Patent ID: 6364378
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A lock for a door of a motor vehicle, comprising a first electric motor for locking from an outside of the door, connected to drive a locking lever for locking from the outside to move a lever for opening from the outside between a position of being locked from the outside, in which position the lever for opening from the outside is inactive and a position being unlocked from the outside, in which position the lever for opening from the outside is able to cause the lock to open, under an action of a means for opening from the outside, and a second electric motor which allows the lock to be placed in a deadlocked position and connected to drive a locking lever for locking from an inside of the door to move a lever for opening from the inside between a position of being locked from the inside, in which position the lever for opening from the inside is inactive, and a position of being unlocked from the inside, in which position the lever for opening from the inside is able to cause the lock to open, under an action of a means for opening from the inside, it being possible for the two motors to be powered simultaneously to deadlock the lock as far as opening from the outside and as far as opening from the inside are concerned, whereas the first electric motor can be powered by itself to lock the lock as far as opening from the outside is concerned, the locking lever for locking from the inside and the locking lever for locking from the outside being superposed, mounted on an articulation pin and collaborating via branches with the first and second electric motors, wherein the branch associated with the first motor, belonging to one of the locking levers is shorter than the branch associated with the second motor, belonging to The other locking lever, so that a position of the first motor is offset from a position of the second motor.