Patent ID: 8465062

Claim:
A latch for a passenger door of a motor vehicle having a slide bolt that is biased toward an extended position to latchingly engage a strike formation to hold the passenger door closed, having a first operating element that engages a first formation of the slide bolt and can be turned to move the slide bolt to a retracted position, having a second operating element that engages a second formation of the slide bolt and can be turned to retract the slide bolt to the retracted position, and having a retainer that engages the second operating element when the second operating element has moved the slide bolt to the retracted position to thereby retain the slide bolt in the retracted position, wherein the slide bolt is translatably supported for movement along a path of travel that extends through opposed walls of a housing of the latch and opposite end regions of the slide bolt are movable through openings defined by the opposed walls, and wherein the housing includes first and second housing elements between which extend posts located along opposite sides of the path of travel and engageable with opposed surfaces of the slide bolt to guide movement of the slide bolt along the travel path.