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US 10,704,300 B2Granted
Device and method for locking a motor vehicle door closed in response to a side impact
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMuhsin M. Hamdoon, Marwan Ahmad Elbkaily, Yalla Mussa Abushawashi, Bruce Richard Ghastin, Daniel Carl Bejune
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Abstract
A locking device is provided for a motor vehicle door. The locking device includes a body having a base, a stake, a lever, a gusset and a rotational axis. A method of locking a motor vehicle door closed in response to a side impact is also provided.
Claims14
A locking device for a motor vehicle door, comprising:
- a body including a base, a stake, a lever and a rotational axis;
- an acute included angle between said stake and said lever;
- and
- a gusset between said stake and said lever to reinforce the body across the acute included angle.
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A method of locking a motor vehicle door closed in response to a side impact, comprising:
- mounting a locking device to a door outer panel, said locking device including a stake and a lever;
- piercing a rocker panel with a pointed distal end of said stake;
- contacting a door inner panel with said lever;
- and
- rotating said locking device so as to lock said door outer panel to said rocker panel by means of said locking device.
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A method of locking a motor vehicle door closed in response to a side impact, comprising:
- piercing a rocker panel with a locking device carried on said motor vehicle door;
- rotating said locking device to lock said motor vehicle door to said rocker panel;
- driving a pointed distal end of a stake of said locking device through said rocker panel by means of force generated by said side impact;
- and
- contacting a lever of said locking device with a door inner panel by means of said force generated by said side impact.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.