Patent ID: 8141916

Claim:
A latch for an automotive door, comprising: a housing; a ratchet and pawl mounted to the housing, the ratchet and pawl cooperatively operable to move between an engaged position operable to hold a striker and a released position; a release lever, pivotally mounted to the housing, and having a slot; a lock link lever, the lock link lever having first and second ends, the first end being operatively coupled to the pawl and the second end being slidably retained in the release lever slot a lock lever pivotally mounted to the housing and operable to move between a locked and an unlocked position, the first end of the lock link lever being connected to the lock lever via a lost motion connection and moveable between a biased coupled position, wherein moving the lock lever between the locked and unlocked positions effects a corresponding movement in the lock link lever between its locked and unlocked position, and an uncoupled position, wherein the second end of the of lock link lever is in the locked position and moving the lock lever does not effect corresponding movement of the lock link lever to the unlocked position; a motor connected to the lock link lever via a gear system so that in response to a first state of an electrical signal the motor operatively decouples the first end of the lock link lever from the pawl and in respond to a second state of the electrical signal the motor does not interfere with the first end of the lock link.