Patent ID: 7261338

Claim:
A latch mechanism comprising: a claw rotatable between a latched position and an unlatched position; an actuator motor; and a toggle link including: a first member, a second member, wherein the first member is attached to the second member at a joint, one of the first member and the second member of the toggle link interacts with the claw to rotate the claw between the unlatched position and the latched position, and the other of the first member and the second member of the toggle link is driven by the actuator motor, an offset from a line between distal ends of the first member and the second member and the joint, and a pawl for engaging the claw when the claw is in the latched position, a member for disengaging the pawl from the claw as the offset of the toggle link increases; and a system for controlling the offset including an electromagnet and an armature attached to a portion of the latch mechanism, wherein the portion of the latch mechanism controls the offset so as to direct motion from the actuator motor to the claw when the electromagnet is energized.