Patent ID: 6076868
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A power operated vehicle compartment latch comprising:a support that is adapted for fastening to a closure,a fork bolt that moves between an open position and a closed position,a detent lever that moves between a detent position and a release position, the detent lever retaining the fork bolt in the closed position when in the detent position and releasing the fork bolt for return to the open position when in the release position,a one-piece stop lever that moves between a stop position and a by-pass position,a motor mounted on the support,a wheel that rotates on the support and that is driven by the motor, the wheel carrying an eccentric member that moves in a circular path as the wheel rotates,the fork bolt moving the stop lever from the stop position to the by-pass position when the fork bolt is moved from the open position to the closed position so as to move a stop tab of the stop lever out of the path of travel of the eccentric member, so that the eccentric member bypasses the stop tab and moves the detent lever to the release position when the fork bolt is in the closed position and the motor is energized to unlatch the compartment latch, andthe stop lever returning to the stop position when the compartment latch is unlatched so that the stop tab is engaged by the eccentric member to stall the motor.