495results about "Weather/dirt prevention locking" patented technology

A motor vehicle door arrangement is equipped with at least one electromotive drive for positioning a door leaf in a predetermined gap position relative to a motor vehicle body. A state sensor which is connected to a control unit and detects the state of the door leaf is also provided. The control unit acts on the electromotive drive in accordance with signals of the state sensor, wherein the electromotive drive is preferably only acted on if the positioning of the door leaf, based on the state, requires this. According to the invention, for this purpose, the electromotive drive acts on a body component via a switch lever, equipped with its own switch sensor, in order to position the door leaf.

An electronic sensor module for a handle may have one sensor unit having a movable sensor element and a fixed sensor element which is arranged spaced apart from and opposite the movable sensor element. The module may also have an electronics unit which is electrically connected to the sensor elements for triggering a switching signal and on which the fixed sensor element is arranged. At least the movable sensor element may be encapsulated at least in some regions by a foam material and is designed as an integrated component in the form of a preassembly unit. Connection elements of the movable sensor element protrude from the foam material in a preassembly state and are connected to the electronics unit in an assembled state. A handle module and to a movable vehicle element are also described.

A vehicle latch assembly, including: a remote cinching actuator; and a vehicle latch, the vehicle latch including: a latch housing; a claw pivotally mounted to the latch housing; a cinching lever pivotally mounted to the latch housing; a push out lever pivotally mounted to the cinching lever; and wherein the remote cinching actuator is operably coupled the cinching lever by a cable, wherein actuation of the remote cinching actuator causes rotation of the cinching lever and during rotation of the cinching lever, the push out lever travels in one of a bypass path wherein the push out lever does not contact the claw and a push out path wherein the push out lever contacts the claw and provides an opening force to the claw.

The utility model discloses an integrated self-suction lock for an automobile electrically operated gate. The integrated self-suction lock comprises a hollow shell, a motor driving module, a transmission module, a clutch module, a central control module and a locking module, wherein the motor driving module, the transmission module, the clutch module, the central control module and the locking module are all arranged in the shell; the transmission module comprises a fan-shaped toothed plate, a first electric opening arm, a self-suction arm, a second electric opening arm and an opening arm; the locking module comprises a clamping plate and a locking claw; the clutch module comprises a first safety arm, an opening priority arm, an inner opening arm and an outer opening arm; the motor driving module is used for driving the fan-shaped toothed plate to rotate in the first direction or the second direction; and the central control module is used for driving the first safety arm to rotate so as to press the second safety arm, so that the second safety arm is kept in a state of being separated from the opening priority arm. The integration level, the working efficiency and the reliability of the door lock are improved, the comprehensive cost is greatly reduced, and the door lock has great economic and social benefits.

A latch assembly for a closure panel of a vehicle includes a power release actuator, a pawl, a ratchet, and a multi-stage geartrain. The multi-stage geartrain includes a first compound gear and a second sector gear in meshed engagement with the compound gear. The sector gear includes an arm extending radially therefrom. In a rest position, a gap is defined between the arm and a cam surface of a pawl. Actuation of the power release actuator actuates the multi-stage geartrain and pivots the arm through the gap and into contact with the pawl. During pivoting through the gap, inertia is increased and the arm contacts the pawl with an impulse force. Continued rotation of the arm causes further rotation of the pawl and release of the ratchet. The arm is disposed within an axial height defined by the multi-stage geartrain, and torque applied to the arm increases during rotation.

Disclosed embodiments may include a vehicle without a B-pillar that has barn doors and partially frameless windows. The barn doors may include a window seal system having a primary seal for creating a watertight barrier when the window is in a first closed position. Upon the vehicle exceeding a predetermined speed threshold, the vehicle may automatically raise the window from the first closed position to being in a second closed position in which a secondary seal secures the window to prevent buffeting of the window. Disclosed embodiments may further include a seal and door structure that provides a pair of seals (an inner seal and an outer seal) between the front and rear barn doors that provide a watertight barrier when the doors are closed together and that also allows for each of the front and rear doors to be independently opened and closed in a barn-door fashion.

