EP3746620A1

EP3746620A1 - Lock unit for a motor vehicle door

Info

Publication number: EP3746620A1
Application number: EP19704188.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Joerg Gschweng
Original assignee: PSA Automobiles SA
Current assignee: Stellantis Auto SAS
Priority date: 2018-02-02
Filing date: 2019-01-30
Publication date: 2020-12-09
Also published as: WO2019149440A1; DE102018000865A1; MA52538A

Abstract

The present development relates to a lock unit for a motor vehicle door (10), having: a carrier (21) for mounting on the motor vehicle door (10), an outer door handle (22) which is arranged on the carrier (21), and a movable lock latch (26) which is arranged on the carrier (21) so as to be movable between a closed position (S) and an open position (O) and which can be brought into engagement with a lock bow (16) arranged on the motor vehicle body.

Description

Locking unit for a motor vehicle door

description

Technical area

The present development relates to an integrated lock unit for a motor vehicle door and a motor vehicle door equipped with such a lock unit.

background

Common motor vehicle doors, which are arranged, for example, pivotably on the support structure of a motor vehicle body, have a door lock, by means of which the door against unintentional or unauthorized opening in a closed position on the vehicle body can be fixed. common

Motor vehicle mechanics typically have a latch which is releasably engageable with a lock bracket disposed on the vehicle body. Motor vehicle repairers are typically by means of at least one handle in an open position transferred, in which the lock catch the

Lock handle releases so that the vehicle door can be opened.

Motor vehicle doors typically have in addition to a

Door inside handle, which is arranged on an inner side of the vehicle door, also an outside door handle. The outside door handle is typically arranged at a distance from the door lock. The door lock or its latch is typically located in or on an end face of the vehicle door to engage with a lock bracket disposed on, for example, a B-pillar or C-pillar. Common motor vehicle doors with an outside door handle protruding from an outside of the motor vehicle door have in the region of Outside door handle on an inward, in the vehicle transverse direction directed embossment or a recessed grip on.

Such recessed grips are typically provided in the outer door panel. Due to manufacturing such recessed grips have a given

Have minimum distance to the front end of the door outer panel. In the area of the recessed grip, the door outer panel is stamped inwards or the recess was formed by a deep-drawing operation of the outer door panel. such

Manufacturing processes require that a comparatively deeply formed trough a predetermined minimum distance to the front end of the

Door outer panel must comply.

This minimum distance further requires a corresponding distance in the vehicle longitudinal direction between the outside door handle and the lock latch, thus between a handle outside the door handle module and a

Lock case having lock module. These structural requirements further require that the handle module, thus the outside door handle, mechanically coupled over a relatively large distance away with the door lock or with a lock mechanism.

In contrast, the present invention is the object of a manufacturing technology improved, space-saving and

To provide cost-effective concept for a motor vehicle door lock. This should be particularly shapely integrate with the saving of components in a motor vehicle door. The total space requirement for the motor vehicle lock or a locking device for a motor vehicle door should be reduced here. It is a further object to reduce the manufacturing costs, the weight and the space required for the motor vehicle lock, or for a motor vehicle lock and the outside door handle comprehensive locking device.

Advantageous embodiments

This object is with a lock unit for a motor vehicle door according to the independent claim 1 and with a motor vehicle door after Claim 11 solved. In a further aspect, a motor vehicle is after

Claim 14 is provided.

The lock unit proposed accordingly is designed for a motor vehicle door. It has a support which is designed for mounting on the motor vehicle door. The lock unit also has an outside door handle, which is arranged on the carrier. The lock unit also has a lock latch. This is movably arranged between a closed position and an open position on the carrier of the lock unit. The lock catch is further engageable with a lock bracket disposed on the vehicle body. The latch is in particular releasably fixed to the lock bracket to fix the latch, and thus the entire lock unit and thus also connected to the lock unit motor vehicle door on the body-side lock bracket.

Because the outside door handle and the lock latch on a

common carrier are arranged, a previous separate arrangement of outside door handle and motor vehicle lock on the vehicle door can be omitted in an advantageous manner. The lock unit can be provided in the form of a single preconfigured or prefabricated module by a motor vehicle supplier. With arrangement and attachment of the lock unit on or in the vehicle door can be in only a single assembly step, both the outside door handle on the vehicle door and the lock bracket on the

Motor vehicle door to be attached.

