Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical component of a motor vehicle, the electrical component. The electrical component includes control electronics and at least one plug-and-socket connection for electrical connection of the electrical component to a coordinating control or another electrical component. The plug and socket connection further includes a plug, a plug housing and a connecting line. The plug-and-socket connection is detachably connectable, on one end, to a plug receptacle and wherein at least part of the control electronics is housed in the plug-and-socket connection.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock with a latch, a ratchet, an optional preliminary catch and a closing aid, the closing aid having an auxiliary closing drive with a pivoting driving element and an auxiliary closing lever which is pivotably coupled to the driving element. The latch can be moved by means of the auxiliary closing drive via the driving element and via the auxiliary closing lever into the fully latched position—closing process—and for this purpose, the auxiliary closing lever can be coupled to the latch. The driving element can be caused to engage the auxiliary closing lever such that the cycle of movements of the driving element, after the latch moves into the fully latched position, causes decoupling of the auxiliary closing lever from the latch.

Abstract: A motor vehicle component with a drive having a motor, a gearing and a component which is movable by the drive, the motor being coupled to a driving side of the gearing and a driven side of the gearing being coupled to the movable component, a kinematic chain of the gearing between the driving side and the driven side having at least two transmission elements. The drive is operable in blocking operation by a displaceable blocking element that is movable into blocking engagement with the drive. The displaceable blocking element is in addition to the drive and the adjustable component, and is engaged in a controlling manner with the first transmission element of the kinematic chain so that, depending on the position of a first transmission element, it can be moved into blocking engagement with a second transmission element of the kinematic chain.

Abstract: A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle door or hatch which can be moved by a motor with a planet gear and a brake device with a brake. The brake device has a brake drive which is separate from the drive which drives the drive shaft and the brake is able to be moved at least from one of two positions into the other of the two positions by the brake drive. The brake can be an arc-shaped clip pivotally supported by a pivot axle with an inner periphery which is matched to an outer periphery of an element of the planet gear. The brake can be combined with the brake drive as an eddy current brake or can be operated by a further gearing or use of a permanent magnet with which an electromagnet is able to interact.

Abstract: Motor vehicle lock with a ratchet, latch, actuation lever, internal actuation chain, external actuation chain and a control, the ratchet having an engagement position in which it holds the latch in the closed position, and a raised position in which the latch is released, the ratchet being movable from the engagement position into the raised position by the actuating lever, the control having different operating states and depending on the state, the ratchet is actuatable via the actuation lever by the internal actuation chain from an inside door handle and/or by the external actuation chain from an outside door handle or not at all. In the base state, the internal actuation chain and the external actuation chain are coupled to the actuation lever and the internal actuation chain and/or the external actuation chain can be decoupled from the actuation lever by the control depending on the operating state.

Abstract: A striker driving assembly for a motor vehicle lock, with a striker carrier (2), a striker (3) and a drive mechanism (4), the striker (3) being arranged optionally detachably on the striker carrier (2), and the striker carrier (2) and with it the striker (3) can be moved from the pre-latching position into the main latching position and vice versa, the drive mechanism having a link (5), a cam (6) which engages the link (5), and a drive (7) which drives the cam (6). Displacement of the striker carrier (2) from the pre-latching position into the main latching position takes place as the cam is displaced in the link (5). To reduce the installation space, the driving mechanism (4) is arranged essentially overlapping with the path of motion of the striker (3) and the link (5) is located in the striker carrier (2).

Abstract: Motor vehicle lock, with a latch with a main catch and optionally a preliminary catch and with a ratchet with a catch projection which engages with the latch at the main catch and optionally the preliminary catch, and segments of the latch and of the ratchet which engage one another being made of metal, and otherwise being jacketed with a plastic material or made of a plastic material. Noise development is reduced by the plastic material of the latch and the ratchet being widened into a buffer plane next to the engagement plane and the plastic material of the latch and the ratchet being arranged and shaped in the buffer plane such that, except for the engagement of the catch projection on the main catch, and optionally the preliminary catch of the latch, noise-relevant contact of the latch and the ratchet takes place only in the buffer plane.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door locking arrangement and a motor vehicle lock for mounting on a motor vehicle door and an associated method of installation. The locking arrangement includes a motor vehicle door lock including an attachment arrangement, a door handle, and a linkage for a connecting the door handle to the motor vehicle door lock. The linkage transmits actuating forces, created by actuation of the door handle, to the motor vehicle door lock, and wherein the attachment means and the linkage connected relative to the movements caused by actuation of the door handle. The attachment arrangement has an opened position in which the linkage can be freely moved in at least one direction relative to the attachment arrangement, and a closed position in which the linkage is fixed relative to the attachment arrangement, with respect to the movements caused by actuation of the door handle.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock having a casing (1), a drive (2) and a fixing device (5) for the drive (2). The fixing device (5) has a receiving element (6) for the drive (2) and the drive is fixed in the receiving element (6) by the fixing device (5). The receiving element (6) is configured at least partly in a resilient manner and has a resiliently movable part (8), the receiving element (6) can be placed in a position that fixes or releases the drive (2) in the receiving element (6), preferably by elastic deformation. The fixing device (5) has an actuatable locking device (9). By actuating the locking device (9), it engages with the receiving element (6) and brings the receiving element (6) into a position by which retains the drive (2).

