US 11,913,259 B2
Closing assembly for motor vehicle
David van Bebber, Aachen (DE); and Jacco Poleij, Aachen (DE)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/683,318.
Claims priority of application No. 102018219571.4 (DE), filed on Nov. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0157857 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. E05B 77/38 (2014.01); E05B 85/20 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 77/38 (2013.01) [E05B 85/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle, comprising:
an immovable body component;
a moveable body component configured to move relative to the immovable body component;
a closing assembly including a locking bolt configured to engage a latch moveable relative to a guide slot between a release position and a closed position, wherein the closing assembly includes a spring exerting a restoring force urging the latch in the direction of the closed position, wherein the restoring force has no force component along a section of the guide slot corresponding to the release position of the latch,
wherein the guide slot is substantially L-shaped and includes a closing section extending substantially parallel to the restoring force of the spring, a release section extending approximately normal to the restoring force of the spring, and a curved section connecting the closing section and the release section,
wherein the latch includes two guide pins configured to slide within the guide slot,
wherein the restoring force urges the latch to the closed position when at least one of the guide pins is in the closing section of the guide slot,
wherein the closing section has a straight configuration, and the curved section substantially follows an arc along an entirety of a length of the curved section, and
wherein, when the latch is in the release position, one of the guide pins is in the release section and the other of the guide pins is in a location within the curved section that substantially follows the arc.