Motor-vehicle door latch with collision protection

Details Motor-vehicle door latch with collision protection Motor-vehicle door latch with collision protection

1993-05-24

1995-01-17

Cuomo, Peter M.

Closure fasteners

Keepers

49394, 292DIG65, 292DIG23, F05B 1502

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053820622

ABSTRACT:
A motor-vehicle latch mounted on a door has a front end pivoted about an upright axis, a rear end with a rearwardly directed end face, and an inside face immediately adjacent the rear end face, the door being movable relative to a frame member having a forwardly directed front face confronting the rear end face of the door in a fully closed position of the door. A holding element fixed to the front face of the frame member has a part projecting inward past the inside face of the door in the fully closed position of the door and having a support face facing forward toward the rear end face of the door. A retaining member, for example a bolt or wedge, is fixed in the holding element and a retaining element on the rear end face of the door is engageable with the retaining member to latch the door in the fully closed position. The part of the holding element projecting inward past the inside face of the door in the fully closed position thereof is formed with a forwardly directed bump lying inward of the inside face of the door in the fully closed position so that if the door is pushed back in a collision the inner face of the door will be prevented by the bump from sliding inward over the end of the holding element.

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patent: 5209532 (1993-05-01), Nakamura et al.
patent: 5263752 (1993-11-01), Phail-Fausey et al.

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