Patent attributes
A motor vehicle has a lock with a movable locking element, particularly a rotary latch, which lock, in addition to being equipped with an electric unlocking device for the locking element, is equipped with a mechanical emergency unlocking device for the locking element. The emergency unlocking device includes a first pulling element which triggers the locking element independently of the electric unlocking device into a release position, in which release position a closing element is released which is fastened to a vehicle body part to be opened. So that the emergency unlocking device can be made available without high mounting expenditures, it is provided that the electric unlocking device comprises an electric actuator which acts by way of a second pulling element upon the lock and, in the process, triggers the locking element into the release position, in that the first pulling element of the emergency unlocking device is coupled with the second pulling element by means of a connection device, and in that the connection is situated on the second pulling element between the actuator and the lock.