Vehicle Lock Strike
AssigneeKason Industries, Inc.
InventorsBrett A. Mitchell, Thomas A. Thorsen
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Abstract
A vehicle lock strike (11) is disclosed for use with a latch (10) for a vehicle sliding door. The latch includes a two pivoting latch bar (16) having at least one pawl (19) with a stop surface (23). The lock strike includes a main plate (31) having a locking wall (33) with a L-shaped tang (35) which has an inwardly facing catch surface (36), a top surface (37), and an outwardly facing gap surface (38). The lock strike also includes a second plate (41) coupled to the locking wall having a top end surface (47), and an inwardly facing catch surface (48). A gap (50) is created between the tang and the second plate to receive a lower portion of the pawl. The top of the second plate is positioned higher than the top of the locking wall.
Claims12
A combination vehicle ck strike and latch comprising,
- a latch having a housing adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, the latch also having a handle and at least one reciprocally moving latch bar having a generally vertically reciprocating and downwardly extending pawl, and
- a lock strike having a main plate including at least a stationary locking wall and a stationary second plate positioned in close proximity to said locking wall, said stationary locking wall having a select vertical height and a catch surface configured to lockably abut said latch pawl when said latch pawl is in a locked position, said second plate having a select vertical height greater than said select vertical height of said locking wall and a catch surface configured to lockably abut said latch pawl when said latch pawl is in a semi-locked position.
A vehicle lock strike for a latch having a reciprocally moving latch bar having a generally vertically reciprocating and downwardly extending pawl with a stop surface, the vehicle lock strike comprising,
- main plate including a stationary locking wall having a select vertical height and a catch surface adapted to abut said pawl stop surface with the pawl in a first locked position, and
- a stationary second plate positioned closely adjacent to said locking wall and having a select vertical height greater than said select vertical height of said locking wall and a catch surface adapted to abut said pawl stop surface with the pawl in a second locked position,
- whereby the latch lockably abuts the locking wall in a first position and to lockably abuts the second plate in a second position.
A vehicle lock strike for a latch having a latch bar having a downwardly extending pivoting pawl, the vehicle lock strike comprising,
- a stationary main plate including a stationary locking wall with a first vertical catch surface configured to lockably abut said the latch pawl, and
- a stationary second plate mounted to said locking wall, said second plate being spaced from said locking wall to form a gap therebetween configured to receive a portion of the pawl and having a second vertical catch surface configured to lockably abut the latch pawl when the pawl is positioned within said gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.