EP0894920A1 - Kraftfahrzeugtürschloss - Google Patents

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EP0894920A1
EP0894920A1 EP98114297A EP98114297A EP0894920A1 EP 0894920 A1 EP0894920 A1 EP 0894920A1 EP 98114297 A EP98114297 A EP 98114297A EP 98114297 A EP98114297 A EP 98114297A EP 0894920 A1 EP0894920 A1 EP 0894920A1
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Franco Giovanni Ottino
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    • 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
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/12—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators
    • E05B81/16—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the function or purpose of the powered actuators operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
    • E05B81/02—Power-actuated vehicle locks characterised by the type of actuators used
    • E05B81/04—Electrical
    • E05B81/06—Electrical using rotary motors
    • 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 concerns a motor vehicle door lock.
  • door is used in this description and in the claims in its very widest sense, to indicate whatsoever moving component between an opening position and a closing position of an access aperture to an internal compartment of a vehicle.
  • the above terms consequently comprise in addition to the side doors of the motor vehicle, which will be referred to in the following without the loss of any general sense, also the hoods or front and rear doors or hatches.
  • closure systems for motor vehicle doors essentially comprise a lock and a striker mounted respectively on the door and on a fixed part of the bodywork in the proximity of the aperture of the door itself (or more rarely, vice versa).
  • the lock comprises a closure system arranged to cooperate with the striker in such a way as to achieve a relative locking between the lock and the striker itself when the door is closed.
  • the known locks comprise in addition to the closure mechanism, an actuation mechanism which is a coupled with a closure mechanism and comprises a plurality of levers arranged to fulfil the opening and safety functions.
  • the actuation mechanism comprises in general an opening lever from the inside arranged to be connected with an internal handle on the door, an opening lever from the outside arranged to be connected with an external handle on the door, and a safety kinetic assembly operating by means of a key from the outside of the door and by means of a knob and/or the internal handle from the inside of the door and arranged to assume a set safety position in which the lever for opening from the outside is disabled and consequently any opening by means of the external handle is inhibited, and an invalidated safety position in which the opening by means of the external handle is enabled.
  • the actuation mechanism also comprises a door locking actuator and signalling components which define the position of the mechanical components of the lock and generate indicator signals of the said position: as an example, the position of the fork or of components kinetically associated with it to generate an indicator signal of an opening condition or of incomplete closure of the lock, which may be used for a suitable pilot light on the vehicle dashboard, to switch on courtesy lights or to inhibit the centralised locking should one of the doors be open; in addition the enabling and the invalidation of the safety is normally recorded, and the relevant signal actuates to the centralised locking (i.e. the automatic switching of the safety means in the other vehicle locks).
  • a door locking actuator and signalling components which define the position of the mechanical components of the lock and generate indicator signals of the said position: as an example, the position of the fork or of components kinetically associated with it to generate an indicator signal of an opening condition or of incomplete closure of the lock, which may be used for a suitable pilot light on the vehicle dashboard, to switch on courtesy lights or to inhibit the centralised locking should one of the doors
  • Locks of the type as described are known, in which the signalling components are located within the support body and/or envelope of the lock, in close proximity to the components of which the position is to be recorded, within recesses suitably made in the body of the lock.
  • the result is that the various signalling components are generally distant from each other and their connecting cables with the vehicle electrical installation have to be provided; in addition the assembly operations for the signalling components and relevant electrical cables are extensive and costly.
  • the purpose of the present invention is to achieve a locking for a vehicle door, which is free from the disadvantages associated with known locks and indicated above.
  • a lock for a vehicle door of the type comprising:
  • the assembly illustrates with reference 1 a lock for a motor vehicle door (not illustrated).
  • the lock 1 is modular and essentially comprises a closure module 2 and an actuation module 3 allowing assembly of its components to constitute an integrated unit.
  • the closure module 2 is arranged to be fixed to the said door and to cooperate with a striker (not illustrated), integral with an upright (not illustrated) of the door itself.
  • the closure module 2 essentially comprises an envelope 4 designed to be secured to the aforesaid door, and a closure mechanism 5 housed within the said envelope 4 and comprising in turn, a fork 6, moving between an operative opening position and an operative closure position on the striker, and a stop 7 arranged for snap-connection to the fork 6 to lock it in a releasable manner in the closure position.
  • the envelope 4 has a prismatic form and is of reduced thickness compared with all other dimensions.
