US 12,473,757 B2
Motor vehicle lock
Daniel Foerst, Bamberg (DE); Thomas Salhoff, Hallstadt (DE); Norbert Hess, Coburg (DE); and Jakub Stasko, Ostrava (CZ)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/287,719
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Bamberg, Bamberg (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/060730
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/223799, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 110 406.8 (DE), filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183203 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 81/58 (2014.01); E05B 81/16 (2014.01); E05B 81/18 (2014.01); E05B 81/20 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/58 (2013.01) [E05B 81/16 (2013.01); E05B 81/18 (2013.01); E05B 81/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/21 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A motor vehicle lock for a flap of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle lock is equipped with a lock catch for engaging with a closing part in a holding manner and a pawl, which is assigned to the lock catch and which locks an opening of the lock catch in a lowered position and releases the lock catch in a raised position,
wherein the motor vehicle lock has an electric closing drive and a control assembly, wherein the control assembly activates the closing drive in a closing routine so as to move the lock catch in a closing direction from a starting position into a main closing position,
wherein the control assembly activates the closing drive in the closing routine so as to move the lock catch from the starting position into at least one delay position in order to carry out at least one delay action and then move the lock catch into the main closing position,
wherein, in the at least one delay action, the control assembly activates the closing drive so as to move the lock catch counter to the closing direction,
wherein the at least one delay position is provided between the starting position and the main closing position.