V-link release mechanism for automobile door latches
US5584516A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 27, 1995 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 27, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T292/57
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A vehicle door is provided including a latching mechanism carried by the door constructed and arranged to move between an unlatched relation with a door opening catch and a latched relation with the door opening catch. The latching mechanism includes a movable releasing component constructed and arranged to be in a latching position within the door structure when the latching mechanism is in latched relation with the door opening catch and to be moved from the latching position in a generally downward direction into a releasing position to move the latching mechanism into unlatched relation with the door opening catch. A motion-transmitting assembly is disposed within a space defined by the door to transmit a manual motion of an external door handle to downward motion of the movable releasing component. The motion transmitting assembly is constructed and arranged so that an accidental forward deformation of the door defining the space, sufficient to displace the motion-transmitting assembly, will displace an interconnection with the movable releasing component generally upwardly so that the latching mechanism remains in its latched relation with the door opening catch.
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