Patent ID: 6474706
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: E05B,G01N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Vehicle door latch mechanism including a main actuating lever operable by an exterior handle of the door and/or a remotely controlled power actuator in use to release the mechanism for opening the door, an inside release lever operable by an interior handle of the door in use; and a child safety facility having setting means inaccessible when the door is closed for selectively enabling and disabling drive connection of the inside release lever with the main actuating lever: characterised in that said facility includes a drive dog slidingly engaged with an arm of one of said levers for movement longitudinally thereof between a driven position at which it co-acts with an arm of the other of said levers to transmit drive from the inside release lever to the main actuating lever and a disabling portion at which it is clear of the latter arm, and a setting element linked to the dog for effecting said movement and operatively positioned so as to be accessible only when the door is open, wherein the dog comprises a slide block carried on an arm of the main actuating lever, and the inside release lever is pivoted for movement in a plane normal to the plane of the latter arm.