A motor vehicle lock—in particular, a motor vehicle door lock—having a locking mechanism which includes a rotary latch and a pawl—in particular, a single pawl—wherein the rotary latch is able to latch into at least one latch position by means of the pawl; a rotatable triggering lever, wherein the locking mechanism can be moved by means of the triggering lever from the at least one latch position into an open position; and an electromotive drive unit for actuating the triggering lever, and wherein the drive unit is formed at least by an electric motor and a transmission stage, and the transmission stage has an actuation lever, wherein the pawl, the triggering lever, and the actuation lever are accommodated in the motor vehicle lock so as to be able to pivot about the same axis of rotation, wherein at least the actuation lever and the triggering lever engage with one another via a complementarily designed connection geometry, such that a movement of the actuation lever can be transmitted to the triggering lever.

The invention relates to an actuation device (3) for installing on a vehicle part (2), in particular in the form of a door or a hatch, having an electric switch means (30) with at least one switch element (31) for initiating a vehicle function and having a housing unit (10) with at least one first and second housing section (11, 12), wherein the second housing section (12) can be moved from a rest position (I) into an actuation position (II) at least in some regions relative to the first housing section (11) in order to actuate the switch element (31). The invention additionally relates to a vehicle (1) and to an actuation method (100).

The present disclosure provides a method for removing ice from a vehicle's handle assembly using a selectable control system. The method includes receiving a control mode signal that selects one of several preset modes to carry out the de-icing operation. These control modes include at least two of the following: a monitoring mode, a vehicle standby mode, and a rapid de-icing mode. In the monitoring mode, the system continuously monitors the frozen state of the handle and applies heat at a first power level based on that condition. The vehicle standby mode preheats the handle at a second power level for a predetermined time before the vehicle is expected to be used. The rapid de-icing mode activates heating at a third power level when the vehicle is already in use. By allowing the selection of different modes based on driving habits or usage scenarios, the method enables a single control system to adapt to varying user needs and conditions.

Disclosed embodiments may include a vehicle without a B-pillar that has barn doors and partially frameless windows. The barn doors may include a window seal system having a primary seal for creating a watertight barrier when the window is in a first closed position. Upon the vehicle exceeding a predetermined speed threshold, the vehicle may automatically raise the window from the first closed position to being in a second closed position in which a secondary seal secures the window to prevent buffeting of the window. Disclosed embodiments may further include a seal and door structure that provides a pair of seals (an inner seal and an outer seal) between the front and rear barn doors that provide a watertight barrier when the doors are closed together and that also allows for each of the front and rear doors to be independently opened and closed in a barn-door fashion.

Disclosed embodiments may include a vehicle without a B-pillar that has barn doors and partially frameless windows. The barn doors may include a window seal system having a primary seal for creating a watertight barrier when the window is in a first closed position. Upon the vehicle exceeding a predetermined speed threshold, the vehicle may automatically raise the window from the first closed position to being in a second closed position in which a secondary seal secures the window to prevent buffeting of the window. Disclosed embodiments may further include a seal and door structure that provides a pair of seals (an inner seal and an outer seal) between the front and rear barn doors that provide a watertight barrier when the doors are closed together and that also allows for each of the front and rear doors to be independently opened and closed in a barn-door fashion.

The present disclosure relates to an actuating arrangement for a vehicle, configured to control the movement of a cover assembly that selectively covers a compartment, such as a charging port compartment, a fuel tank compartment, or a service compartment. The actuating arrangement includes a drive assembly, a drive train, and a locking mechanism to secure the cover assembly in a closed position. In the event of an obstruction, such as ice accumulation, the mechanism has a manual override system comprising a handle and a pull, enabling the user to release the locking mechanism and open the cover manually.

