Patent ID: 7140651

Claim:
Motor vehicle lock comprising: a latch, a ratchet which keeps the latch in a main locking position; an actuating surface located on the ratchet at a distance from an engagement point with the latch; an electric motor drive with a driving element which rotates in one direction and which has first and second driver elements arranged eccentrically thereon; an opening control surface located on the ratchet that interacts with the second driver element, wherein by rotating the driving element, the first driver element strikes the actuating surface, moving the ratchet into an overtravel position beyond a lifted position of the ratchet, and then runs past the actuating surface; a driver stop surface located on the ratchet at a distance beyond the actuating surface viewed in the direction of rotation of the driving element, wherein, when the ratchet is in the lifted position, the driver stop surface is in the path of motion of the first driver element, but when the ratchet is in the engagement position, the driver stop surface is outside of the path of motion of the first driver element, the latch which is in the open position keeping the ratchet in the lifted position and the first driver element, after running past the actuating surface when the ratchet is in the lifted position, striking the stop surface and turning off the electric motor drive, wherein when the drive begins to lift the ratchet out of a main locking position, the second driver element engages the opening control surface then the first driver element engages the actuating surface, and wherein an effective speed reduction ratio with respect to the second driver element is larger than with respect to the first driver element.