Vehicle hood latch and method of unlatching a vehicle hood

    公开(公告)号:US11339590B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16819596

    申请日:2020-03-16

    发明人: Francesco Cumbo

    摘要: A vehicle hood latch and method of unlatching a vehicle hood is provided. The vehicle hood latch includes a housing; a ratchet pivotally mounted on the housing; a pawl pivotally mounted on the housing and biased into engagement with the ratchet; a pin fixed for conjoint movement with the pawl; a double pull lever operably mounted to the housing and having an abutment surface configured for operable engagement with the pin, and a primary safety catch lever operably mounted to the housing. The primary safety catch lever is configured to pivot from a locked first position to an unlocked second position. The primary safety catch lever moves from the first locked position to the second unlocked position in response to translational movement of the double pull lever caused by engagement of the pin with the abutment surface of the double pull lever.

    Electrical vehicle latch having a fluid tight electrical housing

    公开(公告)号:US10370875B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-06

    申请号:US15967807

    申请日:2018-05-01

    摘要: A method of making an electrical latch assembly for a door of a vehicle. The method includes providing an electrical housing having a fluid-tight open interior and an opening. The method also includes positioning a printed circuit board in the fluid-tight open interior, wherein the printed circuit board has an electrical control unit. The method further includes connecting a latch mechanism to the electrical housing about the opening, the latch mechanism including an electric motor. The method also includes extending an electrical connector from the printed circuit board, through the opening of the latch mechanism and to the electrical motor to establish an electrical connection between the printed circuit board and the electric motor.

    Door latch with opening memory feature

    公开(公告)号:US10352070B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US14884425

    申请日:2015-10-15

    摘要: A closure latch for a vehicle door is provided. The closure latch includes an emergency lock actuator to permit a person to lock the door in the event that the power lock actuator is unusable. The latch also includes an ‘impatient passenger’ feature, which permits the doors to be unlocked using the remote keyless-entry feature on the key fob even in a situation where an ‘impatient passenger’ had prematurely lifted the door handle of the vehicle. In some prior art latches, such an action by an ‘impatient passenger’ would prevent the drive motor on the latch from unlocking the latch, thereby necessitating the owner to press the unlock button on the key fob a second time. There is some overlap in the components that used for the ‘impatient passenger’ feature and the components used for the emergency lock actuator, thereby reducing cost and complexity of the latch.

    INERTIAL LOCK DEVICE FOR RELEASE CABLE ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20170114575A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-04-27

    申请号:US15294956

    申请日:2016-10-17

    IPC分类号: E05B77/06 E05B79/20 E05B77/54

    摘要: A release cable assembly having a release cable and an inertial locking device is provided. The release cable includes a cable wire configured to operably interconnect a release handle to a moveable latch release component of a latch assembly. The inertial locking device is configured to normally permit translational movement of the cable wire, via actuation of the release handle, to move the latch release component from a latched position to an unlatched position when the inertial locking device is exposed to an acceleration that is less than a predetermined acceleration threshold. When the inertial locking device is exposed to an acceleration exceeding the predetermined acceleration threshold, the inertial locking device prevents translational movement of the release cable, thereby preventing unintentional movement of the latch release component from the latched position to the unlatched position.

    AUTOMOTIVE LATCH WITH PULLEY FOR FLEXIBLE CABLE ROUTING

    公开(公告)号:US20170089105A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-03-30

    申请号:US15258225

    申请日:2016-09-07

    IPC分类号: E05C3/16 E05B79/20 E05B85/02

    摘要: A latch assembly for a closure member is provided. The latch assembly includes a housing and a ratchet pivotally coupled to the housing for selectively retaining a striker to secure the closure member. A cinch lever assembly is coupled to the housing and includes a cinch lever for engaging the ratchet. The cinch lever cinches the striker in the ratchet in response to the cinch lever being actuated by a cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly to move the closure panel from a partially closed position to a fully closed position. A cinch subassembly is operatively coupled to the cinch lever assembly with the cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly. The cinch subassembly is configured to freely move between a plurality of positions relative to the housing to accommodate a plurality of orientations of the cable coupled to the cinch lever assembly.

    LATCH FOR A DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
    9.
    发明申请
    LATCH FOR A DOOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE 审中-公开
    电动车门的锁扣

    公开(公告)号:US20160215536A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-07-28

    申请号:US15024388

    申请日:2014-09-30

    IPC分类号: E05B85/26 E05B79/10 E05B85/24

    摘要: A latch for a door of motor vehicle having a closing assembly adapted to cooperate with a latch striker comprising: a ratchet which can assume an opening position, in which ratchet enables engagement and disengagement between latch striker and a seat of ratchet, and a closing position, in which ratchet holds latch striker within seat; a first pawl rotatable about a first axis (B) and in a first rotation direction from a coupled position, in which it keeps, at least indirectly, ratchet in closing position and prevents disengagement of striker from seat, and a decoupled position, in which it permits the movement of ratchet from closing position to opening position; and a second pawl which cooperates with first pawl, cooperates with ratchet at least in a contact point (P) at least when ratchet is in closing position, and which is rotatable about a second axis (D) distinct from first axis (B).

    摘要翻译: 一种用于机动车辆门的闩锁,其具有适于与闩锁撞击器配合的闭合组件,包括:棘轮,其可以呈现打开位置,棘轮能够使闩锁撞击器和棘轮座之间的接合和分离,以及关闭位置 棘爪在座内保持闩锁; 第一棘爪,其可绕第一轴线(B)旋转并且在第一旋转方向上从联接位置转动,其中至少间接地将棘轮保持在关闭位置,并且防止撞击器脱离座椅和脱钩位置,其中 它允许棘轮从关闭位置移动到打开位置; 以及与第一棘爪配合的第二棘爪,至少在棘轮处于关闭位置时至少在接触点(P)中与棘轮配合,并且其可绕与第一轴线(B)不同的第二轴线(D)旋转。

    E-LATCH HAVING A MAGNETIC SNAP ASSEMBLY
    10.
    发明申请
    E-LATCH HAVING A MAGNETIC SNAP ASSEMBLY 有权
    具有磁力SNAP装配的电子锁

    公开(公告)号:US20130160538A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-06-27

    申请号:US13723831

    申请日:2012-12-21

    发明人: Marco Taurasi, I

    IPC分类号: G01M17/00 B23P11/02

    摘要: A system for detecting the operative condition of a latch for a door of a motor-vehicle, comprises a magnetic field generating element adapted to generate a magnetic field which is associated to the operative condition of latch; a support which defines a housing for magnetic field generating element; and a sensor magnetically coupled with magnetic field generating element and adapted to sense said magnetic field. The generating element is snap-fitted to said housing.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于检测机动车辆门的闩锁的操作状态的系统,包括适于产生与闩锁的操作状态相关联的磁场的磁场产生元件; 限定用于磁场产生元件的壳体的支撑件; 以及与磁场产生元件磁耦合并适于感测所述磁场的传感器。 发电元件卡扣配合到所述壳体。