An actuator having a housing with a housing shell and at least one housing cover, wherein the housing parts can be connected together over a contact region by means of laser welding; a first sealed chamber in which a drive unit is arranged; and at least one second sealed chamber. A separation of the sealed chambers can be achieved by means of weldable connecting webs in the interior of the housing, and a passage between the chambers can be sealed by a seal in the connecting webs. Different levels of tightness can be formed in the sealed chambers.

A vehicle door lock is disposed in a vehicle door and includes a ratchet wheel rotatable between a locked position where it captures a lock catch disposed on a vehicle body and an unlocking position where it releases the lock catch to allow the vehicle door to be opened. The vehicle door lock further includes an ice-breaking mechanism disposed in the vehicle door, and the ice-breaking mechanism applies a torque to the ratchet wheel to cause the ratchet wheel to rotate in a direction to push the lock catch so as to open the vehicle door. The vehicle door lock can be opened by pushing the ratchet wheel with e ice-breaker mechanism when the vehicle door is frozen or deformed due to collision, the operation noise is low, the cost is low, and the paint surface of the vehicle door is protected.

A vehicle latch assembly. The vehicle latch assembly including: an electronic latch; and a separate door control unit fixedly secured to an exterior housing of the electronic latch, wherein electronics for controlling operation of the electronic latch are located in the separate door control unit.

An actuator includes: a housing having a cable outlet, a driver, an output rotor, a first cable and a second cable. The driver is disposed inside the housing. The output rotor is configured to be driven to rotate forward or backward by the driver, and has a fitting part. A first end of the first cable and a first end of the second cable fit to the fitting part, and a second end of the first cable and a second end of the second cable extend out of the housing through the cable outlet. The output rotor is configured to rotate forward to drive the first cable through the fitting part, and is configured to rotate backward to drive the second cable through the fitting part.

The utility model discloses an anti-icing hidden door handle and control system, which relates to the technical field of automobile door handles, including a vehicle door body and a hidden seat, wherein a hidden seat is embedded and installed in the middle of the vehicle door body, and a four-door hidden door handle is installed inside the hidden seat, and a driving assembly is installed at one end of the top of the hidden seat, and a locking assembly is installed at one end of the top of the hidden seat away from the driving assembly. The anti-icing hidden door handle and control system, by pasting an internal heating pad on the surface of the protective slot seat and cooperating with an external heating plate embedded on the front and side elevations of the main handle, can prevent the entire four-door hidden door handle from icing between structures in an outdoor environment due to the low temperature, rain and snow in winter, thereby making the entire device structure more convenient to use. At the same time, the use of the locking assembly can avoid the four-door hidden door handle from being in a storage state to the greatest extent, and prevent displacement due to external forces from causing structural damage.

The invention is directed to a vehicle door handle assembly (10) comprising:a rotatable flap (20), said flap (20) extending along and configured to rotate about a rotation axis (Y),a mechanical actuation switch (28) generating an electrical signal to be sent to a vehicle door controller to release the vehicle door, rotation of the rotatable flap (20) causing the activation of said mechanical actuation switch (28), anda locking mechanism generating an electrical signal to be sent to a vehicle door controller to lock the vehicle door comprising a lock switch button,The handle assembly (10) comprises an elongated base plate (14) made of one piece extending along the rotation axis (Y) of the flap (20). The flap (20) is hinged on the base plate (14). The base plate (14) encases the mechanical actuation switch (28) and the lock switch button (48). The mechanical actuation switch (28) and the lock switch button (48) are disposed on either side of the flap (20).

The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock with the locking elements (4) latch (2) and locking pawl (3), wherein the latch (2) is pivotable into a closed position in which it is in holding engagement with a locking element (4) and into an open position in which it releases the locking element (4), wherein the locking pawl (3) is pivotable into a retracted position in which it holds the latch (2) in the closed position and into a raised position in which it releases the latch (2), wherein in a lifting operation the locking pawl (3) is lifted from the retracted position to the raised position, and which has a drive train (5) for motorically lifting the locking pawl (3) with an actuator (6).wherein, via the actuator (6), an actuating element (7) with an actuating contour (8) is rotatable in a direction of rotation (R) to perform a lifting operation, and wherein the release of the pawl (3) can be triggered via the actuating contour (8). It is proposed that the actuating element (7) has a stop (10) which stops the rotational movement of the actuating element (7) at a defined angular position (P) after the release of the pawl (3), and that, for the motorized release of the pawl (3) in a subsequent lifting operation, the actuating element (7) is rotatable in the same direction of rotation (R) via the actuator (6).

