Latch assembly and striker
AssigneeArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd.
InventorSidney Edward Fisher
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Abstract
A latch bolt engages a striker to releaseably secure a first door to either a vehicle body or a second door by relative displacement of the latch towards the striker. The latch bolt moves in a first plane to releaseably retain the striker. The assembly includes a first vertical wedge arrangement and a second vertical wedge arrangement that substantially prevent movement between the latch and the striker in a direction parallel to the first plane when in a latched condition. The vertical wedge arrangements include first and second abutment surfaces on the striker arranged engage third and fourth complementary surfaces of the latch. The arrangements are provided laterally either side of a striker bar portion of the striker and laterally either side of the latch bolt.
Claims20
A latch assembly comprising:
- a latch including a mouth and a latch bolt moveable in a first plane, the mouth including a first wedge arrangement having a first abutment surface and a second abutment surface and the first wedge arrangement is provided laterally of the striker bar, wherein the latch is mountable to one of a first vehicle door and one of a vehicle body and a second vehicle door;
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- a striker including a striker bar and a second wedge arrangement having a third abutment surface and a fourth abutment surface, wherein the second wedge arrangement is provided laterally with respect to the latch bolt of the latch and the striker is mountable to the other of the first vehicle door and the other of the vehicle door and the second vehicle door, and wherein engagement of the latch bolt of the latch and the striker releasably secures the first vehicle door to the one of the vehicle body and the second vehicle door by relative displacement of the latch towards the striker, and wherein the first wedge arrangement and the second wedge arrangement prevent movement between the latch and the striker in a direction substantially parallel to the first plane when the latch assembly is in a latched condition, the first abutment surface and the second abutment surface engage the third abutment surface and the fourth abutment surface.
A latch assembly comprising:
- a latch including a mouth and a latch bolt moveable in a first plane, the mouth including a first abutment surface having a first region and a second abutment surface having a second region substantially parallel to the first region, wherein the latch is mountable to one of a first vehicle door and one of a vehicle body and a second vehicle door;
- a striker including a striker bar, a third abutment surface and a fourth abutment surface, wherein the striker is mountable to the other of the first vehicle door and the other of the vehicle body and the second vehicle door, and wherein engagement of the latch bolt of the latch and the striker releasably secures the first vehicle door to the one of the vehicle body and the second vehicle door by relative displacement of the latch towards the striker;
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- a vertical wedge arrangement to prevent movement between the latch and the striker in a direction substantially parallel to the first plane when the latch assembly is in the latched condition, and the first abutment surface and the second abutment surface engage the third abutment surface and the fourth abutment surface.
A striker for releasable securement to a latch including a latch bolt having a mouth, the striker comprising:
- a mounting portion;
- a striker bar to releasably retain the latch bolt;
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- a first planar surface and a second planar surface substantially parallel to the first planar surface and arranged to engage the mouth of the latch and to substantially prevent relative deflection perpendicular to a plane of the first planar surface and the second planar surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.