Patent ID: 7125057

Claim:
A lock mechanism for a latch in a vehicle door, the lock mechanism comprising: a lock link; a lock actuator drivingly coupled to the lock link for movement of the lock link between a first louk link position corresponding to a locked state of the latch and a second lock link position corresponding to an unlocked state of the latch; a superlock link slideably mounted with respect to the lock link; a superlock actuator drivingly coupled to the superlock link, wherein the superlock link is slidable with respect to the lock link between a first superlock link position corresponding to a superlocked state of the latch and a second superlock link position corresponding to a non-superlocked state of the latch; a fixed abutment formation, wherein the superlock link contacts the fixed abutment formation when the superlock link is in the first superlock link position; and an inside lock lever arranged for transmission of a locking input from a sill button, wherein the fixed abutment formation and the inside lock lever are positioned in a predetermined relative location and are mounted to allow movement of the lock link between the first lock link position and the second lock link position when the superlock link is in the second superlock link position, and to block movement of the lock link between the first lock link position and the second lock link position when the superlock link is in the first superlock link position to place the latch in the superlocked state when an input from the inside lock lever occurs.