Patent ID: 8029031

Claim:
A motor-vehicle door latch comprising: a housing; a lock plate fixed to the housing; a latch mechanism on the lock plate operable to unlock and lock a vehicle door; an actuating element; means in the housing including a linkage engageable between the actuating element and the latch mechanism and shiftable between a coupled position for operation of the latch mechanism by the actuating element and a decoupled position operatively disconnecting the actuating element from the latch mechanism; a blocking element connected to the linkage and operable to shift the linkage between its coupled and decoupled positions; drive means including a drive motor and a drive mechanism coupled between the drive motor and the blocking element for operating the blocking element; and a quick-unlock element pivoted on and actuated by the drive mechanism and bearing via the blocking element on the linkage and operable in a specific event to quickly shift the linkage via the blocking element into the coupled position.