Patent ID: 11959313
Assignee: MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F  Y | IPC E  F

Claim 1:
2. A latch assembly for an access door of a storage compartment in a vehicle, the latch assembly comprising:
a locking bar comprising a slide cam, the locking bar configured to be movable into (i) an engaged configuration with the storage compartment, which enables the access door to be placed and held into a closed position and (ii) a disengaged configuration with the storage compartment, which permits the access door to be placed into an opened position; and
a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator comprising a support structure attached at the access door, the locking bar to be movably guided in the support structure, the locking bar being connected to an SMA wire held in the support structure, the SMA wire being electrically connected to an electrical power supply, the slide cam of the locking bar interacting with an electrical switch fixed at the support structure switching off an electric current provided to the SMA actuator when the slide cam engages with the electrical switch, wherein when electrically energized, the SMA actuator is configured to move the locking bar into the disengaged configuration with the storage compartment and permit the access door of the storage compartment to open.