Patent ID: 6435575
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle door latch having a forkbolt that moves between a latched position and an unlatched position, a detent for holding the forkbolt in the latched position, a release mechanism for moving the detent to a position releasing the forkbolt, a lock mechanism for disabling the release mechanism, an intermittent lever attached to the detent for moving the detent to the position releasing the forkbolt, and characterized by a power operated unlatching mechanism for moving the detent to the position releasing the forkbolt, the power operated unlatching mechanism comprising:a power unlatching lever moveable from a rest position to an unlatch position for moving the detent to the position releasing the forkbolt without the necessity of moving the intermittent lever attached to the detent, a motor driven actuator for moving the power unlatching lever back and forth between the rest position and the unlatch position, the detent having a lateral pin, the intermittent lever engaging the lateral pin for moving the detent to the position releasing the forkbolt, and the power unlatching lever engaging the lateral pin to move the detent to the position releasing the forkbolt.