(19)
(11) EP 1 149 970 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
26.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
31.10.2001 Bulletin 2001/44

(21) Application number: 01303420.2

(22) Date of filing: 11.04.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E05B 47/00, E05B 65/20
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.04.2000 GB 0009794

(71) Applicant: ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd
Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3BW (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Fisher, Sidney E
    Solihull, West Midlands B90 2HB (GB)

(74) Representative: Jones, John Bryn et al
Withers & Rogers, Goldings House, 2 Hays Lane
London SE1 2HW
London SE1 2HW (GB)

   


(54) Locking arrangement


(57) A locking arrangement (10, 11) including a manually actuatable element (12, 160) connected via a transmission path to a latch assembly (13, 113), the latch assembly having unlocked locked and superlocked conditions, the latch assembly being moveable between the unlocked locked and superlocked conditions by operation of an actuator (42, 142), the latch assembly being moveable between the unlocked and locked conditions by operation of the manually actuatable element, the transmission path including resilient means (38, 138) to limit the force applied by the manually actuatable element when the manually actuatable element is operated to attempt to move the latch assembly from its superlocked condition (Figure 7).






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