Patent ID: 8827327
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle door lock for locking and closing doors of motor vehicles, the vehicle door lock having a rotary latch arrangement having a lock case which has a cutout for a closing bolt and in which is rotatably mounted at least one rotary latch, with the at least one rotary latch being connected to a rotary latch spring for driving the at least one rotary latch in the rotary latch opening rotational direction, the rotary latch arrangement also having at least one pivotable pawl arranged in the lock case for blocking the rotational movement of the at least one rotary latch and thereby locking the rotary latch arrangement, and a release mechanism for unlocking the rotary latch arrangement, the release mechanism having a locally actuable release device and a remotely actuable release device, the remotely actuable release device having a traverse tube, a remote release device arranged within the traverse tube, a remote-actuation button and a cable pull mechanism operatively connected to the remote release device, wherein the release mechanism has an actuating lever for actuating the at least one pivotable pawl to release the locking of the at least one rotary latch, wherein the actuating lever is actuated via the locally actuable release device or via the remotely actuable release device, both the locally actuable release device and the remotely actuable release device being directly operatively connected to the actuating lever to actuate the at least one pivotable pawl to release the locking of the at least one rotary latch.