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.

    Electrical vehicle latch
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10329807B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-25

    申请号:US15168376

    申请日:2016-05-31

    摘要: An electrical vehicle latch including a support assembly, a releasable closure mechanism carried by the support assembly and adapted to releasably engage a striker, an electrically-operated actuator assembly carried by the support assembly and which can be selectively activated to release the closure mechanism from the striker or to lock the closure mechanism in a condition of engagement with the striker, and an electrical control unit having a printed circuit board for controlling operation of the actuator assembly. The support assembly including a first support body carrying at least a ratchet of the closure mechanism in a position parallel to a first plane (P1), and a second support body carrying at least the printed circuit board in a position parallel to a second plane (P2) transvere to the first plane (P1).

    ELECTRICAL VEHICLE LATCH
    10.
    发明申请
    ELECTRICAL VEHICLE LATCH 审中-公开
    电动车锁

    公开(公告)号:US20160273246A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US15168376

    申请日:2016-05-31

    摘要: An electrical vehicle latch including a support assembly, a releasable closure mechanism carried by the support assembly and adapted to releasably engage a striker, an electrically-operated actuator assembly carried by the support assembly and which can be selectively activated to release the closure mechanism from the striker or to lock the closure mechanism in a condition of engagement with the striker, and an electrical control unit having a printed circuit board for controlling operation of the actuator assembly. The support assembly including a first support body carrying at least a ratchet of the closure mechanism in a position parallel to a first plane (P1), and a second support body carrying at least the printed circuit board in a position parallel to a second plane (P2) transvere to the first plane (P1).

    摘要翻译: 一种电动车辆闩锁,其包括支撑组件,由所述支撑组件承载并适于可释放地接合撞针的可释放闭合机构,由所述支撑组件承载的电动操作致动器组件,并且可被选择性地启动以将所述闭合机构从所述 或者在与撞击器接合的状态下将闭合机构锁定,以及具有用于控制致动器组件的操作的印刷电路板的电气控制单元。 所述支撑组件包括在平行于第一平面(P1)的位置上承载所述闭合机构的至少棘轮的第一支撑体,以及至少在平行于第二平面的位置承载所述印刷电路板的第二支撑体( P2)过渡到第一平面(P1)。