EP0558211B1 - Dispositif de verrouillage et assemblage de serrure - Google Patents

Dispositif de verrouillage et assemblage de serrure Download PDF

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EP0558211B1
EP0558211B1 EP19930301055 EP93301055A EP0558211B1 EP 0558211 B1 EP0558211 B1 EP 0558211B1 EP 19930301055 EP19930301055 EP 19930301055 EP 93301055 A EP93301055 A EP 93301055A EP 0558211 B1 EP0558211 B1 EP 0558211B1
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latch
housing
key
barrel
cylinder
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Robert Leslie Easter
Peter Edward Gwilym Evans
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Ford Werke GmbH
Ford France SA
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
    • E05B17/04—Devices for coupling the turning cylinder of a single or a double cylinder lock with the bolt operating member
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
    • E05B81/64—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/02—Lock casings

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  • This invention relates to a door latch and lock assembly particularly for use on the doors (including the tail gate and boot lid) of a motor vehicle.
  • Most known locks comprise a key cylinder which has a key slot accessible outside of the vehicle for receiving a key.
  • the inner end of the key cylinder is connected to a latch mechanism which actually holds the door shut by means of a link.
  • This link is often accessible to a thief, and by obtaining access to the link otherwise than through the lock, the thief can open the door.
  • a door latch and lock assembly for a motor housing as specified in claim 1.
  • the invention also provides a door latch and lock assembly for a motor vehicle as specified in claim 2.
  • the switch housing preferably encloses two microswitches which can be connected to an electronic control unit so that the action of turning the key is signalled to the control unit. This can then be used to activate or deactivate an alarm system or other electrical system.
  • the engagement between the cylinder and the rotatable member is preferably achieved by a non-round male member on one component engaging in a correspondingly shaped female socket on the other component.
  • the male member is on the cylinder and the female part is on the rotatable member.
  • the rotatable member may have two radial fingers which extend into the latch housing, on either side of a latch operating member, so that rotation of the key which rotates the rotatable member also results in contact between one or other of the fingers and the latch operating member, to operate the latch mechanism.
  • the lock unit may be secured to a vehicle door panel by inserting the barrel through a hole in the panel and then mounting a retaining clip on the barrel on the inside of the door panel.
  • the lock unit may be connected to the switch housing by passing the barrel through a hole in a wall of the housing and then mounting a retaining clip inside the housing, on the lock barrel.
  • the switch housing may be connected to the latch housing by riveting the two parts together, and the latch housing and switch housing may be pre-assembled and then mounted in a door as a single unit.
  • the invention is also directed to a motor vehicle door latch mechanism as specified in claim 10.
  • the exposed drive member is a non-round socket adapted to receive a correspondingly shaped projection on the end of a key cylinder.
  • FIG 1 shows a lock unit 10, a switch housing 12 and a latch housing 14.
  • the switch housing 12 and the latch housing 14 together make up a latch mechanism.
  • the lock unit 10 has a head 16 with an aperture in the form of a slot 18 for receiving a key.
  • the head 16 will normally be mounted on the outside of a vehicle door panel 20, as illustrated in Figure 2.
  • the unit 10 has a barrel 22, and a cylinder rotates within the barrel 22 and ends in a non-round male member projection in the form of a rotatable spigot 24. When the correct key is inserted in the slot 18 and rotated, then the spigot 24 turns relative to the barrel 22.
  • the switch housing 12 encloses a rotatable member 26, the shape of which is shown most clearly in Figure 3.
  • This member 26 has an exposed drive member in the form of two sockets 28 which receive the spigot 24, such that rotation of the cylinder with the spigots produces rotation of the rotatable member 26.
  • the member 26 has two fingers 28a which extend radially from the member and lie either side of a latch operating member 30 mounted within the latch housing 14.
  • the operating member 30 is connected to a latch arm or actual latch member 32 by a mechanism which is not illustrated in detail in the Figures, but which will be familiar to the skilled man.
