Patent ID: 6286878
Filing Date: 2001-09-11
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Door lock for a vehicle comprising:a forked latch which interacts with a striker;a pawl positionable to lock the forked latch in a closed position and positionable to an escapement position in which said pawl no longer locks said forked latch;a latch-release mechanism comprising an operating member for moving the pawl to said escapement position, said operating member being coupled to the pawl and through a mechanical coupling to an outside door handle of the vehicle so that said operating member is actuatable by said outside door handle through said mechanical coupling upon actuation of the outside door handle by a user of the vehicle;an electric locking/unlocking device which is mechanically coupled to the operating member and in response to an unlock signal moves said operating member from a first position, in which the operating member is unable to move the pawl to the escapement position when the operating member is actuated by said mechanical coupling, upon actuation of the outside door handle, to a second position in which the operating member is able to move the pawl to the escapement position when the operating member is actuated by said mechanical coupling upon actuation of the outside door handle, and said electric locking/unlocking device moving said operating member from said second position to said first position in response to a lock signal; andcamming means on said operating member for displacing said pawl to said escapement position by a movement of said operating member form said first position to said second position under action of said electric locking/unlocking device when said unlock signal is transmitted at substantially the end of the actuation of the outside door handle by the user of the vehicle.