Low effort cable release hood latch assembly

Details Low effort cable release hood latch assembly Low effort cable release hood latch assembly

1989-02-21

1990-04-17

Nicholson, Eric K.

Closure fasteners

Bolts

Swinging

292216, 292DIG43, 292DIG14, F05C 326

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049174207

ABSTRACT:
A hood latch assembly for latching and unlatching a hood for an automotive vehicle comprises a housing for receiving a striker on the hood, a locking lever spring biased toward an unlatched position in which it releases the striker, but movable to a latched position in reponse to the hood being closed, a detent lever for holding the locking lever in its latched position, a cable release and a release lever disposed between the detent lever and locking lever. The release lever is connected to the cable release and engages the detent lever to provide a high mechanical advantage to the detent lever, when actuated to release the hood, to reduce hood opening effort and the locking lever automatically returns the release lever and cable release to their original positions when moved to its unlatched position whereby no spring return for the cable release is required.

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patent: 4783102 (1988-11-01), Bernard

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