Patent ID: 7261335

Claim:
A latching assembly for a side door of a motor vehicle having an electrical system, an electric power source and a pawl used to unlatch the side door, said latching assembly comprising: a housing fixedly secured to the side door for securing said latch assembly thereto; a primary motor fixedly secured to said housing and electrically connected to the electric power source through the electrical system to receive electricity from the electric power source and to convert the electricity into a rotational force; a lever operatively connected to said primary motor to receive said rotational force and to translate said rotational force into linear movement of said lever from a first position to a second position thereby moving the pawl from a latch position to an unlatch position; a spring for biasing said lever toward said first position allowing said pawl to reset to said latch position: a battery fixedly secured to said housing; a secondary motor fixedly secured to said housing and electrically connected to said battery, to receive electricity from the battery and to convert the electricity into a secondary force to move the pawl to the unlatch position when said primary motor is disconnected from the electric power source; and a bellcrank engaging said lever and operatively connected to said secondary motor to receive said secondary force and to translate said secondary force into pivotal movement of said bellcrank from an initial position to a rotated position thereby moving the pawl from said latch position to said unlatch position and said lever from said first position to said second position, whereat said spring biases said lever toward said first position and said bellcrank toward said initial position allowing said pawl to reset to said latch position after said secondary motor terminates said secondary force.