Abstract: A latch for use in a motor vehicle. The latch including a first housing member, a second housing member, and a clip. The first housing member including a first edge member, the second housing member including a second edge member. The clip including a first leg and a second leg collectively configured to sandwich the first and second edge members to fix the first housing member to the second housing member.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock arrangement for a hatch leaf with a motor vehicle lock, including a catch for the interaction with a lock striker, pivotable around a catch axis, and a pawl with a pawl arm, pivotable around a geometrical pawl axis, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into a primary closed state, in which the catch is in its primary closed position and in holding engagement with the lock striker and the pawl arm is in its primary closed position and blocking the catch in its primary closed position, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into an open state, the catch is in its open position and releasing the lock striker and in which the pawl arm is in its open position, the motor vehicle lock may include an inlet channel in the form of a recess for receiving the lock striker.

Abstract: A system that can be used for suturing implants includes a first automated fixture that can comprise an articulation arm and a target device holder and a second automated fixture configured to operate as a sewing machine to sew material onto the implant. The second automated fixture uses a curved needle to form a stitch without having to release the needle in the process. The second automated fixture can also include a stitch looper that moves in coordination with the curved needle to perform a single-suture or single-thread stitch.

Abstract: A latch assembly for a vehicle closure includes a latch having a catch and a pawl, a clutch, and an electric actuator selectively connected to the latch by the clutch. The electric actuator is configured rotate the pawl out of blocking engagement with the catch to open the latch when the clutch is engaged. A manual release is configured to rotate the pawl out of blocking engage with the catch to open the latch when the clutch is disengaged.

Abstract: A drive system includes a first rotary component configured to be rotated by an actuator, a second rotary component selectively coupled to the first component, and a third rotary component selectively coupled to the first component. A coupling arrangement is configured to, in a first range of angular positions of the first component, couple the first and second components and decouple the first and third components and configured to, in a second range of angular positions of the first component that does not overlap with the first range, couple the first and third components and decouple the first and second components.

Abstract: A linear drive assembly for use with a vehicle including a vehicle body and a closure. The linear drive assembly may include a stationary portion and a translating portion. The translating portion may include a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion may be configured to pivot and translate about a vehicle attachment member. The second end portion may be configured to pivot and translate about a closure attachment member and be coupled to a cable operatively coupled to an actuator. When the second end translates about the closure attachment member, the cable may be pulled to actuate the actuator.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock has a pawl and a catch that may be moved into an open position, a preliminary latching position and a main latching position. In one of the latching positions, the catch is or may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. In the installed state, during a cinching routine, the catch is moved into its main latching position by a cinching drive. A spring biased freewheel mechanism, which is limited to a freewheel distance, is provided between the cinching drive and the catch. With the reaction force of the catch exceeding a predefined level, the cinching drive freewheels with respect to the catch against the spring bias of the freewheel mechanism, until the freewheel distance is reached and the freewheel mechanism is interlocked for force transmission.

Abstract: A control assembly for a motor vehicle lock system including a first and a second motor vehicle lock are associated with a closure element of a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle locks each can be brought into a main locking position for a retaining engagement between a lock latch of the motor vehicle lock and a locking part and into an opened position, the motor vehicle lock system comprises a sensor assembly which determines sensor values for the respective positions of the motor vehicle locks, the first and the second motor vehicle lock each have a closing assembly, the motor vehicle lock system has at least one electric closing drive for the closing assemblies, the control assembly triggers a closing routine on fulfilment of a starting criterion by the sensor values.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including configured to pivot along a cinching path, including a first section and a second section, between an open position, a primary closed position, and a secondary closed position. A pawl moveable between a released state, disengaged from the catch, and an engaged state, engaged with the catch. A first cinching mechanism including a first engagement lever configured to engage and pivot the catch along the first section. A second cinching mechanism including a second engagement lever configured to engage and pivot the catch along at least a portion of the second section.

