Closing Bar of a Motor Vehicle Body Lock, Motor Vehicle Body Lock Comprising Such a Closing Bar, and Correspondingly Equipped Motor Vehicle

Abstract

A lock striker of a motor vehicle body lock includes a striker plate, crash securing means, and a striker. The striker is arranged on the striker plate. The striker has a striker section which is configured to admit a load. The striker plate has a first striker plate section which is configured to be connected to a body component. The striker plate has a second striker plate section on which the striker is arranged. The first striker plate section and the second striker plate section are elastically connected to one another. At least one aperture is situated in the second striker plate section between the first striker limb and the second striker limb. The crash securing means is formed with a first end fastened to the first striker plate section and with a second end which is situated in the aperture in a contact-free manner outside a crash situation and, in a crash situation, so as to bear against the second striker plate section.

Claims

1.-10. (canceled)

11. A lock striker of a motor vehicle body lock, comprising: a striker plate; a crash securing means, and a striker that is arranged on the striker plate, wherein the striker has a striker section which is configured to admit a load, the striker plate has a first striker plate section which is configured to be connected to a body component, the striker plate has a second striker plate section on which the striker is arranged, the first striker plate section and the second striker plate section are elastically connected to one another, at least one aperture is situated in the second striker plate section between the first striker limb and the second striker limb, and the crash securing means is formed with a first end fastened to the first striker plate section and with a second end which is situated in the aperture in a contact-free manner outside a crash situation and, in a crash situation, so as to bear against the second striker plate section.

12. The lock striker according to claim 11, wherein the crash securing means is formed as a T-shaped bolt, whose second end formed as a head part bears against the second striker plate section in the crash situation.

13. The lock striker according to claim 12, wherein the first end of the crash securing means is fastened in an aperture which is situated on the first striker plate section and which is arranged in alignment with the aperture situated in the second striker plate section.

14. The lock striker according to claim 13, wherein the first striker plate section has a first extreme end and, spaced apart from the first extreme end, a second extreme end, on which first and second extreme ends there is received a spring means which has a connecting section operatively connected to the second striker plate section.

15. The lock striker according to claim 14, wherein the connecting section is received in a receptacle situated on the second striker plate section, and a damping means is situated on the connecting section and/or the receptacle.

16. The lock striker according to claim 15, wherein the spring means is formed as a cantilever.

17. The lock striker according to claim 16, wherein the spring means has a first end section and a second end section, and the first end section is fastened by a first end section receiving means and the second end section is fastened by a second end section receiving means to the first extreme end and to the second extreme end respectively.

18. The lock striker according to claim 17, wherein the striker has a first striker limb and, parallel to the first striker limb, a second striker limb, which first and second striker limbs are oriented symmetrically with respect to one another and with respect to a respective edge section of the second striker plate section, and the striker section projects orthogonally with respect to said first and second striker limbs.

19. A motor vehicle body lock, having a lock striker according to claim 18.

20. A motor vehicle, having at least one motor vehicle body lock according to claim 19.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0027] FIG. 1 is a simplified perspective view of a motor vehicle body lock 5 which is installed on a symbolically illustrated motor vehicle 1 and which has a lock striker 10.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0028] The motor vehicle body lock 10 of this exemplary embodiment is fastened by means of screws (not shown here) to a partially shown body component 15 formed as a metal sheet, for example of a front hood, and serves for the connection of a hook 20, which is illustrated merely symbolically here.

[0029] For this purpose, the motor vehicle body lock 10 has a striker plate 25 which comprises a first striker plate section 25-1, which is adjacent to the body component 15, and a second striker plate section 25-2, which is substantially parallel to said first striker plate section. The first striker plate section 25-1 and the second striker plate section 25-2 are connected to one another at a connecting section 25-3 such that, as seen in side view, they form a U-shaped configuration.