The present invention provides a car side door lock, comprising: an electric opening mechanism and a self-priming ice-breaking auxiliary device, the self-priming ice-breaking auxiliary device comprising a rotating rod, an ice-breaking push rod, and a self-priming push rod, the rotating rod can be pulled and rotated by a cable mechanism, and reset when the cable mechanism is not working, the ice-breaking push rod and the self-priming push rod are hingedly arranged on the rotating rod, under the auxiliary self-priming working condition, the self-priming push rod pushes the ratchet to work, and the auxiliary ice-breaking function of the self-priming ice-breaking auxiliary device fails, under the auxiliary ice-breaking working condition, the ice-breaking push rod pushes the ratchet to work, and the auxiliary self-priming function of the self-priming ice-breaking auxiliary device fails. The car side door lock described in the present invention can solve the problem of auxiliary door opening and closing through a zipper mechanism, and can select to perform a single function as needed, with a clever structure, a relatively stable mechanism, and a low cost for the side door lock.

The utility model relates to the field of hidden type door handles, and particularly discloses a hidden type vehicle door handle with an icebreaking structure, which comprises a base and a handle movably arranged in the base, the base is embedded in a vehicle door, the handle comprises a connecting part and a pressing part, the connecting part is rotatably mounted in the base, and the pressing part is movably mounted in the base. A sunken space is formed in the base and located on the side, close to the interior of a vehicle, of the pressing part, the pressing part is used for being pressed by hands to achieve ice breaking, meanwhile, a swing arm is further arranged in the base, the swing arm is connected with an elastic piece and provided with at least one abutting end used for abutting against the pressing part, and the abutting end abuts against the pressing part all the time under the elastic force effect of the elastic piece. And the handle is reset. The device has the advantages of being simple and compact in structure, stable and durable.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock for a locking element (2) of a motor vehicle, wherein the motor vehicle lock (1) has a latch (4) and a locking pawl (6) for locking the latch (4) in a closed position, wherein the motor vehicle lock (1) has an electric motor (8), in particular an opening motor, for adjusting a functional element (9), in particular for lifting the locking pawl (6) as a functional element (9), wherein the motor (8) can be actuated in a first direction of rotation (10) and a second direction of rotation (11) in order to adjust the functional element (9), wherein the motor vehicle lock (1) has a gearbox (12) which is connected downstream of the motor (8) in terms of drive technology, wherein the gearbox (12) has a flexible traction element (13), in particular a cable.It is proposed that the gearbox (12) applies two different mechanisms to the flexible traction element (13) depending on the direction of rotation of the motor (8) in order to adjust the functional element (9).

A vehicle handle to be attached to a door of a vehicle such that the vehicle handle is operable to be pulled out, the vehicle handle including: a handle body portion having an operation opening to a cylinder lock attached to the door; and a cap configured to close the operation opening. An elastic locking portion is provided on one of the cap and the handle body portion, a locked portion is provided on the other of the cap and the handle body portion, and the elastic locking portion is translationally moved along a door front surface in accordance with an attachment and detachment operation of the cap with respect to the operation opening, and being elastically locked to and unlocked from the locked portion.