In addition, a comparatively complicated mechanical connection between the outside door handle and the lock bracket or a lock mechanism can be omitted. In the course of the final assembly of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle door, it is only necessary, the lock unit provided here at the

Motor vehicle door to mount. In or on the lock unit, the outside door handle and the lock bracket are arranged to function. A mechanical coupling between the outside door handle and the lock bracket must henceforth no longer take place within the framework of the motor vehicle final assembly or the production of the motor vehicle door. As a result, manufacturing costs and the production cost can be reduced. In addition, components for the separate mechanical Connection between the outside door handle and the lock bracket or a

Lock mechanism eliminated.

The carrier can be used as a mounting bracket for both the outside door handle as well as for the lock bracket or for a lock bracket having

Lock mechanics act. The carrier may be designed in particular for mounting on an inner side of a door outer panel. But it can also be used for mounting on the inner door panel or other support structure components of

Be designed motor vehicle door. It is also conceivable that the outside door handle is removably mounted on the carrier, so mounted for mounting the lock unit on the vehicle door, the carrier without outside door handle first from the inside of the door outer panel and then the outside door handle from the outside through a handle opening of the door outer panel connected to the carrier becomes.

According to a further embodiment, the lock unit has a

Lock mechanism with a slave on with the outside door handle in

Active compound can be brought. The recipient of the lock mechanism is in particular with the lock latch in indirect or immediate operative connection. In an unlocked lock mechanism movement of the outside door handle can be transmitted to the slave, which is therefore also set in motion. When the lock mechanism is unlocked, the movement of the borrower can be transferred directly to the lock latch or to an encoder engaged with the lock latch. An actuation or movement of the receiver of the lock mechanism leads to a movement of the latch, so that it releases the lock bracket and the vehicle door can be opened.

The lock mechanism can typically be a supply and / or

Have unlocking mechanism, which is remote-controlled, electrically or mechanically actuated. The locking and / or unlocking mechanism is used for locking and unlocking the lock mechanism or the actual

Motor vehicle lock. When locked motor vehicle lock has a

For example, outgoing from the outside door handle movement of the receiver has no effect on the latch. When locked lock mechanism, the slave of the lock mechanism is indeed movable, but it is mechanically from the lock latch or from an engaging with the lock latch encoder, which may be configured, for example in the form of a pawl or pawl, decoupled.

According to a further embodiment, the lock mechanism further comprises a transmitter, which engages with the lock latch and which is in operative connection with the slave. The encoder may be configured in the form of a pawl, in particular in the form of a pawl and may hold the latch, for example, against a spring force in a closed position. The encoder is in operative connection with the slave of the lock mechanism or in mechanical engagement. If the recipient is actuated when the door lock is unlocked, the transmitter is moved into a release position which, as a consequence, releases the lock latch, which again typically moves from its closed position into the lock position by a rotational movement

Opening position passes.

According to a further embodiment, the outside door handle has a

Ironing section on. The strap portion may have a longitudinal extent with a first end portion and with an opposite second end portion. With a first end portion of the bracket portion is pivotally mounted on the support of the lock unit. The second end portion has an extension extending obliquely or perpendicular to the bracket section.

The bracket section typically extends in the vehicle longitudinal direction (x). The extension of the outside door handle typically extends in one

Assembly position on the motor vehicle door and with the vehicle door closed in the vehicle transverse direction (y) to the inside. The extension extends in particular in a space between the outer door panel and the inner door panel, while the bracket portion rests either outside of the door outer panel or flush with the outside door panel is recessed. The bow section and the extension extending therefrom at a predetermined angle enable a pivotable mounting of the outside door handle with respect to a rotation axis of the outside door handle running along a vehicle vertical axis (z). The extension serves in particular to realize an automatic pivoting movement of the outside door handle from a rest position to an open position. According to a further embodiment, the extension is displaceably arranged on the carrier. The extension can in particular be arranged longitudinally displaceable on the carrier and thus in particular the second end portion of the

Move bow section in the vehicle transverse direction relative to the support of the lock unit. Conversely, by means of the extension, an opening movement exerted by the end user on the outside door handle can also be transmitted to the inside of the lock unit, in particular to the slave of the lock mechanism. About the extension can finally be a mechanical connection or mechanical

Coupling between the outside door handle and the lock mechanism are provided so that as a result of an operation of the outside door handle, the latch is transferred to its open position.

