US 12,421,770 B2
Motor vehicle lock
Peter Szegeny, Engelskirchen (DE)
Assigned to Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus (DE)
Appl. No. 18/293,038
Filed by KIEKERT AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Heiligenhaus (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/DE2022/100619
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 29, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/036363, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 123 328.3 (DE), filed on Sep. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0247522 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 77/34 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/14 (2013.01) [E05B 77/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle lock-comprising:
a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and a pawl, wherein the rotary latch is latched into at least one latch position by the pawl;
a rotatable triggering lever, wherein the locking mechanism is moved from the at least one latch position into an open position by the triggering lever; and
an electromotive drive unit for actuating the triggering lever, wherein the drive unit comprises an electric motor and a transmission stage, and the transmission stage has an actuation lever,
wherein the pawl and the triggering lever and the actuation lever are accommodated in the motor vehicle lock so as to be pivotable about a same axis of rotation, and wherein at least the actuation lever and the triggering lever engage with each other by a complementarily designed connection geometry, so that a movement of the actuation lever is transmitted to the triggering lever, and
wherein the pawl has a bearing pin, wherein the triggering lever has an external toothing which extends from a first side of a substantially plate-shaped connection portion in a first direction, and wherein a mounting point for the bearing pin of the pawl is formed on the other side of the connection portion relative to the first side such that the mounting point is a receptacle in the triggering lever.