Abstract: A hatch arrangement for a motor vehicle including a hatch leaf pivotably coupled to a vehicle body being movable between an open hatch position and a closed hatch position, a hatch drive arrangement for moving the hatch leaf, a hatch lock arranged on the hatch leaf, the hatch lock comprising a hatch lock catch, and a cinching system configured to move the hatch lock catch from the secondary latch position to the primary latch position. The hatch arrangement includes, a force transfer arrangement for transferring a force exerted by the hatch drive arrangement to the hatch lock catch, and including a transfer element coupled to the hatch drive arrangement and a Bowden cable connecting the transfer element with the hatch lock catch, and in the closed hatch position of the hatch leaf the hatch arrangement is free from pulling forces between the transfer element and the vehicle body.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, including a detent mechanism with a catch and a pawl. The motor vehicle lock may include a drivetrain arrangement with a drive element that may move in a predefined drive direction. During a cinching sequence, the drive element moves in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement engages and drives the catch in a closing direction to a primary closed position. During a release sequence, the drive element may move in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement engages and drives the pawl in a release direction to a release state. During the release sequence, the drive element moves in the predefined drive direction, so that the drivetrain arrangement moves to a clearance state, such that the pawl is in a release state and the catch may pivot to an open position drivetrain.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including a detent mechanism with a catch and a pawl arrangement. The catch may be pivoted between an open position, a primary closed position and a secondary closed position, which secondary closed position is situated between the open position and the primary closed position. The pawl arrangement, in a blocking state, blocks the catch in the primary closed position and in the secondary closed position, and may be moved into a release state to release the catch. The pawl arrangement comprises a primary pawl, in the blocking state, in blocking engagement with the catch, and a secondary pawl in blocking engagement with the primary pawl. The blocking state, the secondary pawl may be lifted to release the primary pawl, such that the primary pawl may be lifted to release the catch. The motor vehicle lock comprises an actuation lever, that may lift the secondary pawl.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including a catch, a pawl, and a drivetrain arrangement with a drive element. When the catch is in the secondary closed position, the pawl is moveable from the engaged state the released state to release the catch. The drive element may be configured to move in a predefined drive direction. The motor vehicle lock may include a first coupling element, provided with a first coupling surface and a second coupling element, provided with a second coupling surface. During the cinching sequence, the first coupling surface and the second coupling surface may be engaged with one another to move the catch. During the release sequence the drive element is moved in the predefined drive direction such that the first coupling surface and the second coupling surface are disengaged from one another.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock has a pawl and a catch that may be moved into an open position, a preliminary latching position and a main latching position. In one latching position, that catch is or may be brought into holding engagement with a lock striker. During a cinching routine, the catch is moved into its main latching position by a cinching drive. An overload clutch with two clutch elements is provided in the drive train between the cinching drive and the catch. The clutch elements are in engagement with each other for the transmission of cinching forces. The engagement is load dependent in a beginning section of the cinching routine, such that the engagement, and thereby the overload clutch, is disconnected in reaction to exceeding a predefined limit load in the drive train. The engagement is load independent in the remaining, subsequent section of the cinching routine.

Abstract: A drive system includes a first rotary component configured to be rotated by an actuator, a second rotary component selectively coupled to the first component, and a third rotary component selectively coupled to the first component. A coupling arrangement is configured to, in a first range of angular positions of the first component, couple the first and second components and decouple the first and third components and configured to, in a second range of angular positions of the first component that does not overlap with the first range, couple the first and third components and decouple the first and second components.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock for a hatch leaf including a catch, for the interaction with a lock striker, pivotable around a catch axis from an open position in a closing direction into a main closed position. A pawl pivotable around a pawl axis from a release position in an engagement direction into a main engagement position. The pawl including a main holding surface that when the pawl is in a main closed position or a main engagement position, the main holding surface holds the catch. A cinching mechanism may drive the catch in a closing direction to a main closed position. The cinching mechanism including a pawl cinching contour and a catch cinching contour, such that as the pawl moves in an engagement direction, the pawl may drive the catch to produce the catch cinching movement.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle lock, wherein the motor vehicle lock comprises an actuating lever which is pivotable about an actuating lever axis. The motor vehicle lock has an adjustable crash element which is adjustable into a released position in which the locking pawl is disengageable by an actuation of the actuating lever and into a crash position in which the crash element blocks the actuating lever in a blocked position or decouples the actuating lever from the locking pawl. It is proposed that the crash element is coupled to the actuating lever such that, with an actuation of the actuating lever and depending on the actuating lever speed, the crash element reaches the released position from a central position either in a first adjusting direction or the crash element reaches the crash position in a second adjusting direction and is latched in the crash position.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock including a catch configured to engage a lock striker, the catch is pivotable around a geometrical catch axis, and a pawl having a pawl arm configured to engage the catch, which pawl arm is pivotable around a geometrical pawl axis. The motor vehicle lock may be moved to closed state, in which the catch is in a closed position and in direct holding engagement with the lock striker and the pawl arm is in an associated closed position, where the pawl arm is in direct holding engagement with the catch blocking the catch in its closed position. When the pawl arm is in an open position releasing the catch, the motor vehicle lock can be brought into an open state, in which the catch is in an open position and releases the lock striker.

Abstract: A hatch arrangement for a motor vehicle including a hatch leaf pivotably coupled to a vehicle body being movable between an open hatch position and a closed hatch position, a hatch drive arrangement for moving the hatch leaf, a hatch lock arranged on the hatch leaf, the hatch lock comprising a hatch lock catch, and a cinching system configured to move the hatch lock catch from the secondary latch position to the primary latch position. The hatch arrangement includes, a force transfer arrangement for transferring a force exerted by the hatch drive arrangement to the hatch lock catch, and including a transfer element coupled to the hatch drive arrangement and a Bowden cable connecting the transfer element with the hatch lock catch, and in the closed hatch position of the hatch leaf the hatch arrangement is free from pulling forces between the transfer element and the vehicle body.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock arrangement for a hatch leaf with a motor vehicle lock, including a catch for the interaction with a lock striker, pivotable around a catch axis, and a pawl with a pawl arm, pivotable around a geometrical pawl axis, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into a primary closed state, in which the catch is in its primary closed position and in holding engagement with the lock striker and the pawl arm is in its primary closed position and blocking the catch in its primary closed position, wherein the motor vehicle lock may be brought into an open state, the catch is in its open position and releasing the lock striker and in which the pawl arm is in its open position, the motor vehicle lock may include an inlet channel in the form of a recess for receiving the lock striker.