Patent ID: 7032938

Claim:
Motor vehicle door lock, comprising: a lock mechanism comprising a drive and an operating lever, the drive including a motor and an symmetrical actuating element, wherein the actuating element engages the operating lever for enabling the drive to reversibly move the operating lever into different operating states, wherein the actuating element including a number of symmetrically arranged guide tracks which correspond to at least two initial positions which are equivalent with respect to action of the actuating element on an operating state of the operating lever, wherein the operating lever comprises a journal that fits into said guide tracks and is movable by means of the actuating element from a first operating state into a second operating state by moving the actuating element out of one of said initial positions, and is manually resettable into the first operating state when the operating lever is stopped in an intermediate position between the first operating state and the second operating state, and wherein the actuating element is movable by the manually resetting into a respective one of said initial positions in dependence upon which side of a turning point between tracks the actuation element is positioned, at a first side of a turning point, the manual resetting causing the journal to remain in the first guide track, the actuating element being reset into said one of the initial positions, and at a second side of the turning point, said manual resetting causing the journal to move into the other of the two tracks, the actuating element being reset into another of the initial positions; and wherein the actuating element has a first stop and a second stop, wherein the operating lever has a first counterstop and a second counterstop and wherein, after the operating lever has been moved by a corresponding movement of the actuating element, one or the first stop and the second stop comes into contact with a respective one of the first counterstop and the second counterstop for blocking motion of the actuating element.