Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially consisting of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive for the locking mechanism is provided. An emergency actuation element is additionally provided for manually opening the locking mechanism, for example in the event of a failure of the electromotive drive. According to the invention, the electromotive drive has a deflecting contour for unlocking the emergency actuation element.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock striker (1, 25) for a motor vehicle door lock, having a lock striker plate (2, 30) and a lock striker bracket (3) which is secured to the lock striker plate. The lock striker bracket (3) is formed with a locking pin (4), a central piece (6), and a connecting region (7, 24), wherein the lock striker bracket (3) is designed in at least two parts, and the central piece (6) and the connecting region (7, 24) are made of a sheet metal strip (5, 23).

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock has a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, an electric drive and a gear mechanism arranged downstream of the electric drive, a lock housing with at least one housing cover, a cover cap and a housing shell, wherein at least one dry space can be formed in the lock housing by means of the housing cover and the cover cap, and a printed circuit board arranged in the dry space, wherein at least one electrical contact from the printed circuit board to the electric drive can be provided, and wherein the electrical contact between the printed circuit board and the electric drive can be arranged in the housing cover.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock is provided with an actuation lever chain for a locking mechanism. The actuation lever chain has at least one actuation lever and a coupling element. A mass inertia element is also produced, which acts on the coupling element at least in the event of a crash. As well as a spring acting on the mass inertia element. According to the invention, the spring is designed to be double-acting, with a crash spring part and an engaging spring part.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with an actuating lever chain with at least one locking lever and a securing lever, for example an anti-theft lever. Furthermore, at least one electromotive drive is provided for acting upon the securing lever and/or the locking lever. According to the invention, a control lever is additionally implemented for coupling/uncoupling the locking lever, wherein the control lever can be acted upon by means of both the motor-operated anti-theft lever and an electromagnetic unit.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl as locking mechanism components. In addition, a latching element, which is mounted on the rotary latch and/or the pawl so as to be pivotable primarily in a locking mechanism plane, is provided in an engagement region between the two locking mechanism components. In order to axially secure the latching element, according to the invention, at least one locking mechanism component is equipped with a cover which is made of the same material and at least partly extends over the latching element.

Abstract: A method and a device for operating an opening drive for a motor-vehicle lock, in particular motor-vehicle door lock. Also provided is a locking mechanism which consists substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Further, a sensor associated with the rotary latch is provided, as well as a drive unit that indirectly or directly acts upon the pawl, the drive unit being controlled according to signals of the sensor. According to the invention, the sensor produces a signal only once the rotary latch can be freely opened.

Abstract: A motor vehicle locking system having a locking mechanism with a rotary catch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary catch can be latched in at least one latching position by means of the pawl in order to hold a lock striker; a control unit; and a pyrotechnic actuator, wherein the pyrotechnic actuator can be activated by means of the control unit, and the locking mechanism can be unlocked by means of the pyrotechnic actuator.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive is provided at least for unlocking the locking mechanism. In addition, a manually loadable emergency actuation element is provided for unlocking the locking mechanism in the event of an emergency, said emergency actuation element being arranged at least in part outside a lock housing and acting on the locking mechanism by means of at least one transmission element to perform an emergency unlocking operation. According to the invention, the emergency actuation element, in combination with the transmission element, is coupled to a triggering lever via at least one through-hole in the lock housing.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Moreover, an actuating lever chain acting upon the locking mechanism is provided with a coupling lever. When engaged, the coupling lever ensures that the actuating lever chain is closed in order to actuate the locking mechanism and is open when disengaged. In order to change between these two stable end positions, the coupling lever engages by means of a pin into a slotted link of a positioning lever, which slotted link guides the pin. According to the invention, the slotted link is designed as a bidirectional slotted link in such a way that, when the coupling lever is acted upon, the pin reaches its first end position along a first path and, after the coupling lever has been acted upon again, reaches its second end position along a second path which is separate from the first path.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially comprising a rotary latch (1) and a pawl (2). Moreover, an actuating lever chain (4, 5, 9) acting on the locking mechanism (1, 2) is provided with a coupling lever (9), wherein the coupling lever (9), when engaged, closes the actuating lever chain (4, 5, 9) in order to actuate the lock (1, 2) and opens it when disengaged. The coupling lever (9) interacts with a positioning lever (5), which controls the coupling lever, in order to change between at least two stable end positions, “engaged” and “disengaged”. According to the invention, the positioning lever (5) engages, with a pin (7), in a bidirectional slotted link (8) of the coupling lever (9).

