Patent ID: 8562033

Claim:
A door latch for a vehicle door, comprising: a ratchet movable between a closed position for holding a striker, and an open position; a pawl movable between a ratchet locking position wherein the pawl holds the ratchet in the closed position, and a ratchet release position wherein the pawl permits the ratchet to move to the open position; a release lever movable between a rest position and a pawl release position; a lock link movable between an engagement position and a disengagement position, wherein in the engagement position the lock link is positioned to transfer movement of the release lever to the pawl release position into movement of the pawl to the ratchet release position, and wherein in the disengagement position the lock link does not transfer movement of the release lever to the pawl release position into movement of the pawl to the ratchet release position; a double lock lever movable between a double locking position wherein the double lock lever prevents movement of the lock link out of the disengagement position, and an un-double locking position wherein the double lock lever permits movement of the lock link to the engagement position; and a double lock override lever movable between a first position wherein the double lock override lever prevents the double lock lever from being in the double locking position, and a second position wherein the double lock lever is movable to the double locking position, wherein the ratchet has a double lock override control surface that rotates in a fixed relationship with the ratchet that is positioned to move the double lock override lever to the first position when the ratchet moves to the open position.