US 12,338,664 B2
Motor vehicle lock, in particular motor vehicle door lock
Zbynek Louda, Pardubice (DO)
Assigned to Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
Appl. No. 18/245,398
Filed by Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/DE2021/100714
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/057975, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 123 948.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0349203 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 85/26 (2014.01); E05B 15/04 (2006.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/15 (2013.01) [E05B 85/26 (2013.01); E05B 2015/041 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle lock comprising:
a locking mechanism including a rotary latch and a pawl,
an accumulator lever that is controlled by the rotary latch, wherein the rotary latch temporarily holds the pawl in an open accumulator position at least during an opening process of the locking mechanism, and
a spring configured to directly engage both the rotary latch and the accumulator lever,
wherein the rotary latch includes a control stop and a rotary latch stop, wherein the spring directly acts on the rotary latch stop, and wherein the control stop engages the accumulator lever when a pre-ratchet on the rotary latch has passed an engagement on the pawl to release the pawl from the open accumulator position.