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US 4,165,112 AGranted
Motor-vehicle door latch
AssigneeArn. Kiekert Sohne
InventorFrank Kleefeldt
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Abstract
A motor-vehicle door latch has an eye-type bolt formed of a U-section piece of sheet steel and having upper and lower sides tapered to each other. A latch housing mounted on the motor-vehicle door has an elastomeric guide forming an upwardly seat having a pair of relatively inclined sides that can fit complementarily over the bolt. A locking fork is pivotal in this latch housing to engage through a vertically throughgoing hole in the bolt and hold it tightly in place.
Claims10
A motor-vehicle door latch comprising:
- a latch housing mountable on a motor-vehicle door;
- at least one elastomeric guide in said housing forming therein an outwardly opening and outwardly flared seat having a pair of relatively inclined sides;
- a locking fork pivotal in said housing between a freeing position clear of said seat and a locking position extending at least partially across said seat;
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- a bolt mountable on a motor-vehicle doorpost and formed of a U-section metal plate having a pair of legs inclined like said sides toward each other inwardly toward said housing and a bight joining said legs, said bolt being snugly fittable within said seat with said legs snugly engaging said sides, at least one of said sides being formed with a recess in which said fork is engageable in said locking position.
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