Patent ID: 9644404
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: E05B

Claim:
1. An adjustable cinching striker assembly for installation on a vehicle, the adjustable striker assembly comprising: a mounting frame for selectively mounting the adjustable striker assembly to the vehicle; a striker moveably coupled to the mounting frame; a motor coupled to the striker for driving a cinching of the striker with respect to the mounting frame from an uncinched position to a cinched position along a cinching direction; and a link coupled to the mounting frame and operable to guide movement of a cinching mechanism between the motor and the striker, wherein the link is adjustable relative to the mounting frame by an adjustment mechanism, wherein the adjustment mechanism includes a lead screw, and the link is provided with a nut engaged with the lead screw as a follower such that the position of the link is adjusted in response to rotation of the lead screw, and wherein the cinched position of the striker is independently adjustable with respect to the mounting frame separately from and without cinching the striker between the uncinched position and the cinched position.