Vehicle door latch
AssigneeMinebea AccessSolutions France
InventorsJean-Philippe HOCHART, Gregoire BIDAUT, Etienne THOLLON-POMMEROL
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Abstract
A vehicle door latch including a claw with a first and a second catching surfaces and able to rotate, a pivoting pawl to abut against the claw, and a pawl lever mobile from a rest position to at least one opening position. The vehicle door latch also includes a stopper to interact with the pawl lever and to block a movement of the pawl lever when reaching a first opening position, the claw being in an intermediate position such that the pawl can engage the second catching surface, and a declutch mechanism to cause a motion of the stopper allowing the movement of the pawl lever to reach a second opening position beyond the first opening position such that the pawl disengages the claw.
Claims17
1-16. (canceled)
A vehicle door latch, comprising:
- a claw configured to rotate and to engage with a striker of the vehicle door;
- a pivoting pawl configured to abut against said claw to prevent a rotation of said claw;
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- a pawl lever configured to pivot said pawl, mobile from a rest position to at least one opening position,
- wherein said claw comprises first and second catching surfaces, and is configured to rotate at least between:
- a closed position wherein the pawl abuts against the first catching surface,
- an intermediate position wherein the pawl abuts against the second catching surface, and
- an open position wherein the pawl disengages the claw,
- the vehicle door latch further comprises a stopper configured to interact with the pawl lever and to block a movement of the pawl lever when reaching a first opening position, the claw being in the intermediate position such that the pawl can engage the second catching surface, and
- wherein the vehicle door latch further comprises a declutch mechanism configured to cause a motion of the stopper allowing the movement of the pawl lever to reach a second opening position beyond the first opening position such that the pawl disengages the claw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.