Rotating latch lock
AssigneeFlexngate Automotive Iberica, S.A.
InventorsMar Saravia Terricabras, Ramon Jalle Diaz
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AssigneeFlexngate Automotive Iberica, S.A.
InventorsMar Saravia Terricabras, Ramon Jalle Diaz
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A rotating latch lock having a rotatable latch retaining a closing anchor and a rotatable pawl. The lock including a transmission mechanism for moving a movable arm of the pawl towards a latch release position. The movable arm of the pawl has a flange with a distal end supported on a surface of the latch adjacent to the edge thereof, temporarily bending the flange when the latch is in a closed position retained by the pawl. The length of the flange is such that its distal end slides on the mentioned smooth surface of the latch when the movable arm of the pawl is moved to push the pawl to a release position, and is released from the latch, automatically recovering its stable form, being supported against the edge of the latch and preventing the return of the movable arm and therefore of the pawl to a closed position.
A rotating latch lock, the lock being of the types comprising a latch rotating between at least one closed position suitable for retaining a closing anchor, and another open position which releases the anchor, stressed by a first spring in the release direction, and a pawl also rotating between a locked position, in which it retains the latch in the closed position, and another release position, in which it does not interfere with the rotation of the mentioned latch, the pawl being subjected to the action of a second spring which pushes it to the closed position, the lock further comprising transmission means suitable for moving a movable arm of the pawl in a direction transmitting a movement to the pawl from the closed position to the release position thereof, the movable arm being linked with the pawl such that the angular position of the movable arm acts as a stop for stopping the rotation of the pawl towards the locked position, wherein the movable arm of the pawl comprises a flange the distal end of which is supported on a smooth surface of the latch adjacent to the edge thereof, temporarily bending the flange when the latch is in its closed position retained by the pawl, and in that the length of the flange is such that its distal end slides on the mentioned smooth surface of the latch when the movable arm of the pawl is moved to push the pawl to its release position, and is released from the latch, automatically recovering its stable form, being supported against the edge (6a) of the latch and preventing the return of the movable arm and therefore of the pawl to its closed position as a result of the second spring.
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