Patent ID: 8480138
Filing Date: 2013-07-09
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock unit comprising a catch, a first pawl having a pawl rotation axis about which the first pawl pivots between a locking position blocking movement of the catch in an opening direction and a releasing position allowing movement of the catch in the opening direction, a blocking lever, and a second pawl mounted on the pawl rotation axis and engageable with the blocking lever and the catch, wherein the catch in a locked state of the lock unit and when biased toward the first pawl, engages the first pawl at a contact area between the catch and the first pawl and applies to the first pawl a force acting in the direction of a contact force vector, the contact force vector in the locked state of the lock unit not pointing towards the pawl rotation axis but instead to a side of the pawl rotation axis such that the catch applies a pivoting moment to the first pawl in a direction going from the locking position to the releasing position of the first pawl, and wherein in a locked state of the lock unit movement of the first pawl from the locking position to the releasing position is blocked by a blocking lever.