  • the envelope 4 is of "sandwich" structure and consists of an intermediate shell 8 made of plastic material and of a pair of metal base plates 9, 10 having a polygonal form and mounted on opposing parts of the shell 8.
  • the envelope 4 also has a lateral aperture 11 for inserting the striker, recessed in particular in the shell 8 and in the plate 9.
  • the fork 6 and the stop 7 are hinged about respective fixed pins (not illustrated) extending between the plates 9, 10, rigidly supported by these, and having respective parallel axes to each other and orthogonal in relation to the plates 9, 10 themselves.
  • the fork 6 consists of a moulded plate essentially parallel with the plates 9, 10, whereas the stop 7 comprises a locking component 12 arranged to cooperate under spring-loading with the fork 6, and an actuation arm 13, located in a superimposed and angular position coupled to the locking component 12, and carrying as an overhang a projection 14 defining a stop control section 7 itself intended to interact with the actuating module 3.
  • the actuating module 3 essentially comprises a envelope 20 coupled with envelope 4 and internally defining an aperture 21 and an actuation mechanism 22 housed In the aperture 21 and not described in detail since it does not form part of the present invention.
  • the envelope 20 is of substantially prismatic structure and has in the same way as envelope 4, a reduced thickness in relation to all other dimensions.
  • the envelope 20, advantageously made of plastic material, consists of a hollow body 23 in which is lodged the actuating mechanism 22 and having a base wall 24 essentially flat and a side wall 25, and a cover 26 essentially flat.
  • the side walls 25 present an essentially flat face 27, defining the larger dimension of the envelope 20.
  • the envelope 20 is knife-edge-mounted on the envelope 4 with the face 27 in contact with plate 10, in adjacent position to aperture 11.
  • the actuation mechanism 22 comprises a transmission lever 28 defining an exit component of the mechanism 22 itself and presenting an end section 29 engaging in respective apertures 30, 31 of the face 27 of the envelope 20 and of the plate 10 on the envelope 4 and arranged to cooperate with the closure mechanism 5, and in particular with the projection 14 of the stop 7, to define the decoupling of the stop 7 from the fork 6 and the opening of the lock 1.
  • the actuation mechanism 22 also comprises a first opening lever 32 which connects with an external handle (not illustrated) of the door and is arranged to cooperate with the lever 28 to open the lock 1 from the outside, a safety lever 33 actuated by means of a key from the outside of the door and by means of a knob and/or an internal handle (not illustrated) from the inside of the door, cooperating with the lever 28 and arranged to assume a connected safety position, in which section 29 of lever 28 is held out of alignment with the projection 14 of the stop 7 inhibiting the opening of the lock 1, and a position of disconnected safety (Fig. 2), in which the section 29 of lever 28 is held in line with the projection 14 of the stop 7 allowing the opening of the lock 1.
  • the actuating mechanism 22 comprises in addition, a second opening lever 34 which connects with the internal handle of the door and is movable along an opening stroke to cooperate by thrust with lever 28 and open the lock 1 from the inside, and means of kinetic connection 35 of the opening lever 34 and the safety lever 33, active during a first portion of the stroke of the opening lever 34, to move the safety lever 33 from the connected safety position into the disconnected safety position; in particular the means of kinetic connection 35 comprise a tooth 36 on the safety lever 33 arranged to be intercepted by a cam portion 37 of the opening lever 34.
  • the actuation mechanism 22 finally comprises an electrically actuated door lock actuator 38 of known type.
  • the actuator 38 is housed within a lower portion 39 of the envelope 20, and comprises a reversible electric motor 40, a reducer gearbox 41, having as exit component a toothed segment 42, and a fork-type actuating component 43, integral with the toothed segment 42 and hinged with the latter in common a pin 44.
  • the actuating component 43 cooperates with a dowel 45 carried by the safety lever 33 to displace the latter, after actuation of the motor 40, from the connected safety position to the disconnected safety position.
  • An electric connector 46 of which the insulating body 47 is integral with the envelope 20, allows the connection of the motor 40 with the vehicle electrical installation.
  • the lock 1 finally comprises a signalling module 50 associated with the actuating module 3.
  • the signalling module 50 comprises an oblong box-type body 51 housed within the envelope 20 and envelope a plurality of micro switches 52, 53, 54 to record the position of the mechanical components of the lock 1, as described below.
