Latch assembly for opening and closing luggage room of vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd.
InventorsYong-Hyuck IM, Young-Hoon KO
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Abstract
A latch assembly for opening and closing a vehicle luggage room may include: a base installed on an end portion of an opening and closing member to open and close a vehicle luggage room; a power conversion member to convert the rotational force of a drive motor into a linear motion; a claw to grip and restrain the striker when the opening and closing member is closed; a pawl to inhibit the rotation of the claw so that the claw maintains a state of having the striker restrained; an error lever installed to rotate with the pawl and configured to rotate so that the pawl is separated from the claw; and a link member to rotate the claw so that the claw grips the striker, when the power conversion member makes the linear motion.
Claims17
A latch assembly for opening and closing a luggage room of a vehicle, the latch assembly comprising:
- a base installed on an end portion of an opening and closing member configured to open and close the luggage room of the vehicle, and having a striker fixed to a vehicle body;
- a power conversion member configured to convert a rotational force of a drive motor into a linear motion;
- a claw configured to grip and restrain the striker when the opening and closing member is closed;
- a pawl configured to inhibit rotation of the claw so that the claw maintains a state of having the striker restrained;
- an error lever installed to rotate with the pawl and configured to rotate so that the pawl is separated from the claw when the power conversion member makes the linear motion;
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- a link member configured to rotate the claw so that the claw grips the striker, when the power conversion member makes the linear motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.