Vehicle door latch, associated vehicle door and associated method

Abstract

A vehicle door latch includes an engagement mechanism for engaging with a striker, an electric release mechanism including an electric release motor and being arranged for actuating the engagement mechanism from a closed position wherein the striker is retained by the engagement mechanism and an open position wherein the striker is released. The vehicle door latch includes an additional electric release mechanism acting in parallel to the electric release mechanism and including an additional electric release motor. The additional electric release mechanism displaces an element of the electric release mechanism or of the engagement mechanism to provide an additional force to actuate the engagement mechanism towards its open position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.