Latch assembly
US8998272B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Apr 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
A latch assembly includes a chassis, a latch bolt movably mounted on the chassis and having a closed position for retaining a striker and an open position for releasing the striker, and a pawl having an engaged position at which the pawl is engaged with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position at which the pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt thereby allowing the latch bolt to move to the open position. The pawl is rotatably mounted via a pawl pivot pin about a pawl axis, and the pawl pivot pin includes a first arcuate portion having a first radius about the pawl axis. A cross-sectional area of the pawl pivot pin, taken perpendicular to the pawl axis, is greater than an area of a circle having the first radius.
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