Push-button actuating device for a vehicle lock

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EP 0 965 708 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.10.2000 Bulletin 2000/42

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	22.12.1999 Bulletin 1999/51

(21)	Application number: 99111640.1

(22)	Date of filing: 16.06.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: E05B 13/10, E05B 65/12, E05B 63/22

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

19.06.1998 IT TO980531

(71)	Applicant: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.
	10026 Santena (IT)

(72)	Inventors:
	Savant, Marco 10093 Collegno (IT) Savant, Fiorenzo 10093 Collegno (IT)

(74)	Representative: Eccetto, Mauro et al
	Studio Torta S.r.l., Via Viotti, 9 10121 Torino 10121 Torino (IT)

(54)	Push-button actuating device for a vehicle lock

(57) A vehicle door lock is controlled by a push-button actuating device (3) having a supporting body (5) having a respective axis (6); a key cylinder (20) movable with respect to the supporting body (5) along the axis (6) and operated by a dedicated key (21); a control member (23) connectable to the lock and sliding axially with respect to the supporting body (5); and a connecting assembly (19) for connecting the key cylinder (20) to the control member (23); the connecting assembly (19) having a releasable angular-constraint device (35, 41, 42) which is retained by a spring (37) in a first operating position making the key cylinder (20) and the control member (23) angularly integral with each other, and is movable, by means of a cam actuating device (44) only excludable by means of the dedicated key (21), into a second operating position in which the key cylinder (20) rotates freely about the axis (6) with respect to the control member (23) and the supporting body (5).

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