Patent ID: 7210714

Claim:
A locking device for a movable carbody part of a vehicle, the locking device comprising: a lock and a locking member interacting with the lock, wherein one of the lock and the locking member is mounted on the movable carbody part and the other of the lock and the locking member is mounted on the stationary carbody; the lock having a rotary latch with a pre-catch, a main catch, and a recess; the lock comprising a pawl that is rotatably supported within the lock and is spring-loaded; wherein, when closing the moveable carbody part, the locking member moves into the recess of the rotary latch and the rotary latch is rotated by the locking member from an open position into a pre-catch position and the pawl drops into the pre-catch of the rotary latch in the pre-catch position of the rotary latch; a closing aid acting on the movable carbody part and comprising a drive motor; the closing aid comprising an active working lever and a passive control lever connected to the working lever, wherein the working lever and the control lever are pivotably supported within the lock; the working lever comprising a working guide and a slider block guided in the working guide; the control lever having a control guide in which the slider block of the working lever is guided, wherein the working guide crosses the control guide and the slider block is positioned at a crossing point of the working guide and the control guide; the slider block having a shoulder and the rotary latch having a counter shoulder; wherein, when the working lever is pivoted by the motor from an initial position into a pivoted position, the shoulder of the slider block hits the counter shoulder of the rotary latch and causes the rotary latch to rotate from the pre-catch position into a main catch position, wherein the pawl in the main catch potion of the rotary latch is supported on the main catch of the rotary latch.