A motor vehicle lock, in particular a motor vehicle door lock, comprising a locking mechanism consisting essentially of a rotary latch and a pawl, further comprising an actuation lever chain for the locking mechanism, and comprising a locking element, at least one securing element, and exactly one spring element that cooperates with both the locking element and the securing element. The actuation lever chain can be controlled via the locking element to be put at least into the functional states “unlocked” and “locked” and can be additionally controlled via the securing element to be put into the functional states “non-secured” and “secured.” According to the invention, the spring element additionally cooperates with the actuation lever chain.

A latch assembly comprising an elongated flat latch slider slidable along a first axis between a first position and a second position in relation to a main latch, wherein the latch slider is provided with a protruding lug; a lock arrangement comprising; a body moving between a locking position and an unlocking position, wherein in the locking position a portion of the body is preventing movement of the lug along a path in parallel with said first axis, and in the unlocking position the lug can be moved along said first axis; and an electrically powered device connected to the body for moving the body between the locking position and the unlocking position.

A tamper-resistant sash window lock includes a housing, a shaft, a cam, and a lever member. An interior surface of the housing wall that defines a cavity. A portion of the interior surface of the housing wall is curved about a hole in the housing, with a distal end of the wall portion formed into a lock surface. The shaft is rotatably mounted in the hole, and a hub of the cam is rotatably mounted on the shaft. The cam has a cantilevered arm with a lock surface and an engagement surface. The lever member is fixedly secured to the shaft, for a first side thereof to engage and drive the cam hub in a first rotational direction into a lock position when the shaft is actuated in the first rotational direction, so the lock surface of the cantilevered arm engages the lock surface of the housing preventing forced entry.

A motor vehicle latch, in particular a motor vehicle door latch, is equipped with a locking mechanism consisting substantially of a catch and a pawl. An electromotive drive for a coupling lever is further provided as part of a power locking unit. In addition, a first operating lever is provided, wherein in the “unlocked” position of the power locking unit, said first operating lever works on the coupling lever that is then engaged in order to open the locking mechanism, and wherein in the “locked” position of the power locking unit, said first operating lever performs an idle stroke relative to the coupling lever that is then disengaged. According to the invention, the electromotive drive works with a linear thrust member on the coupling lever, wherein the linear thrust member is held in at least one position with the aid of a blocking levers).

A keeper apparatus engaged to the lower free end swinging corner portion of a gate, not to either of the upper and lower corner portions having the axis on which the gate swings, and not to the upper free end swinging corner portion where the gate has a main latch. The keeper apparatus joins the shortened ends of a horizontal gate support member and a vertical gate support member where, prior to engaging the keeper apparatus on the shortened ends, such intentionally manufactured shortened ends are free and spaced from each other.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle locking device comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and at least one pawl, an actuating lever mechanism acting on the pawl, and a child safety device having a control element (1), wherein the control element (1) is latchable in at least two latching positions (R1, R2), and a spring element (3) on the control element (1), wherein the spring element (3) interacts with a control cam (2) in such a way that the control element (1) is adjustable in a spring-loaded manner into the latching positions (R1, R2), and wherein the spring element (3) is designed as a spring lip (3).

An actuator mechanism of a vehicle latch assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft. Also included is a worm coupled to the output shaft. Further included is a worm gear driven by the worm. Yet further included is a spring operatively coupled to the worm gear and to a latch housing, the spring having a first leg extending through an aperture defined by the worm gear and a second leg extending into a receiving hole defined by the housing, the first leg including a first segment extending along a first leg axis and a second segment oriented at a non-parallel angle to the first leg axis, the second segment contacting a face of the worm gear to prevent removal of the spring.

The present invention relates to a hinged door locking device and, more particularly, to a hinged door locking device comprising a rotatable lever installed on a door frame separately from a main locking device generally used for security, wherein a side to be opened by rotation in the hinged door is brought into tight contact with the door frame at multiple points in the longitudinal direction by operating the lever. Thus, the hinged door locking device is configured to readily maintain the tight contact and has high usability as an auxiliary locking device.

The invention relates to a fitting (1) for actuating a mechanism in a door or window, which has a handle (10) that is rotatably supported in or on a stop element (20) about an axis of rotation (D), wherein the stop element (20) can be fastened to the door or window, a drive pin (40) for actuating the mechanism in the door or window, a coupling element (50) for coupling the handle (10) to the drive pin (40), and a blocking device (70), which blocks the actuation of the drive pin (40) about the axis of rotation (D) when in the blocking position (A), wherein the blocking device (70) can be moved to a releasing position (B) through an axial actuation of the handle from a first position to a second position along the axis of rotation (D). In order to ensure increased security against unauthorized actuation of the fitting or the mechanism connected to the fitting in the window or door, and to obtain a fitting that is easy to manipulate and inexpensive to produce, the handle (10) is decoupled from the drive pin (40) in the first position (I), wherein the blocking device (70) is then in the blocking position (A), and the coupling element (50) couples the handle (10) and the drive pin (40) in the second position, and keeps the blocking device (70) in the releasing position (B). When the second position is reached, the handle is coupled to the drive pin, and unlocks it for the actuation of the mechanism.

The invention relates to an actuating handle (100) for a door with an escutcheon (104) and a handle (102) for actuating a locking device arranged in the door. The handle (102) for actuating the locking device is mounted in the escutcheon (104) rotatably about a first axis of rotation. The actuating handle (100) moreover has a blocking device (106), having a release position in which a rotation of the handle (102) about the first axis of rotation is released, and a blocking position in which a rotation of the handle (102) about the first axis of rotation is blocked by the blocking device (106). The actuating handle (100) moreover has an actuating mechanism (112) for the blocking device (106). According to the invention, it is provided that the actuating mechanism (112) has a sliding element (108) which is displaceable along a circle segment centered around the first axis of rotation, wherein a displacement of the sliding element (108) along the circle segment brings about an actuation of the blocking device (106).