Patent ID: 6257632
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
Key collar for a motor vehicle door lock comprising a collar support plate which is attached to a support sheet and a collar element supported on said collar support plate in a manner permitting relative displacement therebetween in a plane of said collar support plate, said collar element being engageable, in use, with a lock catch of a motor vehicle door lock;wherein said collar element is displaceable relative to said collar support plate by a predetermined distance in a plane of said collar support plate against a friction force which acts in a plane perpendicular to the surface of the collar plate said collar element maintaining a displaced position relative to said collar support plate without an additional action of force;wherein said friction force results from a spring action force which acts perpendicular to the plane of said surface of the collar support plate, said spring action force being produced by an elastomer arrangement positioned into said key collar, said elastomer arrangement having a contact face that lies in a plane parallel to said surface of the collar support plate to thereby produce said friction force.