According to a further embodiment, an encoder portion is arranged or formed on the extension of the outside door handle, which with the recipient of the

Lock mechanism can be brought into operative connection. As soon as the encoder section is in operative connection with the slave of the lock mechanism, for example, when the encoder section abuts against the slave or comes to rest, for example, directed to the outside in the vehicle transverse direction and on the

Outside door handle force acting on the encoder portion of the extension to the recipient of the lock mechanism and finally transferred from the recipient to the dealer of the lock mechanism, which finally releases the lock latch, which then passes from the closed position to the open position.

According to a further embodiment of the lock unit, this has a carrier arranged on the drive, which is coupled to the outside door handle and which is adapted to move the outside door handle from a rest position to a deployed position. In the rest position, the outside door handle is integrable in an outside door panel of the vehicle body or he is at

corresponding arrangement of the vehicle door flush with the

Door outer panel arranged. In the Ausstellposition the outside door handle stands out with a manually engageable bracket section of the door outer panel.

In the deployed position, the outside door handle is graspable for an end user, so that they exert an opening movement on the outside door handle can. In the rest position, the outside door handle is flush-mounted in the door outer panel. He is in this position unmanageable and therefore can not be operated manually. One flush in the outer door panel

sunken outside door handle proves to be particularly advantageous from an aerodynamic point of view as well as from an aesthetic point of view.

The drive may in particular comprise an electric motor, which is typically engaged with the extension of the outside door handle. The drive may further comprise a gear, for example a worm or spindle drive, by means of which the extension and thus also the entire exterior door handle can be moved from the rest position into the deployed position.

According to a further embodiment of the outside door handle is in reaching the Ausstellposition with the recipient of the lock mechanism in engagement. Between the rest position and the Ausstellposition the outside door handle can be out of engagement with the taker. Typically, arranged on the extension of the door outside handle donor portion of the outside door handle engages the taker as soon as the outside door handle reaches its deployed position. In the deployed position, however, the outside door handle still exerts no force on the taker.

The taker remains in a starting position as long as the

Outside door handle is still in the open position. With reaching the

Ausstellposition becomes a mechanical operative connection between the

Outside door handle and the recipient of the lock mechanism made. Another movement, typically applied to the outside door handle by the end user, then results in actuation of the occupant, thereby transferring the latch to its open position.

According to a further embodiment, the outside door handle, starting from the rest position over the Ausstellposition away in an actuating position movable or transferable. Upon reaching the operating position is the

Lock latch transferred via a mechanical coupling with the lock mechanism in the open position. At the latest when reaching the Ausstellposition the outside door handle is a mechanical coupling between the outside door handle and the lock mechanism made. An over the Ausstellposition away directed operation of the outside door handle, in particular an outward, in

Vehicle transverse direction directed train movement at the second end portion of the bracket portion of the outside door handle leads due to the mechanical coupling to a movement of the receiver, which is transmitted to the encoder of the lock mechanism, which releases the latch as a result of this movement or transferred to its open position.

Providing three different positions for the

Outside door handle, namely a rest position, a Ausstellposition and a

Operating position allow the realization of a flush in the

Door outer panel taken in outside door handle. This can be transferred by means of the drive in the Ausstellposition in which he is manually taken by an end user to open the door. To open the door, the outside door handle is to be transferred from the open position to the operating position. The drive provides a kind of mechanical connection or mechanical coupling between the outside door handle and the lock mechanism as soon as the

Outside door handle reaches its deployed position.

According to a further embodiment, the outside door handle is coupled with a return member arranged on the carrier. The outside door handle is against the action of the return member from the rest position in the direction of deployment position, also movable in the direction and up to the operating position. The return member, which may have, for example, a spring or a spring mechanism, causes an automatic movement of the outside door handle from the operating position to the deployed position, possibly also from the Ausstellposition back to the rest position.