Abstract: An electromotive drive for motor vehicle applications, in particular for applications for and in a motor vehicle lock. For this purpose, the drive is equipped with an electric motor, a drive disk which can be actuated by the electric motor and can be rotated about an axis, and at least one spring assigned to the drive. The spring transmits a force to the drive disk which aids the drive within the scope of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism (1, 2) substantially including a rotary latch (1) and a pawl (2), and comprising an electromotive drive (4, 5, 6, 7, 8) which acts on both a release lever (3) for electrically opening the locking mechanism (1, 2) and substantially simultaneously on a security element (14, 15, 16) and also cooperates with a control element (9, 10, 11, 12, 13), wherein, when electrically opening the locking mechanism (1, 2) in the opening direction (EÖ) of the electromotive drive (4, 5, 6, 7, 8), the control element (9, 10, 11, 12, 13) transfers the security unit (14, 15, 16) at least temporarily into a control position opposite its starting position and it transfers same preferably back into its starting position when reversing said electromotive drive.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for locking a component that is moveably arranged on a motor vehicle, and a motor vehicle door lock having a motor vehicle lock with a locking mechanism (4) formed by a rotary latch (6) and at least one pawl df), wherein the rotary latch (6) can be engaged in at least one latch position by means of the pawl (15), a reinforcing plate (5), wherein at least the shafts (16, 17) of the rotary latch (6) and at least one pawl (15) can be connected by means of the reinforcing plate (5), a lock holder (2, 18), wherein the rotary latch (6) engages around the lock holder (2, 18) at least in a latch position, and wherein the lock holder (2, 18) can be brought into an engaging position with the reinforcing plate (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, which is equipped with a locking mechanism (1, 2) substantially comprising a catch (1) and a pawl (2). An operating lever chain (3, 4, 5, 6, 7) is also provided, comprising an associated door handle (7) and an electromotive drive (9, 10, 11). As the invention also relates to a securing unit (5, 6; 12, 13), wherein the electromotive drive (9, 10, 11) acts on both the locking mechanism (1, 2) for the purpose of electrical opening and on the securing unit (5, 6; 12, 13), and at least temporarily acts upon same during the electrical opening. According to the invention, the locking mechanism (1, 2) can be opened via a two-stroke operation of the door handle (7) in addition to the electromotive drive (9, 10, 11), wherein the two-stroke operation is disabled during the electrical opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock holder (1) for a motor vehicle door lock comprising a lock holder plate (2), a locking bolt (3), a center piece (4) and a connecting bolt (5), the lock holder (1) comprising a separate locking bolt (3) and a separately formed connecting bolt (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock striker (1, 25) for a motor vehicle door lock, having a lock striker plate (2, 30) and a lock striker bracket (3) which is secured to the lock striker plate. The lock striker bracket (3) is formed with a locking pin (4), a central piece (6), and a connecting region (7, 24), wherein the lock striker bracket (3) is designed in at least two parts, and the central piece (6) and the connecting region (7, 24) are made of a sheet metal strip (5, 23).

Abstract: The invention relates to a lock holder (1) for a motor vehicle door lock, having a lock holder plate (2) and a lock holder bracket (3) which is secured to the lock holder plate (2). The lock holder bracket (3) is formed with a locking pin (7), a central piece (9), and a connecting pin (10), and the central piece (9) is equipped with a projection (8) in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the central piece (8). The lock holder (1) is designed in at least two parts.

Abstract: A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle side door lock, comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, wherein the rotary latch can be blocked in at least one catch position by means of the pawl, an electrical drive unit for unblocking the locking mechanism, a lock housing with a wet chamber and a dry chamber, wherein the locking mechanism is arranged in the wet chamber and the drive unit is arranged in the dry chamber, and wherein at least one mechanical connection is arranged on the lock housing and protrudes into the dry chamber such that a mechanism arranged in the dry chamber can be actuated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is provided with an actuation lever chain (2, 3, 4, 5, 8) having at least one locking lever (5) and an actuation lever (4). The lock is also provided with an electromagnet unit (6) that alternatively retains and releases the locking lever (5). According to the invention the lock also comprises a sensor (7) monitoring the electromagnet unit (6).