US 12,151,598 B2
Lock unit with a coupling mechanism for integrated idle displacement
Frieder Krüger, Coburg (DE); Sebastian Tietz, Schleusingen (DE); Markus Welsch, Lichtenfels (DE); Michael Knab, Schwürbitz (DE); and Armin Schafhauser, Bad Rodach (DE)
Assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, (DE)
Appl. No. 17/778,997
Filed by Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg, Coburg (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/082685
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/099464, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 218 103.1 (DE), filed on Nov. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0410771 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/36 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/366 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lock unit for a vehicle, the lock unit comprising:
a carrier;
a locking element pivotally connected to the carrier and configured to pivot between a locking position and a release position;
an arresting element pivotally connected to the carrier and configured to pivot between an arresting position, in which the arresting element arrests the locking element to prevent the locking element from being adjusted from the locking position to the release position, and an unlocking position, in which the arresting element permits an adjustment of the locking element from the locking position to the release position;
an actuating element configured to be adjustable relative to the carrier within an adjustment range to pivot the arresting element from the arresting position in a direction towards the unlocking position; and
a coupling mechanism coupling the actuating element to the arresting element, the coupling mechanism configured to convert an adjusting movement of the actuating element to pivot the arresting element in the direction towards the unlocking position in a sub-section of the adjustment range of the actuating element
wherein the coupling mechanism includes at least one slotted link guide configured to convert the adjusting movement of the actuating element to pivot the arresting element, and
wherein the at least one slotted link guide includes a guiding slot, the guiding slot immovable with respect to the carrier, and the actuating element is configured to be adjusted relative to the guiding slot.