Patent ID: 8517433
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A locking device for sliding doors or hinged sliding doors of vehicles, the locking device comprising: a latch; a guide bar connected to the latch and including a notch; a locking lever including a locking element; and a locking pin configured to be connected to a door leaf, wherein, when the locking pin is in a closed position, the locking pin is fixed in position by the latch, wherein, when the locking pin is in the closed position, the locking element of the locking lever projects into the notch, thus fixing a position of the guide bar, wherein the locking device further comprises a toggle lever mechanism that holds the locking lever in this closed position when the toggle lever mechanism is situated in a supra-dead-point position such that a force acting on the toggle lever mechanism via a roller does not apply any torque to the toggle lever mechanism in an opening direction, and wherein, the closed position is maintained by the locking device in the absence of a door drive exerting any force.