[0030] In the second striker plate section 25-2, there are situated apertures 30-1 and 30-2, which are arranged in alignment with apertures 35-1 and 35-2 respectively which are arranged in the first striker plate section 25-1. According to this exemplary embodiment, a crash securing means 37 in the form of a T-shaped bolt is arranged in the apertures 30-2 and 35-2. The first end 37-1, situated at the bottom in the FIGURE, of the crash securing means 37 is fastened in the recess 35-2. The second end 37-2, situated at the top in the FIGURE, of said crash securing means is formed as a head part and is mounted in the corresponding recess 30-2 such that, in the normal situation of the motor vehicle body lock 10 shown here, said second end does not make contact with the second striker plate section 25-2. By contrast, in the crash situation (not shown here) of the motor vehicle body lock 10, the bottom side of the second end 37-2, in head form, of the crash element 37, lies against the second striker plate section 25-2 and supports the latter. For this purpose, the outer diameter of the second end 37-2 is advantageously configured to be substantially larger than the outer diameter of the recess 30-2. For the purposes of facilitated installation and removal of the crash securing means 37, a tool engagement section 37-3, in which a tool (not shown here) can engage or act, is provided on the second end 37-2. Alternatively or in addition, at least one tool engagement section may be provided on the outer side of the second end 37-2.

[0031] The motor vehicle body lock 10 furthermore has a striker 40 with a first striker limb 40-1, a second striker limb 40-2 parallel to said first striker limb, and a striker section 40-3, on which the hook 20 engages and exerts a load F when the motor vehicle body lock 10 is closed. The first striker limb 40-1 and the second striker limb 40-2 are oriented symmetrically with respect to one another and with respect to a respective edge section 45 of the second striker plate section 25-2 (cf. plane of symmetry S). The striker section 40-3 projects substantially orthogonally with respect to said striker limbs and with respect to the second striker plate section 25-2.

[0032] The first striker plate section 25-1 comprises a first extreme end 50-1 and, spaced apart from the latter, a second extreme end 50-2, which extreme ends project in each case substantially orthogonally with respect to the former in the same direction as the striker section 40-3. A first end section receiving means 55-1 illustrated in transparent form is fastened by a fastening means 60-1 to the first extreme end 50-1 which is on the left in the FIGURE. A second end section receiving means 55-2 illustrated in transparent form is fastened by a further fastening means 60-2 to the second extreme end 50-2 which is on the right in the FIGURE. The first end section receiving means 55-1 and the second end section receiving means 55-2 support in each case one first end section of a spring means 65 which is formed in the manner of a cantilever and which is manufactured from a spring steel. The spring means 65 has, in its central region, a damping means 70 which is formed from a plastic or rubber and which is received under preload in a connecting section 75 situated on the second striker plate section 25-2; the connecting section 75 is consequently formed as a receptacle 80. Those ends of the first striker plate section 25-1 and of the second striker plate section 25-2 which are remote from the connecting section 25-3 are elastically operatively connected to one another by means of said connecting section.

[0033] A desired vibrational characteristic of the motor vehicle body lock 5 according to the embodiments of the invention can advantageously be easily generated through suitable selection of the materials and geometry of the above-described elements, in particular of the dimensions thereof.

LIST OF REFERENCE DESIGNATIONS

[0034] 1 Motor vehicle

[0035] 5 Motor vehicle body lock

[0036] 10 Lock striker

[0037] 15 Body component

[0038] 20 Hook

[0039] 25 Striker plate

[0040] 25-1 First striker plate section

[0041] 25-2 Second striker plate section

[0042] 25-3 Connecting section

[0043] 30-1 Aperture

[0044] 30-2 Aperture

[0045] 35-1 Aperture

[0046] 35-2 Aperture

[0047] 37 Crash securing means

[0048] 37-1 First end

[0049] 37-2 Second end

[0050] 37-3 Tool engagement section

[0051] 40 Striker

[0052] 40-1 First striker limb

[0053] 40-2 Second striker limb

[0054] 40-3 Striker section

[0055] 45 Edge section

[0056] 50-1 First extreme end

[0057] 50-2 Second extreme end

[0058] 55-1 First end section receiving means

[0059] 55-2 Second end section receiving means

[0060] 60-1 Fastening means

[0061] 60-2 Fastening means

[0062] 65 Spring means

[0063] 70 Damping means

[0064] 75 Connecting section

[0065] 80 Receptacle

[0066] F Load

[0067] S Plane of symmetry