According to another aspect, the development further relates to a

Motor vehicle door with an outer door panel and with a door inner panel and with an extending between door outer panel and inner door panel end face. The front side is located at a pivotally mounted on an A-pillar of the bodywork motor vehicle door on a side facing away from the door hinge end of the vehicle door. The motor vehicle door also has a previously described Lock unit, which is arranged between the inner door panel and the outer door panel.

The lock unit, thus their carrier, can be at one of

Door inner panel and door outer panel are arranged and fixed. Preferably, the lock unit is attached to the door frame and / or on the inside of the door outer panel and fixed. With the arrangement of the lock unit on the vehicle door can with only a single assembly step, both the door lock, that is, the lock mechanism and the latch bolt, and the outside door handle on the

Motor vehicle door are arranged and fixed.

According to a further embodiment, the outside door handle is in his

Rest position arranged flush with the door outer panel. A flush design of the outside door handle on or in the outer door panel makes it possible to design the outer door panel handle recess-free or significantly reduce the depth of a recessed grip in the area of the outside door handle. For example, the depth of a recessed grip in the vehicle transverse direction can be reduced to less than 10 mm, or less than 7 mm. It can e.g. have a depth of about 5 mm. This makes it possible to position the outside door handle much closer to a front end of the door outer panel, as is the case with motor vehicle doors with outside door handles protruding from the outside.

A displacement of the outside door handle in the direction of the front side of the motor vehicle door is advantageous for the integrated design of the lock unit, which comprises at least one common support, the outside door handle and the lock latch. The dimensions of the lock unit, in particular the carrier or mounting bracket, can be significantly reduced in this way. Also, this can reduce the space required and the material consumption for the lock unit.

According to a further embodiment of the motor vehicle door, the latch of the lock unit is arranged on the front side of the motor vehicle door or it protrudes from the front side. The outside door handle is embedded in the door outer panel or integrated flush with it here. The previously described shift the outside door handle towards the front allows an integrated arrangement and design of latch and outside door handle on one and the same carrier, which proves to be advantageous manufacturing and assembly technology.

According to a further embodiment, a distance between the outside door handle and a front end of the door outer panel is less than 10 cm, less than 8 cm, less than 5 cm, less than 3 cm or even less than 2 cm. The shorter the distance can be selected, the smaller the lock unit can be formed and the space otherwise required for this space in the motor vehicle door can be used elsewhere.

Finally, according to a further aspect, a motor vehicle is provided which has at least one previously described lock unit or at least one motor vehicle door described above.

Brief description of the figures

Other objects, features and advantageous applications are in the following embodiment with reference to the

Drawings described. Hereby show:

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a partially opened

Vehicle door with a lock unit,

2 shows a cross section through the lock unit with an outside door handle located in rest position,

Fig. 3 shows a cross section according to FIG. 2 with the outside door handle in the raised position and

Fig. 4 shows a cross section according to FIGS. 2 and 3 with the outside door handle in

Actuating position, 5 is a block diagram of the interacting components of the lock unit,

6 is a greatly simplified schematic representation of the lock unit,

Fig. 7a is a schematic representation of the engaged with the lock bracket

standing latch in open position,

Fig. 7b is a representation according to FIG. 7a, but with the latch in

Closed position,

8 is a cross-section A-A of FIG. 2,

9 is a cross section according to FIG. 8, but with the outside door handle in FIG

Ausstellposition and

Fig. 10 shows a cross section according to FIGS. 8 and 9, but with the outside door handle in the operating position. Detailed description

The motor vehicle 1 shown schematically in FIG. 1 has a self-supporting motor vehicle body 2 with a B pillar 3 and an A pillar 4. The A-pillar 4 and the B-pillar 3 define a door recess 5, which gives access to the vehicle interior not explicitly shown here. In the area of the door recess 5, a motor vehicle door 10 is pivotally mounted. In the

Representation of FIG. 1 is the vehicle door in a partially open position. The motor vehicle door 10 has an outer door panel 11 and a door inner panel 13 facing the vehicle interior.

In the transition between the outer door panel 11 and the inner door panel 13, the motor vehicle door on an end face 12. The front side 12 is at

closed motor vehicle door 10 of the B-pillar 3 facing. On the B-pillar 3 is a protruding into the Türaussparung 5 lock bracket 16. This is with a latch 26 of the vehicle door 10 releasably engageable. The lock latch 26 is accordingly arranged on the front side 12 of the motor vehicle door 10.