  • the operating member 30 can be moved in the directions indicated by the double headed arrow 34, about an axis 36. Thus rotation of the correct key in the slot 18 will turn the rotatable member 26 which will turn the latch operating member 30 which will lock and unlock the latch mechanism.
  • the switch housing 12 On assembly, the switch housing 12 will be connected directly to the latch housing 14 so that neither the operating member 30 nor the rotatable member 26 are accessible.
  • the engagement between the spigots 24 and the sockets 28 will be wholly inside the housing 12, as indicated with reference to Figures 1 and 2.
  • Figure 1 it can be seen that the barrel 22 has two pairs of slots 38 and 40, and two retaining clips 42 and 44 are illustrated.
  • Figure 2 shows how the retaining clip 42 is fitted to secure the barrel 22 to the door panel 20, and how the clip 44 is fitted (inside the switch housing 12) to secure the barrel to the switch housing with the rotatable spigots 24 and the rotatable member 26 concealed within the switch housing.
  • Figure 3 also illustrates two microswitches 46 and 48 which are mounted on an end wall of the housing 12 and will be operated by respective ones of cam surfaces 50, 52 on the rotatable member 26. Therefore when the key is inserted and turned, one or other of the microswitches 46, 48 will be closed so that a corresponding signal is sent to an electronic control unit 54.
  • the assembly as described also allows for possible manufacturing tolerances, in that the fit between the spigots 24 and the sockets 28 can allow a degree of lost motion without adversely affecting the operation, and axial tolerances between the lock unit and the switch housing can be accommodated by allowing different depths of insertion of the spigots 24 into the sockets 28.

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  1. Ensemble de verrouillage et de serrure de porte destiné à un véhicule à moteur dans lesquels un bloc de serrure actionné par une clé (10) comprenant un barillet pour clé (22), un cylindre qui peut tourner à l'intérieur du barillet pour clé (22) et une ouverture (18) dans le cylindre, destinée à recevoir une clé, est relié à un mécanisme de verrouillage (12, 14) par un bras de verrouillage ou un élément de verrouillage réel (32) qui maintient la porte ouverte ou fermée, dans lequel la totalité des pièces mobiles de l'ensemble monté, entre l'ouverture (18) et le bras de verrouillage ou l'élément de verrouillage réel (32) sont enfermés à l'intérieur d'un boítier continu, dans lequel le mécanisme de verrouillage (12, 14) et le barillet pour clé (22) comportent des caractéristiques correspondantes pouvant venir en prise mutuelle de sorte que le mécanisme de verrouillage (12, 14) et le barillet pour clé (22) peuvent être montés séparément sur la porte, leurs caractéristiques correspondantes venant en prise afin de former un boítier continu, le bloc de serrure (10) comportant une tête (16), et le barillet (22) pouvant être inséré depuis l'extérieur de la porte au travers d'une ouverture présentant pratiquement la même forme que le barillet pour clé (22).
  2. Ensemble de verrouillage et de serrure de porte destiné à un véhicule à moteur comprenant un bloc de serrure (10) comprenant un barillet (22) et un cylindre qui peut tourner à l'intérieur du barillet après l'insertion d'une clé dans une ouverture (18) dans le cylindre, l'ensemble comprenant un boítier de commutation (12) renfermant un élément pouvant tourner (26), et au moins un commutateur électrique (46, 48) sensible à la rotation de l'élément pouvant tourner (26), l'élément pouvant tourner et le cylindre (24) venant en prise directement l'un avec l'autre, à l'intérieur du boítier de commutation, de sorte qu'une rotation du cylindre produit la rotation de l'élément pouvant tourner, et un boítier de verrouillage (14) qui renferme un mécanisme de blocage du verrouillage et qui est raccordé directement au boítier de commutation (12) de sorte qu'une rotation de l'élément pouvant tourner fait fonctionner le mécanisme de blocage du verrouillage, dans lequel le barillet pour clé (22), le boítier de commutation (12) et le boítier de verrouillage (14) forment un boítier continu qui renferme la totalité des pièces mobiles de l'ensemble monté entre l'ouverture (18) et le bras de verrouillage ou l'élément de verrouillage réel (32).
