US 12,065,862 B2
Motor vehicle lock
Ömer Inan, Dorsten (DE); Holger Schiffer, Meerbusch (DE); Michael Scholz, Essen (DE); and Peter Szegeny, Engelskirchen (DE)
Assigned to Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
Appl. No. 17/286,516
Filed by Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/DE2019/100903
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/083435, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 126 165.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 22, 2018; and application No. 10 2019 123 837.4 (DE), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0355722 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 85/26 (2014.01); E05B 77/36 (2014.01); E05B 81/04 (2014.01); E05B 81/16 (2014.01); E05B 85/24 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/16 (2013.01) [E05B 77/36 (2013.01); E05B 81/04 (2013.01); E05B 85/243 (2013.01); E05B 85/26 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle lock comprising:
a locking mechanism including locking mechanism components, the locking mechanism components including at least a rotary latch and a pawl;
a latching element arranged in an engagement region between the rotary latch and the pawl, the latching element being pivotably mounted on the rotary latch and arranged in a plane of the locking mechanism, wherein the latching element has a guide extension which projects relative to the plane of the locking mechanism for additional axial and/or radial guidance of movement of the locking mechanism components as the locking mechanism transitions between a locked state and an open state; and
a lock housing that accommodates the locking mechanism including the rotary latch and the pawl in an interior of the lock housing, wherein the guide extension contacts directly against a surface of the lock housing as the locking mechanism transitions between the locked state and the open state to provide the additional axial and/or radial guidance.