As shown in particular in FIGS. 7 a and 7 b, the latch 26 is rotatably mounted on the end face 12. It has a receptacle or groove 36 into which the lock bracket 16 can be received or in which the lock bracket 16 can be fixed. The latch 26 is designed in particular as a rotary latch. In its open position O shown in Fig. 7a, the groove 36 is aligned in the vehicle transverse direction, so that the vehicle door according to their hinge connection to the

Motor vehicle body 2 is pivotable relative to the lock bracket 16 so that the lock bracket 16 is disengaged from the groove 36. The groove 36 is aligned in the open position of the latch 26 substantially horizontally to allow sliding out of the lock bracket 16 from the latch 26. In the closed position S shown in FIG. 7b, the latch 26 is rotated relative to the open position O by a predetermined angle, for example by 90 °. The groove 36 has with its open end down. This is the

Motor vehicle door with its front side 12 with respect to a movement in

Vehicle transverse direction (y) fixed to the vehicle body 2.

Spaced to the groove 36, the latch 26 is operatively connected to a transmitter 30. The encoder 30 is itself pivotally mounted with respect to an axis 31. The encoder 30 may be configured in particular as a pawl or pawl. A portion of the encoder 30 spaced radially from the axis 31 is typically in mechanical engagement with the latch 26. The encoder 30 and the latch 26 belong to a lock mechanism 24, the details of which are not explicitly shown here. In an unlocked door lock, the encoder 30 is in mechanical operative connection with an outside door handle 20, so that a mechanical actuation or movement of the outside door handle 22 is transmitted to a rotary movement of the encoder 30, which passes as a result, the latch 26 from its closed position S in its open position O ,

As schematically outlined in particular in FIGS. 5 and 6, an integrated lock unit 20 is arranged on the motor vehicle door 10. The Locking unit 20 has a carrier 21, on which both the outside door handle 22 and the latch 26 are arranged. The carrier 21 can as

Mounting support to be configured. It may be formed as a so-called bracket, which for example on the inside of the door outer panel 11 to the plant and with the door outer panel 11 connectable, for example, is screwed.

The fact that the outside door handle 22 and the latch 26 are arranged on one and the same carrier 21, a previous separate assembly and

mechanical connection of a handle assembly or a lock assembly to the vehicle door omitted in an advantageous manner. By providing a single lock unit 20, all the components of the door lock and the outside door handle 22 can be fastened to the motor vehicle door in a single assembly step.

Within the lock unit 20, in particular, a mechanical connection between the outside door handle 22 and the latch 26 and the latch mechanism 24 having the lock latch can be prefabricated and

be provided operationally. A connection between the outside door handle and the latch must therefore not be carried out in the course of installation of the door lock in the vehicle door, but can already be functional in the

Locking unit present.

The block diagram of FIG. 5 outlines further components of the FIG

Locking unit 20. The lock unit 20 is here on the inside of the

Door outer panel 11 is arranged, the outside door handle 22 is flush-mounted in the door outer panel 11 or flush with the door outer panel 11 is arranged. At least one end portion of the outside door handle 22 is operatively connected to a drive 28 which is configured to translate at least one end portion of the outside door handle 22 to an open position A such that the outside door handle 22 is engageable by an end user to open the door. The outside door handle 22 is also in mechanical operative connection with the lock mechanism 24.

The mechanical connection between the outside door handle 22 and

Lock mechanism 24 is at the latest when reaching a display position of the Outside door handle 22 is provided. A further and outward movement of the outside door handle 22, for example, in one shown in Fig. 4

Actuation position B then leads to the mechanical opening of the lock, thus for transferring the lock latch 26 in the open position O. The

Lock latch 26 is located on the front side 12 of the motor vehicle door 10. It is there with the lock bracket 16, which is arranged on the B-pillar 3, in mechanical operative connection.

