Vehicle latch with interchangeable switch cam lever with lost motion and interchangeable switch cam lever
AssigneeInteva Products, LLC
InventorsDaniel Alexander Ney, Donald Michael Perkins
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Abstract
A vehicle latch assembly, including: a pawl pivotally mounted to the vehicle latch assembly; a claw pivotally mounted to the vehicle latch assembly; a switch cam lever; a first switch; a second switch, the switch cam lever has a first cam profile configured to engage the first switch and a second cam profile configured to engage the second switch, the first cam profile engaging the first switch; and wherein the second cam profile engages the second switch when the vehicle latch assembly is in a secondary position.
Claims19
A vehicle latch assembly, comprising:
- a pawl pivotally mounted to the vehicle latch assembly;
- a claw pivotally mounted to the vehicle latch assembly for rotation about a first axis;
- a switch cam lever rotatably mounted to the vehicle latch assembly for rotation about a second axis, the first axis being parallel to and offset from the second axis;
- a first switch;
- a second switch, the switch cam lever has a first cam profile configured to engage the first switch and a second cam profile configured to engage the second switch, the first cam profile engaging the first switch when the latch assembly is in an open position;
- and the second cam profile engages the second switch when the vehicle latch assembly is in a secondary position.
A method of actuating switches of a vehicle latch assembly, comprising:
- pivotally mounting a pawl to the vehicle latch assembly;
- pivotally mounting a claw to the vehicle latch assembly for rotation about a first axis;
- pivotally mounting a switch cam lever to the vehicle latch assembly for rotation about a second axis, the first axis being parallel to and offset from the second axis;
- engaging a first switch with a first cam profile of the switch cam lever and engaging a second switch with a second cam profile as the switch cam lever pivots;
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- wherein the second cam profile engages the second switch when the vehicle latch assembly is in a secondary position and movement of the switch cam lever is facilitated by a post mounted to the claw that slides within a slot of the switch cam lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.