Patent ID: 8235428
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock unit for a vehicle comprising: a rotatable catch biased in an opening direction about a catch rotation axis toward an open position of the lock unit in which a first recess of the catch is configured to receive a striker of the vehicle, the catch including a second recess disposed before the first recess in the opening direction; a pawl having a slot that is linearly elongated in a longitudinal direction, the pawl being rotatable about a fixed pawl pivot axis disposed in the slot, the pawl being biased toward the catch and including a blocking arm extending into the second recess of the catch while the lock unit is in a secondary latched position; and a ratchet having a blocking lever that abuts a stop of the pawl to maintain engagement of the pawl against the catch in a primary latched position of the lock unit, wherein the pawl moves linearly in the longitudinal direction of the slot as the lock unit is moved from the secondary latched position to the primary latched position opposite the opening direction of the catch.