Vehicle door latch

A vehicle door latch (10) has a forkbolt (24), a detent (26) that holds the forkbolt in a latched position, a manually operated release mechanism that moves the detent to release the forkbolt, a lock mechanism for disabling the release mechanism, a double lock mechanism and a power operated unlatchi...

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Main Authors PERKINS, DONALD M, PAJAK, PETER S, SCHLOSSHAUER, ANDREAS K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 10.04.2002
Subjects
ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC
GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
HANDCUFFS
KEYS
LOCKS
SAFES
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS
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Summary:A vehicle door latch (10) has a forkbolt (24), a detent (26) that holds the forkbolt in a latched position, a manually operated release mechanism that moves the detent to release the forkbolt, a lock mechanism for disabling the release mechanism, a double lock mechanism and a power operated unlatching mechanism (200) that moves the detent (26) to release the forkbolt (24) independently of the manually operated release mechanism, the lock mechanism and the double lock mechanism. The power operated unlatching mechanism (200) includes a power unlatching lever (202) and a motor driven actuator (203) having a jackscrew (208) for moving the power unlatching lever.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20010203295