Patent ID: 8069616
Filing Date: 2011-12-06
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Method for mounting a motor vehicle door lock to a motor vehicle door, the motor vehicle door comprising a door body providing a hollow space, the motor vehicle door lock comprising a lock mechanism with an inside locking lever that is coupled to an inside safety element via a connecting rod in a mounted position, the inside safety element being located so as to be actuatable by a passenger sitting inside a motor vehicle to which the motor vehicle door forms a part in order to switch the motor vehicle door lock into a locked and an unlocked state, the door body having a wall segment which bounds the hollow space relative to a vehicle passenger compartment and which has a passage opening through which in the mounted condition the connecting rod extends, wherein the connecting rod that couples the inside locking lever and the inside safety element is at least a two part component comprising an upper connecting rod and a lower connecting rod, the method comprising the steps of: coupling the lower connecting rod to the inside locking lever of the lock mechanism, installing the motor vehicle door lock inside the hollow space of the door body by moving the motor vehicle door lock together with the lower connecting rod into the hollow space, and guiding the lower connecting rod through the passage opening, then, coupling the upper connecting rod to the lower connecting rod at a coupling position located outside of the hollow space in proximity to the passage opening while the motor vehicle door lock remains installed inside of the hollow space of the door body.