Motor-vehicle door latch and method of installing same

Details Motor-vehicle door latch and method of installing same Motor-vehicle door latch and method of installing same

1990-04-05

1991-12-10

Nicholson, Eric K.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Swinging

292DIG60, 292DIG23, E05C 326

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active

050711792

ABSTRACT:
A motor-vehicle door latch for mounting in a door having an outside panel has a housing fixed in the door, a latching fork pivotal in the housing, and a latching pawl pivotal in the housing and engageable with the fork. An outside door handle is displaceable on the outside door panel between an outer actuating position and an inner rest position. A linkage includes an outside-handle lever coupled to the outside door handle and movable thereby, a latch lever pivoted on the outside-handle lever and engageable with the pawl to operate same and release the fork, and a releasable coupler including a bolt for coupling the outside-handle and latch levers together for joint pivoting and for decoupling them for relative pivoting. Thus when these levers are decoupled the outside-handle lever can move between an operating position and an installation position.

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