Patent ID: 6711923
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Motor vehicle door lock comprisinga lock mechanism including a force application element in the form of an essentially cylindrical nut adapted to rotate around an axis of rotation, a measurement system for detecting the position of the nut including at least one stationary sensor and a least one measurement element which is dynamically coupled to the nut and located in a measurement range of the sensor in order to be detected for determining the location of the at least one measurement element, and, as a result, the location of the nut, wherein the nut and the measurement element are separate components and are dynamically coupled in the installed state, wherein the measurement element is positioned in an essentially coaxial relation to the nut in an un-installed state and wherein the nut is at least partially enclosed by the measurement element in an installed state.