Patent ID: 7731250

Claim:
An electromechanical latch having a pawl for engaging a striker, comprising: a housing having a first and second portions; wherein said pawl is mounted to and is operable within said second housing portion between a first latching and second unlatched positions, wherein said pawl is biased to said first position; an electromotive assembly mounted in said first housing portion and including a motor operatively connected to a gear having a mounting surface; a cam having a mounting surface connected to said gear mounting surface and rotated therewith, said cam having an engaging surface, opposed to said gear mounting surface, being engageable with said pawl to move said pawl to said second position; and a circuit connected to control said electromotive assembly operation; wherein said second housing portion is interchangeably mountable with respect to said first housing portion in any one of several different mounting combinations of rotational orientation by having said cam is interchangeably mountable with respect to said gear in any one of several different mounting combinations of rotational orientation whereof said cam is mounted on said gear in one said orientation.