  3. Ensemble selon la revendication 2, dans lequel le boítier de commutation (12) ferme deux microcommutateurs (46, 48) qui peuvent être reliés à une unité de commande électronique (54) de sorte que l'action consistant à tourner la clé est signalée à l'unité de commande.
  4. Ensemble selon la revendication 2 ou la revendication 3, dans lequel la venue en prise entre le cylindre et l'élément pouvant tourner (26) est obtenue par un élément mâle non circulaire (24) d'un premier composant venant en prise dans un réceptacle femelle (28) mis en forme de façon correspondante sur l'autre composant.
  5. Ensemble selon la revendication 4, dans lequel l'élément mâle (24) se trouve sur le cylindre et le réceptacle femelle (28) se trouve sur l'élément pouvant tourner (26).
  6. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 5, dans lequel l'élément pouvant tourner (26) comporte deux doigts radiaux (28a) qui s'étendent jusque dans le boítier de verrouillage (14), des deux côtés d'un élément d'actionnement de verrouillage (30), de sorte qu'une rotation de la clé qui fait tourner l'élément pouvant tourner (26) résulte également en un contact entre l'un ou l'autre des doigts (28a) et de l'élément d'actionnement de verrouillage (30), afin d'actionner le mécanisme de verrouillage.
  7. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 6, dans lequel le bloc de serrure (10) est fixé sur un panneau de porte de véhicule (20) en insérant le barillet (22) au travers d'un trou dans le panneau et en montant ensuite un étrier de retenue (42) sur le barillet à l'intérieur du panneau de porte (20).
  8. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 7, dans lequel le bloc de serrure (10) est raccordé au boítier de commutation (12) en faisant passer le barillet au travers d'un trou dans une paroi du boítier et en montant ensuite un étrier de retenue (44) à l'intérieur du boítier, sur le barillet de serrure.
  9. Ensemble selon l'une quelconque des revendications 2 à 8, dans lequel le boítier de commutation (12) est raccordé au boítier de verrouillage (14) en rivetant les deux boítiers ensemble, et le boítier de verrouillage ainsi que le boítier de commutation sont pré-assemblés et sont ensuite montés dans une porte sous forme d'un seul ensemble.
  10. Mécanisme de verrouillage de porte de véhicule à moteur convenant à une utilisation avec un bloc de serrure (10) actionné par une clé comprenant un barillet pour clé (22), un cylindre qui peut tourner à l'intérieur du barillet pour clé (22) et une ouverture (18) dans le cylindre destinée à recevoir une clé, le mécanisme de verrouillage comprenant un boítier de commutation (12) renfermant un élément pouvant tourner (26) et au moins un commutateur électrique qui détecte une rotation de l'élément pouvant tourner (26), et un boítier de verrouillage (14) qui renferme un mécanisme de verrouillage et un bras de verrouillage ou un élément de verrouillage réel (32) qui est raccordé directement au boítier de commutation (12) de sorte qu'une rotation de l'élément pouvant tourner (26) fait fonctionner le mécanisme de blocage de verrouillage, dans lequel l'élément pouvant tourner (26) comporte un élément d'entraínement exposé (28 ) conçu pour, en utilisation, venir en prise avec le cylindre pour clé de sorte que le fait de tourner le cylindre, tourne l'élément d'entraínement (28), le boítier de commutation (12) comportant une caractéristique conçue pour correspondre au barillet pour clé (22) de sorte que le barillet pour clé (22), le boítier de commutation (12) et le boítier de verrouillage (14), en utilisation, puissent former un boítier continu, ledit boítier renfermant la totalité des pièces mobiles de l'ensemble monté entre l'ouverture (18) et le bras de verrouillage ou l'élément de verrouillage réel (32).
  11. Mécanisme selon la revendication 10, dans lequel l'élément d'entraínement exposé est un réceptacle non circulaire (28) conçu pour recevoir une saillie (24) mise en forme de façon correspondante sur l'extrémité du cylindre pour clé.
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