Patent ID: 8388029

Claim:
A lock housed in a housing, the lock comprising: a single switch for indicating an “open” or a “closed” state of said lock; an actuator acting upon a kinematic chain so as to realize the functions of the lock; a bolt having a first closing notch and a second closing notch; a pawl comprising a pawl tooth designed to engage with the first or the second closing notch of the bolt; and a cam that is mobile in translation, wherein said cam is displaceable from an initial position corresponding to the lock being in the closed state, wherein the initial position of the cam comprises a position in which the cam buts against a recess of the housing, and wherein the closed state of the lock corresponds to the pawl tooth being in a butting arrangement with the second closing notch of the bolt during an opening phase and a closing phase of the lock, wherein the single switch is activated and deactivated under displacement of the cam, and wherein, during the opening and closing phases of the lock, at least one protuberance associated with both the bolt and the pawl engages with the cam to displace the cam, thereby activating or deactivating the single switch.