Closure latch assembly with cinch mechanism and variable powered anti-pinch cinch control

    公开(公告)号:US12054972B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-06

    申请号:US17586908

    申请日:2022-01-28

    Inventor: Francesco Cumbo

    CPC classification number: E05B81/86 E05B81/06 E05B81/20 E05B81/74 E05B81/76

    Abstract: A closure latch assembly and method for cinching a closure panel from a partially closed position to a fully closed position without pinching an object between the closure panel and a structural portion of a motor vehicle are provided. The latch assembly has a latch cinch mechanism including a cinch lever operably moveable from a cinch start position to a cinch stop position to cause a cinch link to move a ratchet from a secondary striker capture position to a primary striker capture position. A power-operated cinch actuator receives a first signal to move the cinch lever from the cinch start position to the cinch stop position and receives a second signal, in response to an object detected between the closure panel and the structural portion, to stop moving the cinch lever from the cinch start position toward the cinch stop position.

    POWER DOOR PRESENTER WITH LATCHING FEATURE
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180051502A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-22

    申请号:US15674988

    申请日:2017-08-11

    Abstract: A power door actuation system for a vehicle door includes a power-operated presenter assembly fixed to one of the vehicle door and vehicle body and an auxiliary latch assembly fixed to the other one of the vehicle door and vehicle body. A latched relationship is maintained between the vehicle door and the vehicle body when the presenter assembly moves the door between a closed position and a deployed position.

    Rotary gear train assembly for increasing hard stop motor travel

    公开(公告)号:US11598401B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US17185114

    申请日:2021-02-25

    Abstract: A gear arrangement comprising: a housing having a gear axis and a housing stop, the housing stop having a first and second abutment; a rotatable member mounted on the gear axis having a first side having a first stop and a second having a second stop, the first stop is positioned between the first abutment and the second abutment; and a gear mounted on the gear axis having a first gear side, and a second gear side having a gear stop, the gear stop is engageable and disengageable with the second stop during rotation of the gear about the gear axis, the rotatable member positioned between the housing and the gear; wherein said rotation of the gear is hindered while the gear stop and the second stop are engaged when the first stop enters into engagement with either the first abutment or the second abutment.

    CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR THE CLOSURE LATCH ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:US20220282530A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17684976

    申请日:2022-03-02

    Abstract: A closure latch assembly, operable in one of a normal operating mode and an emergency mode, has a power release motor, a ratchet and a pawl, with the ratchet being moveable between a striker capture position and a striker release position and the pawl being moveable between a ratchet holding position, whereat ratchet is maintained in the striker capture position, and a ratchet release position, whereat ratchet is biased toward the striker release position. The power release motor is configured to operate using primary control signals received from a primary controller external to closure latch assembly during the normal operating mode of closure latch assembly and to operate using secondary control signals received from a secondary controller internal to closure latch assembly during the emergency operating mode of closure latch assembly and not operate using the secondary control signals received from secondary controller during the normal operating mode.

    Isolated fixing system for actuators

    公开(公告)号:US11345220B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US16279171

    申请日:2019-02-19

    Abstract: An isolated fixing system for attaching an actuator to a vehicle door including an actuator fixing clip having a head portion, an engagement portion, and a guide portion, an isolation grommet with a flange and a receiving portion configured to engage the fixing clip, and a receiver integrated with the actuator to secure the actuator to a vehicle. The system may include an actuator fixing clip, a head portion, an engagement portion, and a guide portion of the actuator fixing clip that may be configured to engage an opening in a vehicle door and that, when inserted into the vehicle door, may be rotatable via the head portion from an unlocked position to a locked position, fixing the actuator to the vehicle door.

    Power door with toothed rod crank mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US10801245B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-10-13

    申请号:US16161592

    申请日:2018-10-16

    Inventor: Francesco Cumbo

    Abstract: A power swing door actuator configured for use in a power door actuation system in a motor vehicle having a vehicle door pivotably connected to a vehicle body for movement along a swing path between open and closed positions is provided. The power swing door actuator includes a power-operated drive mechanism connected to the vehicle door with a rotary driven member configured for rotation in response to selective actuation of the power-operated drive mechanism. An elongate rack pivotably connected to the vehicle body and the rotary driven member is maintained in engagement with the rack via a retention member. Rotational movement of the rotary driven member in a first direction causes the vehicle door to move in an opening direction, while rotational movement of the rotary driven member in a second direction causes the vehicle door to move in a closing direction.

    Vehicular closure latch assembly having double pawl latch mechanism

    公开(公告)号:US10745948B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-18

    申请号:US15615467

    申请日:2017-06-06

    Inventor: Francesco Cumbo

    Abstract: A door latch assembly equipped with a single ratchet-double pawl latching arrangement having a ratchet, a primary pawl and a secondary pawl. The primary pawl is configured to include a first or primary lug and a second or secondary lug, with each lug having a distinct profile to respectively provide an eccentric backout characteristic and a concentric backout characteristic in relation to the ratchet.

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