In the sequence of FIGS. 2 to 4 it is shown that the outside door handle 22 has a handle body 50 with a bracket section and with an extension 52. The bracket portion 51 has a first end portion 53 and a

opposite second end portion 55 on. In the area of the first

End portion 53 of the bracket portion 51, thus the entire handle body 50 is pivotally mounted with respect to a rotation axis 23 on the carrier 21. At the second end portion 55, the handle body 50 on the extension 52, which extends obliquely to the longitudinal extent of the bracket portion 51 inwardly, in the vehicle transverse direction (y). An end of the extension 52 facing away from the bracket section 51 remains inside the lock unit 20.

On the extension 52, in particular a projecting or projecting from the contour of the extension 52 encoder portion 54 is formed or

arranged, which comes with reaching the exposed position A of FIG. 3 with a slave 42 of the lock mechanism 24 in engagement or engaged. As a result, a mechanical operative connection between the outside door handle 22 and the lock mechanism 24 is provided. Starting from that shown in Fig. 3

Ausstellposition A can the outside door handle 22 in the area of his then from

Door outer panel 11 protruding bracket portion 51 manually grasped and further outward, in the operating position B shown in FIG. 4 are pulled.

This further pull-out movement leads to a corresponding movement of the receiver 32, which in unlocked door lock with the encoder 30 is operatively connected in such a way that the encoder performs a pivotal movement relative to the axis 31, which passes as a result, the latch 26 at least temporarily in its open position O. In order to transfer the outside door handle 22 in the open position A, the lock unit 20 has a drive 28 which is mechanically coupled or connected to the extension 52. That coupling or connection is shown in more detail in FIGS. 8 to 10. The drive 28 or a gear driven therefrom may, for example, have a driver 62 which engages with a receptacle 56 of the extension 52. The receptacle 56 may have a certain extent in the longitudinal direction of the extension 52, which is greater than the corresponding extent of the driver. The receptacle 56 can in particular

Movement direction opposite stops 57 and 59 have, to which the driver 62 can come to rest.

In the rest position R shown in FIG. 8, the driver 62 of the drive 28 is in contact with a stop 57 of the receptacle 56 facing the opening direction. A movement of the driver 62 in the direction of

Ausstellposition A leads in this respect to a direct take-off and

Displacement movement of the extension 52. The extension 52 is further connected to a return member 58, which at the other end with the carrier 21 of

Lock unit 20 is connected. The return element 58 may comprise a spring or a spring mechanism.

The extension 52, thus the entire outer door handle 22 is starting from the rest position R against the force of the return member 58 in the

Ausstellposition A and also in the operating position B movably mounted on the carrier 21. Starting from the starting position A, the outside door handle 22 can be grasped manually and can be transferred further into the actuating position B until the stop 59 comes into contact with an opposite side of the driver 62 and thus limits an extension movement. However, it is also conceivable otherwise that the pull-out movement of the outside door handle 22 is limited, for example, by a fixed counter-stop arranged on the carrier 21. If the outside door handle 22 is released in the operating position B, it passes under the action of the return member 58 back to the open position A shown in FIG. 9. The drive 28 can after opening the vehicle door and supported by the return member 58 then again be transferred to the rest position R.

FIGS. 2 to 5 further show an emergency unlocking device 40, which can be manually actuated from the outside. An end section of the

Emergency unlocking device may for example be provided with a lock cylinder 41, in which a key or emergency release key can be inserted. An advantage is the emergency release directly with the

Lock mechanism 24 coupled, so that the emergency unlocking device 40 can bring about a rotational movement or a release movement of the lock latch 26. Should the motor vehicle, for whatever reason, have an electrical malfunction or should sufficient energy not be available on board the motor vehicle 1 for actuation of the drive 28, the door lock, consequently the lock unit 20, can also be opened purely mechanically without that this the outside door handle 22 first in the

Ausstellposition A to be transferred.

Anyway in the door lock or in an insurance and / or

Unlocking device provided electronics can be at least co-used to drive the drive 28 for the extension of the outside door handle 22. The coupling of the drive 28 with the outside door handle 22 also has the advantage that the handle 22 can also be fixed and held in the rest position by means of the drive 28. As a result, the use is relatively expensive

Centrifugal pendulum dispensable, which act in the event of a side impact on the lock. Also, the fixation of the outside door handle 22 by means of the drive 28 with regard to the crash test assessment of the motor vehicle 1 or the

Vehicle door 10 prove advantageous. The drive 28 may also be designed to automatically transfer the outside door handle 22 into the open position A in the event of a vehicle crash.

