Latch for a vehicle door

A door latch for a door of a vehicle, the door latch comprising:

• a slider spring (10a);
• a spring perch (10b), having a spring perch member (10c) for providing a stop for the slider spring, the spring perch (10b) also having protruding anchor members (10d);
• a plurality of fasteners (12);
• a cover plate (10e), having apertures adapted for receiving one or more of the fasteners (12) for attaching the door latch (10) to the door (14), the cover plate (10e) also having apertures adapted for receiving the anchor members (10d) of the spring perch (10b);
• a pin (11a);
• a control rod (11b) having an upper end and a lower end, the lower end coupled to the door handle of the vehicle door;
• a slider block (10f), having an aperture adapted for holding the slider spring (10a) and for receiving the spring perch member (10c), the slider block (10f) also having an aperture (10g) adapted for receiving the pin (11a) coupling the slider block (10f) to the upper end of the control rod (11b), the slider block (10f) also having a cutout portion adapted for receiving the control rod (11b) and disposed so that the pin (11a) passes through the cutout portion, the slider block (10f) also having two control link apertures (10j), the control link apertures located on opposite sides of the slider block (10f), each control link aperture (10j) opening into the aperture adapted for holding the slider spring (10a);
• a control link dowel pin (10r);
• a swivel dowel pin (10t);
• a tongue (10k), provided as a body formed so as to have a substantially planar strike face (10m) and a curved catch face (10n) meeting at an apex portion (10p) of the tongue (10k), and having an aperture (10q) proximate to the catch face (10n) adapted for receiving the control link dowel pin (10r), the tongue (10k) also having an aperture (10s) proximate the strike face (10m) adapted for receiving the swivel dowel pin (10t), the tongue (10k) further having a cavity (10u) aligned with and encompassing a portion of the aperture proximate the strike face (10m);
• a torsion spring (10v) having two arms and disposed within the cavity (10u), the torsion spring (10v) also having a coiled portion pierced by the swivel dowel pin (10t) and oriented so as to urge a pivoting of the tongue (10k) about the swivel dowel pin (10t) in a direction away from the slider block (10f) by one arm pushing against the cover plate (10e) and the other arm pushing against a surface of the tongue (10k);
• two slider dowel pins (10x);
• two elongated control links (10w), each elongated control link having an aperture at an uppermost end and also at a lowermost end, the two control links (10w) disposed on opposite sides of the slider block (10f), each elongated control link (10w) coupled to the slider block (10f) via a respective one of the slider dowel pins (10x) extending from a respective one of the lowermost apertures into the proximate slider block aperture (10j), wherein each control link (10w) is also coupled to the tongue (10k) via the control link dowel pin (10r) extending out from both sides of the tongue (10k) into the uppermost apertures of the control links (10w);
• and
• two side blocks (10y), each side block (10y) having apertures (10z) adapted for receiving a respective one or more of the fasteners (12) for attaching the door latch (10) to the door, the side blocks (10y) disposed on opposite sides of the slider block (10f), and each side block (10y) having an aperture (10z) adapted for receiving the swivel dowel pin (10t) on which the tongue (10k) swivels relative to the two side blocks (10y).