Elastomer-clad motor-vehicle door latch

Details Elastomer-clad motor-vehicle door latch Elastomer-clad motor-vehicle door latch

1988-12-01

1990-01-30

Moore, Richard E.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Swinging

292DIG38, 292DIG56, 292340, E05C 326

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048969087

ABSTRACT:
A motor-vehicle latch assembly comprises a locking bolt secured to a doorpost, a mounting plate secured to a door and provided with a pivot and formed therearound with a bearing surface, a locking fork formed with a pivot hole fitted over the pivot, having a side directly confronting the bearing surface, and engageable with the bolt on closing of the door, and an elastomeric cladding covering the fork including the interior of the hole in contact with the bolt and the side of the bolt in contact with the bearing surface. The cladding engages the bearing surface and eliminates play and metal-to-metal contact at this region.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3572797 (1971-03-01), Shay
patent: 3809416 (1974-05-01), Kayooka
patent: 4466645 (1984-08-01), Kobayashi
patent: 4647092 (1987-03-01), Nokamura
patent: 4756564 (1988-07-01), Ikeda

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