.

The detent signal 300 may be in the form of a trigger switch, and those skilled in the art who have the benefit of this disclosure will appreciate the type of detent signal 300 that can be used, and are within the scope of this disclosure.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000, when the main pawl 201 is not engaged with the main locking position 1011 of the lock tongue 101, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 is different from the signal state when the main pawl 201 is engaged with the main locking position 1011 of the lock tongue 101.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, when the main pawl 201 is not engaged with the main locking position 1011 of the lock tongue 101, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 is the triggered state, and when the main pawl 201 is engaged with the main locking position 1011 of the lock tongue 101, the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 is the non-triggered state.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000, the pawl member 200 further comprises:

a pre-pawl 203, the pre-pawl 203 being engageable with a pre-lock position 1012 of the latch tongue 101 to enable the latch tongue part 100 to be held in a half-lock position.

a sliding pawl 211, the sliding pawl 211 being operable to slide to a first position in which the sliding pawl 211 maintains the main pawl 201 in engagement with the bolt 101 in the main latched position 1011 when the main pawl 201 is in engagement with the main latched position 1011 of the bolt 101.

In some embodiments, the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000 further includes:

the stopper portion 205, the stopper portion 205 is used to guide the movement of the slide pawl 211 when the slide pawl 211 is operated to slide to the first position.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, the pawl member 200 further comprises:

a pawl signal trigger member 208, the pawl signal trigger member 208 moving upon actuation of the sliding pawl 211 to cause a change in signal state of the pawl signal mechanism 300.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, when the primary pawl 201 enters the primary lock position 1011 of the latch bolt 101, the sliding pawl 211 can be operated to slide to the first position and actuate the pawl signal trigger member 208 to move to release the pawl signal device 300 such that the signal state of the pawl signal device 300 changes;

when the sliding pawl is operated by the pawl 211 out of the first position, the sliding pawl 211 actuates the pawl signal trigger member 208 again to move to cause the signal state of the pawl signal mechanism 300 to change again.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, the pawl signal trigger member 208 has a different center of rotation than the primary pawl 201.

In some embodiments, the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 further comprises:

deadbolt signaling device 400, deadbolt signaling device 400 (which may be in the form of a trigger switch) is used to identify the half-lock position of deadbolt assembly 100.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, during the movement of the latch bolt 100 from the full open position to the full lock position, when the latch bolt 100 is in or moves in the latched state, the signal state of the latch bolt signal device 400 is a different signal state than when the latch bolt 100 moves in the unlatched state, and the latched state includes the movement of the latch bolt to the half lock position, the full lock position, and any position between the half lock position and the full lock position.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, when the latch bolt assembly 100 is in or moving in the latched state, the signal state of the latch bolt signal device 400 is in the unlatched state, and when the latch bolt assembly 100 is in or moving in the unlatched state, the signal state of the latch bolt signal device 400 is in the triggered state.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal triggering device 1000, the latch bolt assembly 100 further includes:

a deadbolt signal trigger component 104, the deadbolt signal trigger component 104 being configured to trigger the deadbolt signal mechanism 400 such that a signal state of the deadbolt signal mechanism 400 indicates that the deadbolt assembly 100 is in or moving in the unlocked state.

In some embodiments of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000, the latch signal trigger part 104 is fixedly disposed on the latch part 100.

The present disclosure also provides a motor vehicle lock comprising: the signal triggering device 1000 of any of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In the motor vehicle lock of some embodiments, further comprising:

and the lock catch is used for being matched with the bolt 101 of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device 1000 to realize the lock function.

The present disclosure also provides a motor vehicle comprising a motor vehicle lock as described above, which is arranged on a door and/or a hood of the motor vehicle.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment/mode," "some embodiments/modes," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/mode or example is included in at least one embodiment/mode or example of the application. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to be the same embodiment/mode or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/modes or examples and features of the various embodiments/modes or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without being mutually inconsistent.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or to implicitly indicate the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present application, "plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle latch signal triggering device, comprising:

the bolt component comprises a bolt, the bolt is provided with a main locking position and a pre-locking position, based on the main locking position, the bolt component can be kept at a full locking position, and based on the pre-locking position, the bolt component can be kept at a half locking position;

a pawl component comprising a primary pawl engageable only with the primary locking position of the strike such that the strike component can be retained in the fully locked position; and

2. The vehicle lock signal trigger device according to claim 1, wherein when the main pawl is not engaged with the main locking position of the latch, the signal state of the pawl signal device is a different signal state from when the main pawl is fully engaged with the main locking position of the latch.

3. The vehicle lock signal trigger device according to claim 2, wherein the signal state of the pawl signal device is a triggered state when the main pawl is not in an engaged state with the main locking position of the latch bolt, and the signal state of the pawl signal device is an un-triggered state when the main pawl is in a fully engaged state with the main locking position of the latch bolt.

4. The motor vehicle lock signal trigger device according to claim 1, wherein the pawl member further comprises:

a pre-pawl engageable with the pre-lock position of the bolt to enable the bolt member to be retained in the half-lock position.

5. Motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that said pawl member further comprises:

a sliding pawl operable to slide to a first position in which the sliding pawl maintains engagement of the primary pawl with the deadbolt in the primary lock position when the primary pawl is engaged with the primary lock position of the deadbolt.

6. The motor vehicle lock signal triggering device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a stopper portion for guiding movement of the slide pawl when the slide pawl is operated to slide to the first position.

7. The motor vehicle lock signal trigger device according to claim 5, wherein the pawl member further comprises:

8. The vehicle lock signal trigger device according to claim 7, wherein when the primary pawl enters the primary lock position of the latch bolt, the sliding pawl is operable to slide to the first position and actuate the pawl signal trigger member to move to release the pawl signal device such that the signal state of the pawl signal device changes;

when the sliding pawl is operated to leave the first position, the sliding pawl actuates the pawl signal trigger part to move again so that the signal state of the pawl signal device changes again;

optionally, the pawl signal trigger member and the main pawl have different centers of rotation;

optionally, the method further comprises:

a deadbolt signal mechanism that changes a signal when the deadbolt approaches or enters a half-lock position during movement of the deadbolt assembly from a full-open position to a full-lock position;

optionally, during the process of moving the bolt part from the full-open position to the full-lock position, when the bolt part is close to the half-lock position or moves in the locking state, the signal state of the bolt signal device is a different signal state from that when the bolt part moves in the non-locking state, and the locking state includes that the bolt moves to the half-lock position, the full-lock position and any position between the half-lock position and the full-lock position;

optionally, when the latch member is close to a half-lock position or moves in the lock state, the signal state of the latch signal device is an un-triggered state, and when the latch member is in or moves in the unlock state, the signal state of the latch signal device is a triggered state;

optionally, the latch bolt assembly further comprises:

the lock tongue signal triggering part is used for triggering the lock tongue signal device;

optionally, the latch bolt signal triggering part is fixedly arranged on the latch bolt part.

9. A motor vehicle lock, characterized by comprising:

the signal triggering device of any one of claims 1 to 8;

optionally, the method further comprises:

and the lock catch is used for being matched with a lock tongue of the motor vehicle lock signal trigger device so as to realize the lock function.

10. A motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises a motor vehicle lock according to claim 9, which is arranged on a door and/or a hood of a motor vehicle.