Abstract: A motor vehicle door lock with an electromechanical central locking system drive (1) and a mechanical central locking system element (2) driven by it, the central locking system drive (1) having an electric drive motor (3) and a motor control (5) with a motor state sensor (6). The central locking system element (2) can be moved by the central locking system drive (1) at least into a locked position and the motor control (5) is designed such that it triggers the electric drive motor (3) for driving the central locking system element (2) into the locked position after receiving an actuation signal from an actuation unit, such as a closing cylinder, a locking button, a remote control receiving unit or a handle (inside door handle, outside door handle).

Abstract: A striker driving assembly for a motor vehicle lock that includes a striker carrier, a striker located on the striker carrier, two cams and a driving means. The striker carrier and the striker can be moved linearly by means of the cams from a pre-locking position into a main locking position. The driving means is controlled by a control which is located in the motor vehicle or on the driving assembly. The driving means also has a motor and gearing, where the cams are driven by the motor, and the application of force by the two cams to the striker carrier takes place symmetrically to the axis of movement of the striker.

Abstract: A holding device for a motor vehicle safety with a component which can be displaced out of a rest position suddenly into an action position, with a holding element. Such a motor vehicle safety means is, for example, a head support/roll bar which extends automatically in an accident. The holding device has a latch which fixes the component in the rest position and a ratchet arrangement which holds the latch in the engagement position. The ratchet arrangement has ratchet kinematics and an adjustable blocking element. By moving the latch out of the engagement position into the direction of the release position, the ratchet kinematics are moved and the blocking element blocks the movement of the ratchet kinematics which can be caused by the latch.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock with an electrically openable motor vehicle lock and a child safety is proposed. A very simple and economical structure is enabled in that the opening mechanism, which can be manually actuated from the inside, can be blocked exclusively by manual actuation and the child safety can be overridden and re-enabled electrically without mechanical mechanisms. Here, a version is especially interesting in which the electrically operating child safety is temporarily deactivated (overridden) so that then, during the time interval of deactivation, the motor vehicle can be electrically opened in spite of a manually activated child safety.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for a trunk lid or a tailgate of a motor vehicle. In this motor vehicle lock, two driver elements are provided on a disk-shaped driving element and they implement different speed reduction ratios with respect to the ratchet. In this way, an optimum, staggered starting characteristic is produced; moreover, construction effort and costs are minimized.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock with a latch and an associated ratchet and a motor for opening the ratchet. The motor vehicle lock has a flexible traction means which directly or indirectly connects the motor to the ratchet and which is wound up by the motor for opening the ratchet and which can be unwound by spring force when the motor is turned off.

Abstract: An actuator device, safety device and an associated method for emergency triggering of a safety mechanism of a motor vehicle. The actuator device includes an actuator and a gear, where the actuator is operable in a triggering direction for triggering the safety mechanism and the actuator device is designed such that a function test for checking operability of the actuator can be performed without triggering the safety mechanism.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door locking system and a door handle are proposed. In order to prevent unlocking or opening of an electrically triggered motor vehicle door lock by unintentional actuation of a first actuating means, a second actuating means is employed and required to be activated in combination with the first actuation means for unlocking or opening of the motor vehicle door lock, and thus unlocking or opening the assigned motor vehicle.

Abstract: This invention relates to an electrical component of a motor vehicle, the electrical component. The electrical component includes control electronics and at least one plug-and-socket connection for electrical connection of the electrical component to a coordinating control or another electrical component. The plug and socket connection further includes a plug, a plug housing and a connecting line. The plug-and-socket connection is detachably connectable, on one end, to a plug receptacle and wherein at least part of the control electronics is housed in the plug-and-socket connection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock and more specifically, to a sensor for detecting the current locking state of a motor vehicle door lock. The motor vehicle door lock of the present invention includes lock elements which further include a latch and a ratchet. The latch and the ratchet are each able to be moved into a main catch position. The latch is able to be locked in the main catch position by the ratchet. The door lock also includes a sensor for monitoring a current locking state, wherein the latch and the ratchet are coupled to the sensor such that reaching the main catch position by the latch only together with reaching the main catch position by the ratchet causes triggering of the sensor. The door lock also includes a mechanical actuating element which can be moved out of a starting position associated to the sensor, wherein both the latch and the ratchet are coupled to the actuating element to act on the actuating element.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door with a door lock unit located on the edge side with mechanical latching elements such as a latch and ratchet, with a preferably electrical opening drive for triggering the latching elements which is preferably integrated into the door lock unit, with a mechanical inside actuating element for emergency mechanical triggering of the latching elements, which is mechanically connected to the door lock unit, and with an the electrical inside actuating element for normal operational triggering of the opening drive for actuating the latching elements, which is connected by electrical-control technology to the opening drive. It is structurally optimized in that the mechanical inside actuating element is located on the inside of the motor vehicle door in the immediate vicinity of the door lock unit, its preferably being connected directly or only with a minimum intermediate mechanism to the inside actuating lever of the door lock unit.