Patent ID: 8382168
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: E05B,E05C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latching system for securing a first member in a closed position relative to a second member, the first member being movable between the closed position and an open position relative to the second member, the latching system comprising: a latch mechanism capable of being selectively placed in a latched configuration and an unlatched configuration; a motor drive located remotely from said latch mechanism; a Bowden cable connecting said motor drive to said latch mechanism, wherein said motor drive is capable of selectively operating said latch mechanism via said cable so as to place said latch mechanism in said unlatched configuration and thereby allow the first member to move from the closed position toward an open position relative to the second member, and wherein said motor drive comprises: a motor drive housing; a motor supported by said motor drive housing; a motor drive bar supported for rectilinear motion by said motor drive housing, said cable being attached to said motor drive bar at an end of said cable distal from said latch mechanism; transmission means for transmitting motive force from said motor to said motor drive bar, wherein energizing said motor causes said motor drive bar to move toward a retracted position and thereby pull said cable.