The illustrated embodiments show only possible

Development of the development to which further numerous variants are conceivable and within the scope of the development. The examples shown

Embodiments are in no way with regard to the scope, the Applicability or the configuration options of the development to be interpreted as limiting. The present description merely shows the person skilled in the art a possible implementation of an exemplary embodiment. Thus, the most varied modifications can be made to the function and arrangement of elements described without departing from the scope of protection or its equivalents as defined by the following claims.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMBERS

motor vehicle

Automotive body

B-pillar

A column

door recess

Motor vehicle door

Outer door panel

front

Inner door panel

shackle

lock unit

carrier

Outside door handle

axis of rotation

lock mechanism

latch

drive

giver

axis

taker

groove

emergency release device

lock cylinder

Handle body

bow section

extension

end

former section

end

admission

attack

Restoring member

attack 62 drivers

Claims

Patent claims

A lock unit for a motor vehicle door (10), comprising: a support (21) for mounting to the motor vehicle door (10), an outside door handle (22) disposed on the support (21), a movable one between a closed position (S) and an open position (O) movably arranged on the carrier (21)

Lock latch (26) which can be brought into engagement with a lock bracket (16) arranged on the motor vehicle body.

2. lock unit according to claim 1, further comprising a lock mechanism (24) having a slave (32) which is operatively engageable with the outside door handle (22).

3. lock unit according to claim 2, wherein the lock mechanism (24) has an encoder (30) which engages with the lock latch (26) and which is in operative connection with the slave (32).

4. lock unit according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the

Outside door handle (22) has a bracket portion (51) which is pivotally mounted with a first end portion (53) on the carrier (21) and which at an opposite second end portion (55) extending obliquely or perpendicular to the bracket portion (51) extension ( 52).

5. Lock unit according to claim 4, wherein the extension (52) is displaceably arranged on the carrier (21).

6 lock unit according to claim 2 and according to one of claims 4 or 5, wherein on the extension (52) a donor section (54) is arranged or formed, which with the slave (32) of the lock mechanism (24) in

Active compound can be brought.

7. lock unit according to one of the preceding claims, which further comprises a carrier (21) arranged on the drive (28) which is coupled to the outside door handle (22) and which is adapted to the outside door handle (22) from a rest position (R) to move to an open position (A), wherein the outside door handle (22) in the rest position (A)

flush with the door in an outer door panel (11) of the vehicle door (10) is integrated and wherein the outside door handle (22) protrudes in the raised position (A) with a manually engageable bracket portion (51) of the door outer panel (11).

8. lock unit according to claim 2 and claim 7, wherein the outside door handle (22) with reaching the exposed position (A) with the slave (32) is engaged.

9. lock unit according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the outside door handle (22)

starting from the rest position (R) over the exposed position (A) away in an actuating position (B) is movable and wherein the door outer handle (22) upon reaching the operating position (B) via a mechanical coupling with the lock mechanism (24) the latch (26 ) into the open position (O).

10. lock unit according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the

Outside door handle (22) with a support (21) arranged on the return member (58) is coupled and wherein the outside door handle (22) against the action of the return member (58) from the rest position (R) in the direction

Ausstellposition (A) is movable.

11. Motor vehicle door with an outer door panel (11) and a door inner panel (13) and with a between outer door panel (1 1) and inner door panel (13) extending end face (12) and with a lock unit (20) according to one of the preceding claims, which between the door inner panel (13) and the door outer panel (11) is arranged.

12. Motor vehicle door according to claim 11, according to which the outside door handle (22) in its rest position (R) is arranged flush with the door outer panel (11).

13. Motor vehicle door according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the lock latch (26) of the lock unit (20) on the end face (12) is arranged or from the end face (12) protrudes.

14. Motor vehicle door according to one of the preceding claims 1 1 to 13, wherein a distance between the outside door handle (22) and a

front end of the door outer panel (11) is less than 10 cm, less than 8 cm, less than 5 cm, less than 3 cm or less than 2 cm.

15. Motor vehicle with a lock unit (20) according to one of the preceding claims 1 to 10 or with a motor vehicle door (10) according to one of the preceding claims 11 to 14.