Patent ID: 7452013

Claim:
A motor vehicle lock, comprising: a lock catch arranged to be positioned in at least one of an opening position, main locking position, and preliminary locking position; a locking pawl arranged such that in a lowered position the locking pawl holds the lock catch in at least one of the main locking position and preliminary locking position and in a raised position the locking pawl releases the lock catch in a direction of the opening position, a memory element assigned to the locking pawl for realizing a memory state and arranged to maintain the memory state and with it to maintain the locking pawl in a raised position after the locking pawl has risen and until a further functional state of the motor vehicle lock is reached, a control apparatus positioned within or outside of the vehicle lock and within the motor vehicle, the control apparatus arranged to control individual functions of the motor vehicle lock, wherein the locking pawl is releasable by motor from the memory state and then moveable in the direction of its lowered position unhindered by the memory element, and the control apparatus is arranged to control the release by motor of the locking pawl at a predetermined triggering time; a memory drive for the release by motor of the locking pawl; wherein the memory element further comprises a first control arm, the first control arm being arranged to be turned in a direction which causes a shifting of the memory element into the raised position thereof, in which the locking pawl is released from the memory state, and the first control arm is further arranged to engage or be brought into engagement with the memory drive such that the first control arm may be swiveled by motor into its raised position; wherein the memory element further comprises a second control arm arranged such that the lock catch engages the second control arm in the memory state of the memory element during shifting of the lock catch into its opening position, and wherein a resulting turning of the control arm leads to a raising of the memory element into its raised position, in which the locking pawl is released from the memory state.