Latching plate especially for automobile doors
US4166646A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 17, 1977 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/57
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A latching plate, especially for automobile doors, characterized by a multifunction principal lever which can pivot, about an axis fixed to a support, either in a first direction in order to lock the latch, whether under the action of an external locking bolt or under the action of an internal control lever, or in a second direction, opposite to the first, in order to unlock the latch and open the door under the reverse action of the internal control lever or the bolt, or even in order to unlock the latch automatically by slamming the door on closing it.
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