Vehicle compartment latch

A vehicle compartment latch comprising:

• a support that is adapted for fastening to a closure, a fork bolt that is attached to the support for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position, the fork bolt being spring biased toward the disengaged position,
• a detent lever that is attached to the support for movement between a detent position and a release position, the detent lever being spring biased toward the detent position and retaining the fork bolt in the latched position when in the detent position, the detent lever releasing the fork bolt for return to the unlatched position when in the release position,
• a detent lock-out that is attached to the support for movement between a disengaged position and an engaged position, the block-out holding the detent lever in the release position when in the engaged position, and
• the detent lock-out including a striker position lever that is attached to the support and spring biased toward the disengaged position, and a detent pawl that is attached is to the striker position lever for movement between a cocked position and the engaged position with respect to the striker position lever where the detent pawl holds the detent lever in the release position, the detent pawl being spring biased toward the disengaged position and toward the cocked position with respect to the striker position lever.

A vehicle compartment latch comprising:

• a support that is adapted for fastening to a closure,
• a fork bolt that is pivotally attached to the support for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position, the fork bolt being spring biased toward the disengaged position, the fork bolt having a latch shoulder and being adapted to receive a striker and retain the striker in the latched position,
• a detent lever that is pivotally attached to the support for movement between a detent position and a release position, the detent lever being spring biased toward the detent position and having a catch that engages the latch shoulder of the fork bolt to retain the fork bolt in the latched position when in the detent position, the detent lever releasing the fork bolt for return to the unlatched position when in the release position, and
• a detent lock-out for holding the detent lever in the release position that includes a bell crank lever and a detent pawl,
• the bell crank lever being pivotally attached to the support for movement between a disengaged position and an engaged position, and spring biased toward the disengaged position,
• the bell crank lever having an elongated arm that overlaps the fork bolt for pivoting the bell crank lever to the engaged position responsive to a striker being retained by the fork bolt, and a second arm,
• the detent pawl being pivotally attached to the second arm of the bell crank lever for movement between a disengaged position, an intermediate cocked position and an engaged position, the detent pawl being spring biased toward the disengaged position and toward the intermediate cocked position with respect to the bell crank lever,
• the detent pawl holding the detent lever in the release position when the bell crank lever is in its engaged position and the detent pawl is in its engaged position.