The utility model discloses a guide pin with waterproof and positioning functions for an automobile front cover lock, which comprises a guide pin body, and a flange disc is arranged at one end of the guide pin body; a connecting area is arranged at one end of the guide pin body away from the flange disc; the connecting area is provided with a first chamfer; a connecting block is arranged on the side, away from the flange disc, of the first chamfer. Second chamfers are arranged at the ends, away from the flange disc, of the connecting blocks; the diameter of the flange disc is larger than or equal to that of the guide hole end face of the guide pin body. The guide pin body can do axial reciprocating motion along the mounted guide hole; when the guide pin body does not do axial reciprocating motion, the flange disc just covers the end face of a guide hole where the guide pin body is installed. According to the guide pin with the waterproof and positioning functions for the automobile front cover lock, through the sealing state naturally formed when the flange disc makes contact with the guide hole, the waterproof function is achieved under the condition that the guide pin and the guide hole are not very precisely matched, and the production precision requirement is lowered.

A vehicle door handle assembly includes a handle trigger including: an articulated end so that the handle trigger can be movable around the articulated end between a rest position and an open position when a user pulls on the handle trigger, an activation end at the opposite side of the articulated end, to release a latch of the vehicle door, a handle structure intended to be fixed to the panel of the vehicle door, wherein the vehicle door handle assembly further includes a flexible bellow gasket housed into the handle structure and arranged between the activation end of the handle trigger and the handle structure.

A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl. Furthermore, an electromotive drive is provided at least for unlocking the locking mechanism. In addition, a manually loadable emergency actuation element is provided for unlocking the locking mechanism in the event of an emergency, said emergency actuation element being arranged at least in part outside a lock housing and acting on the locking mechanism by means of at least one transmission element to perform an emergency unlocking operation. According to the invention, the emergency actuation element, in combination with the transmission element, is coupled to a triggering lever via at least one through-hole in the lock housing.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a locking mechanism substantially comprising a rotary latch and a pawl. In addition, a release lever is provided to actuate the pawl and to open the lock. According to the invention, the release lever is designed in two parts with a pawl release lever acting on the pawl and an actuating release lever interacting with, for example, an actuating lever and / or drive. Both levers are either coupled together or decoupled from each other via a linearly displaceable coupling element.

The utility model relates to the field of vehicle door handles, and discloses an anti-scratch vehicle door handle which comprises a handle body arranged on the outer surface of a vehicle door, and an anti-scratch component used for reducing the probability that the handle body is scratched is further arranged on the outer surface of the vehicle door. The anti-scratching component comprises a protective cover which is arranged on the outer surface of the automobile door and close to the handle and can wrap the handle, an opening convenient for people to pull the handle is formed in the upper end or the lower end of the protective cover, and an avoiding space required for pulling the handle is reserved between the protective cover and the handle. A dismounting and mounting structure used for dismounting and mounting the protection cover is arranged between the protection cover and the automobile door, the protection cover can be mounted on the automobile door through the dismounting and mounting structure, a handle arranged on the outer surface of the automobile door is wrapped in the dismounting and mounting structure, and therefore the probability that the handle is scratched in the automobile running or parking process is reduced.

The utility model provides a vehicle door lock and a vehicle, and belongs to the technical field of vehicle accessories. The car door lock comprises a shell, a lock body and a detection switch, the shell comprises a first shell body and a second shell body, the first shell body and the second shell body are connected and jointly define a cavity, and the lock body is arranged in the cavity; the lock body comprises a lock shell, a locking assembly, an outward opening release connecting rod, an inward opening assembly, an emergency lock assembly, an inner locking connecting rod, a child protection lock assembly and an electric mechanism, the locking assembly, the outward opening release connecting rod, the emergency lock assembly, the inner locking connecting rod, the child protection lock assembly and the electric mechanism are movably arranged in the lock shell, the outward opening release connecting rod, the emergency lock assembly, the inner locking connecting rod and the electric mechanism are all connected with the locking assembly, and the inward opening assembly is connected with the outward opening release connecting rod. The child protection lock assembly is connected with the inward opening assembly, the emergency lock assembly controls connection and disconnection of the outward opening release connecting rod and the locking assembly, the child protection lock assembly controls connection and disconnection of the inward opening assembly and the locking assembly, and the detection switch is arranged in the lock shell and is configured to detect the locking and unlocking states of the locking assembly.