Patent ID: 7175210

Claim:
Lock, especially for vehicle doors, hatches, or the like, with a rotary latch ( 20 ), into which a closing part ( 13 ) travels when the door is closed, thus pivoting the rotary latch ( 20 ) from an open position via a prelatching position into a main latching position; with a catch ( 30 ), which, when in the prelatching position, engages in a prelatching stop notch ( 25 ) provided on the rotary latch ( 20 ) and, when in the main latching position, engages in a main stop notch ( 26 ) located on the rotary latch ( 20 ); and with a motorized opening aid for the door, comprising a drive unit ( 15 ), which uses a power takeoff path to rotate the actuating element ( 40 ), which acts directly on the catch ( 30 ); where the actuating element ( 40 ) has an actuating surface ( 44 ), the radial dimension of which increases in the rotational direction ( 42 ); and where the actuating element ( 40 ) has, on its actuating surface ( 44 ), a blocking surface section ( 45 ), which serves to prevent the actuating element ( 40 ) from rotating in the opposite direction, which blocking surface section is gripped by a blocking element ( 37 ) of the catch ( 30 ) after the catch ( 30 ) has been lifted; and with means for preventing the catch ( 30 ) from dropping back into the rotary latch ( 20 ) after the catch ( 30 ) has been lifted, wherein a load lever ( 50 ), which can be pivoted around the pivot axis ( 51 ) and moved into the path ( 19 ) along which the catch ( 30 ) pivots, prevents the catch ( 30 ) from dropping back into the rotary latch ( 20 ) after the catch ( 30 ) has been lifted; and in that a pivoting moment in the pivoting direction ( 57 ) is exerted directly on the load lever ( 50 ) by the rotary latch ( 20 ) as the latch rotates in the opening direction ( 22 ), as a result of which the load lever ( 50 ) is pivoted into a position beyond its rest position on the catch ( 30 ), i.e., a position a certain distance away from the catch ( 30 ), in which position the catch ( 30 ) is free to pivot along its path ( 19 ).