Patent ID: 7059640

Claim:
Lock, especially for the doors, hinged lids, etc., of motor vehicles, with a rotary latch ( 11 ), into which a closing part ( 20 ) travels when the door, hinged lid, etc., is closed and thus pivots the rotary latch ( 11 ) from an open position via a secondary latching position into a primary latching position; with a catch ( 21 ), which drops into a secondary stop notch ( 15 ) provided on the rotary latch ( 11 ) to establish the secondary latching position and then drops into a primary stop notch ( 14 ) on the rotary latch ( 11 ) to establish the primary latching position; with a motorized auxiliary closing/opening means for the door, comprising a drive unit ( 29 ) and a gear assembly ( 30 ); wherein the gear assembly comprises at least two gear wheels ( 34 , 35 ) and two power takeoff elements ( 37 , 38 ), wherein one power takeoff element ( 37 ) act on the rotary latch ( 21 ) and the other power takeoff element acts on the catch ( 21 ); with drive control means for activating and deactivating the auxiliary closing and the auxiliary opening means; and wherein the first power takeoff element ( 37 ) acts as the auxiliary opening means on the catch ( 21 ) in a first operating direction of the drive unit ( 29 ); and the second power takeoff element ( 38 ) acts on the rotary latch ( 11 ) as the auxiliary closing means in an operating direction of the drive unit ( 29 ) opposite the first direction; where the power takeoff elements ( 37 , 38 ) are connected to the drive unit ( 29 ) at all times, so that the two power takeoff elements ( 37 , 38 ) are made to move simultaneously when the drive unit ( 29 ) is operating, wherein the first power takeoff element ( 37 ) is connected so as to rotate with the first gear wheel ( 34 ) and the second power takeoff element ( 38 ) is connected so as to rotate with the second gear wheel ( 35 ); wherein the first gear wheel ( 34 ) is mounted ahead of the second gear wheel ( 35 ); and wherein the gear assembly ( 30 ) comprises two axes ( 33 ) and ( 36 ), the first gear wheel ( 34 ) and the first power takeoff element ( 37 ) are mounted on the first axis ( 33 ), and the second gear wheel ( 35 ) and the second power takeoff element ( 38 ) are mounted on the second axis ( 36 ).