Patent ID: 6540269
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A locking mechanism of a sliding door, in particular for motor vehicles, which sliding door is movable between an open position and a closed position, the locking mechanism having a Bowden cable (22) which is actuatable by door handles and acts on a locking element (20), having a moving-carriage support (14) which is fitted to the sliding door and a moving carriage (18) which runs in a guide rail, the relative position between the moving carriage (18) and the moving-carriage support (14) changing between the open and the closed position of the sliding door, wherein the moving-carriage support (14), during its movement relative to the moving carriage (18), shifts a driver (34) which is guided on the moving carriage (18) and during said movement carries along the locking element (20) in direction of its unlocked position,wherein the moving carriage (18) and the moving-carriage support (14) are secured pivotably to each other via a hinge (16), wherein a cable (28) of the Bowden cable is guided around a deflection pulley (30) which sits on a rotational axis of the hinge (16).