Vehicle door latch

A vehicle latch, comprising:

• a drive assembly, wherein the drive assembly includes a power release gear, a reset lever secured to one side of the power release gear and a gear lock lever located on an opposite side of the power release gear, the gear lock lever rotatably mounted to the power release gear and the reset lever;
• a switch link operably coupled to the gear lock lever;
• an over center spring configured to be moved between a first position wherein the over center spring provides a first biasing force in a first direction to the switch link and a second position wherein the over center spring provides a second biasing force in a second direction to the switch link, the first direction being opposite to the second direction;
• a clutch mechanism operably coupling the switch link to the reset lever;
• a motor operably coupled to the drive assembly via a worm secured to a shaft of the motor, wherein rotation of the drive assembly by the worm performs one of a locking function and a power release of the vehicle latch, wherein the gear lock lever has an upper tab member operably coupled to the switch link, the switch link being movably mounted to an actuator housing of the vehicle latch and the upper tab member is received within an opening of the switch link.

A vehicle latch, comprising:

• a drive assembly, wherein the drive assembly includes a power release gear, a reset lever secured to one side of the power release gear and a gear lock lever located on an opposite side of the power release gear, the gear lock lever rotatably mounted to the power release gear and the reset lever;
• a switch link operably coupled to the gear lock lever;
• an over center spring configured to be moved between a first position wherein the over center spring provides a first biasing force in a first direction to the switch link and a second position wherein the over center spring provides a second biasing force in a second direction to the switch link, the first direction being opposite to the second direction;
• a clutch mechanism operably coupling the switch link to the reset lever;
• and
• a motor operably coupled to the drive assembly via a worm secured to a shaft of the motor, wherein rotation of the drive assembly by the worm performs one of a locking function and a power release of the vehicle latch, wherein the reset lever has a cam feature that is configured to engage complimentary cam features of the power release gear such that the reset lever can be secured to the power release gear and the cam feature of the reset lever has crush ribs that allows the reset lever to be interference fit into the power release gear and the reset lever has another cam feature provided on an opposite side of the reset lever with respect to the cam feature, the another cam feature contacting the clutch mechanism.