Lock for the bonnet of a vehicle

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EP 1 508 660 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	05.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/49

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	23.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/08

(21)	Application number: 04019904.4

(22)	Date of filing: 23.08.2004

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E05B 65/19^(2006.01)

B60R 21/34^(2006.01)

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

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Priority:

22.08.2003 IT TO20030647

(71)	Applicant: Gessaroli S.r.l.
	10028 Trofarello (Torino) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Bersano, Marco 10028 Trofarello (Torino) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Lotti, Giorgio et al
	c/o Ing. Barzanò & Zanardo Milano S.p.A. Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, 61 10128 Torino 10128 Torino (IT)

(54)	Lock for the bonnet of a vehicle

(57) Lock (1) for the bonnet (2) of a vehicle, the lock (1) being provided with a fork (4) and a control lever (5) which are engaged in relation to each other, and with an elastic traction device (6) in order to maintain the fork (4) and the control lever (5) in contact with each other, and with a passive collapse device (10) which is associated with the fork (4) and which is interposed between the control lever (5) and the fork (4) itself in order to permit a controlled supplementary rotation of the fork (4) in the case that the vehicle should undergo an impact or crash.

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