Closure fasteners – Bolts – Swinging
Patent
1988-07-12
1990-01-09
Moore, Richard E.
Closure fasteners
Bolts
Swinging
E05C 326, E05B 4700
Patent
active
048923397
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle door latch for use in combination with a door bolt according to this invention has a housing formed with a horizontally open recess in which the bolt is receivable, a latch fork formed with a fork seat and with at least one detent, and a fork pivot on the housing supporting the fork for pivoting between a locked and a semilocked position with the seat directed vertically away from the fork pivot and the bolt engaged in the seat and an unlocked position permitting the bolt to enter and exit seat and recess. An operating plate pivotal on the housing about an axis substantially parallel to the fork pivot carries the pivot of latch pawl which is pivotal on the link plate into and out of a position engaging the detent and thereby retaining the fork in the semilocked position. A motor connected to the operating plate can pivot same about its axis and, when the pawl is engaged with the detent, pivot and fork into the locked position. A door handle and a link connected between the handle and the pawl can pivot same out of engagement with the detent in any position of the fork.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4395064 (1983-07-01), Bellat et al.
patent: 4518180 (1985-05-01), Kleefeldt
patent: 4735447 (1988-04-01), Kleefeldt
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Kleefeldt Frank
Menke Hans T.
Dubno Herbert
Kiekert GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft
Moore Richard E.
Wilford Andrew M.
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