Patent ID: 6565132
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
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, the detent lever having a release tab and a stop tab that is spaced from the release tab, a power unit mounted on the support, the power unit including a wheel that rotates on the support and that carries an eccentric post that moves in a circular path as the wheel rotates, and the release tab being in the circular path of the eccentric post and the stop tab being radially outward of the circular path of the eccentric post when the fork bolt is in the closed position and the detent lever is in the detent position, the eccentric post engaging and moving the release tab to move the detent lever to the release position so that the fork bolt can move to the open position when the wheel is rotated, and the detent lever moving the stop tab into the circular path of the eccentric post when the detent lever is moved to the release position, so that the eccentric post disengages the release tab and then engages the stop tab to stop the wheel.