Motor vehicle door latch
AssigneeKiekert AG
InventorsRobert J. Hunt, William E. Burger
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is a motor vehicle door latch which is equipped with a locking mechanism (2, 3) predominantly consisting of a catch (2) and a pawl (3). Furthermore, a spring-impinged storage element (8) is provided for which maintains the pawl (3) in an elevated storage position during an opening process of the locking mechanism (2, 3) until the catch (2) is opened. According to the invention, the spring-impinged storage element (8) is formed as a leg spring (8) which is anchored in the latch with its one leg (8b) and with its other leg (8a) in the storage position maintains the pawl (3) in the elevated position and is braced on the catch (2) to this end.
Claims15
A motor vehicle door latch comprising:
- a locking mechanism having a catch moveable between a closed position and an open position, and a pawl that is engaged against the catch when in the closed position, wherein when the catch moves from the closed position toward the open position, the pawl is moveable toward an elevated storage position in which the pawl is disengaged from the catch;
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- a spring-impinged storage element which holds the pawl in the elevated storage position until the catch is fully moved to the open position, wherein the spring-impinged storage element is formed as a leg spring having a stationary leg which is anchored and held stationary in the latch, the leg spring having a latch leg that engages and braces the pawl to hold the pawl in the elevated storage position and is engageable by the catch to release the pawl from the latch leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.