  • the body 51 comprises a hollow section 55 with a base wall 56 essentially flat arranged to come into contact with the face 27 of the envelope 20 and a side wall 57, and an essentially flat cover 58.
  • the micro switches 52, 53, 54 are mechanically supported by a printed circuit 59 located within the body 51 in orthogonal relation with the walls 56 and the cover 58 and electrically connected with the printed circuit 59 itself.
  • Each micro switch 52, 53, 54 is associated with a respective control lever 60, 61 cooperating with the mechanical component of which the position is to be recorded and hinged on the body 51 about a relative pin 62, 63 integral with the body 51 itself and parallel with the wall 56 and the cover 58.
  • the micro switch 52 is associated with a first (60) of the above control levers having an arm 64 with a fork pegged to a pin 65 carried by the safety lever 33 and a control arm 66 for the micro switch 52 itself having a cam profile.
  • Micro-switch 52 thus records the position of the safety lever 33 and switches during the stroke of the lever 33 between the connected and the disconnected safety position, in such a way as to generate an electrical signal S1 to actuate the centralised locking operation for all the vehicle locks.
  • the micro switches 53, 54 are associated with another of the said control arms (61), which has a shaped arm 67 projecting from the actuation module 3 through an opening 68 in the face 27 and penetrates inside the closure module 2 through an aperture 69 to interact with a dowel 70 carried by the fork 6, and an arm 71 with a fork presenting a prism and a second control branch 72, 73 with regard to the micro switches 53, 54.
  • the micro switches 53, 54 thus record the position of the fork 6 and switch in the proximity of the closure position of the fork 6 itself, in such a way as to generate respectively a first and a second electrical signal S2, S3; signal S2 is used to switch on the courtesy lights of the vehicle, whereas signal S3 is used for signalling the non-closed door and/or to inhibit the centralised locking when a lock is not in the closure position.
  • the signalling module 50 also presents an electrical connector 74 to connect the printed circuit 59 with the electrical installation of the vehicle.
  • the connector 74 comprises an insulating body 75 extending integrally with the body 51, projecting outside the envelope 20, in an essentially parallel position with the connector 46 of actuator 38, through an opening 76 in the envelope 20 itself.
  • the displacement of the fork 6 from the closure position to the opening position determines by way of the interaction of the dowel 70 with the arm 67, the rotation of the control lever 61 about the pin 63; that rotation switches the micro switches 53, 54 so that the electrical signals S3, S4 are generated to determine the switching on of the courtesy lights in the vehicle and the switching on of a suitable pilot light on the vehicle dashboard; in addition the signal S3 may be used also to inhibit the centralised locking when a lock on the vehicle is not in the closure position.
  • the various signalling components (52, 53, 54, 59) are all grouped inside the body 51 and form with it a preassembled module (50), the electrical wiring for the connection of each signalling component with the vehicle electrical installation may be grouped into a single bundle projecting from the body 51 itself through electrical connector 74; the assembly operation for the signalling module 50 on the lock 1 can thus be particularly speedy, in that it suffices to insert the signalling module 50 itself inside the envelope 20 in a predetermined position to ensure correct interaction of the arms 64, 67 of levers 60, 61 with relative dowels 65, 70.
  • the signalling components are located within the body 51, which in turn is located inside the envelope 20, ensures an extensive protection of the signalling components themselves against the infiltration of water and dust inside the lock 1.

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IT97TO000689 IT1296286B1 (it) 1997-07-31 1997-07-31 Serratura per una porta di un veicolo con modulo di segnalazione preassemblabile.
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FR2825402A1 (fr) 2001-05-29 2002-12-06 Bosch Gmbh Robert Serrure de porte de vehicule comportant une unite de fermeture et une unite de commande separee
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US6779372B2 (en) 2001-10-16 2004-08-24 Robert Bosch Gmbh Motor vehicle door lock with a lock unit and a control unit which are separate from one another
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CN103835594A (zh) * 2012-11-27 2014-06-04 株式会社有信 门锁装置
US20160040457A1 (en) * 2012-06-28 2016-02-11 Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation Operating device for a vehicle door latch
US20170314300A1 (en) * 2014-10-29 2017-11-02 Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation Vehicle door latch device
EP3231969A4 (de) * 2015-09-17 2018-10-03 Mitsui Kinzoku ACT Corporation Türverriegelungsvorrichtung für fahrzeuge
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ITTO970689A1 (it) 1999-01-31
IT1296286B1 (it) 1999-06-21
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