Patent ID: 6050620
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle door latch having a locking mechanism and a latching mechanism comprising:the locking mechanism including an intermittent lever for unlatching the door that moves between a locked position and an unlocked position and that moves between a latched position and an unlatched position when in the unlocked position,the latching mechanism including an unlatching lever that moves between a latching position and an unlatched position and a transfer member that is moveably mounted on the unlatching lever,the transfer member engaging the intermittent lever and moving the intermittent lever to the unlatched position when the unlatching lever is moved to the unlatched position and the intermittent lever is in the unlocked positionthe transfer member bypassing the intermittent lever when unlatching lever is moved to the unlatched position and the intermittent lever is in the locked position, andthe intermittent lever engaging and moving the transfer member when the intermittent lever is moved to the unlocked position and the unlatching lever is in the unlatching position whereby the door latch may be unlocked with the unlatching lever held in the unlatching position.