| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 292200000 | Lever | 66 |
| 20080296914 | Door opening device for heavy construction equipment - A door opening device for heavy construction equipment is provided. The door opening device for heavy construction equipment is provided with a latch member rotating in a latch housing installed on one side of a door panel, and includes a latch control lever having a hinge part elastically supported on one side of an upper frame or a lower frame of a door, a handle extending from one side of the hinge part, and a yoke formed on the other side of the hinge part, the latch control lever forming a traction force on the yoke when the handle is rotated about the hinge part by an external force; a rotary shaft shaft-engaged with the latch member and having a swing part formed to extend to an outer side of the latch member, the rotary shaft rotating in a body with the latch member so that the latch member is released by the traction force of the latch control lever; and a traction cable having one end fixed to the yoke of the latch control lever and the other end connected to the swing part of the rotary shaft. Even if the assembly of the latch housing and the latch member closes the door on the door panel, the door can be easily opened using the traction force of the latch control lever on the upper part or the lower part of the door that can be easily accessed. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090108594 | Door Lock Apparatus for Vehicle - A door lock apparatus for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism engaged with and released from a striker, a first lever rotatably driven by a driving unit from a predetermined first initial position, a second lever operatively connected to the first lever and rotated from a predetermined second initial position and switching a state of the latch mechanism relative to the striker, a biasing member biasing the second lever to be returned to the second initial position, and an engagement portion provided at the first lever and releasing the second lever by thrusting the second lever in accordance with the rotational movement of the first lever returning to the first initial position from a constrained state where the second lever is constrained not to be returned to the second initial position after the second lever has changed the states of the latch mechanism. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090230702 | LATCH FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE HEADREST - A latch secures an element such as a motor-vehicle headrest for movement relative to a support between a rest position and an advanced position. A pivotal lever can hold the element in the rest position. A spring pushes the element into the advanced position and presses it against the lever so as to apply a torque to the lever that presses a latch formation on the lever against a retractile latch part of an actuator. If the actuator retracts the part, the lever is released and the lever can pivot to allow the spring to move the element into the advanced position. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20100171320 | Decklid Latch with Electromechanically Actuated Snowload Lever - A latch comprises a ratchet moveable between a latched position and a released position with the ratchet being biased to the released position. A pawl is moveable between a ratchet-engaged position in which the pawl checks the movement of the ratchet and a ratchet-disengaged position with the pawl being biased to the ratchet-engaged position. An electromechanical actuator has an output member for moving the pawl to the ratchet-disengaged position with the actuator output member moving between a start position and an end position and vice versa. A snowload lever is moveable between a pawl-disengaged position and a pawl-engaged position, wherein, in the pawl-engaged position, the snowload lever blocks the actuator output member from returning to the start position. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171321 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle door lock device is provided. The vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism, an inside lever, an inside open lever, a bushing, a child protector lever, and an intermediate lever. The inside lever is operable from a passenger compartment side of a vehicle and supported pivotally about a support pin arranged in the vehicle door. The intermediate lever includes a guide hole, which receives the support pin. When pushed by the child protector lever as the child protector lever pivots, the intermediate lever pushes the bushing while moving along the guide hole relative to the support pin and thereby moves the bushing to a position between the unset position and the set position. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100253095 | Vehicle Door Latch - The object of the present invention is a vehicle door latch, whose basic version contains a locking mechanism ( | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100320777 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH WITH MOTION RESTRICTION DEVICE PROHIBITING RAPID MOVEMENT OF OPENING LEVER - In a vehicle door latch, a motion restriction device is coupled to an auxiliary pawl that is connected to the pawl of a ratchet and pawl combination. The auxiliary pawl must be actuated by one or more release levers in order to actuate the pawl and release the ratchet from a striker-containing position and open the latch. Because the only criterion for selectively prohibiting movement of the auxiliary pawl is its speed, it is possible to prevent the latch from unintentionally opening in a crash situation regardless of the direction the inertial forces of the crash are applied to the latch or the release levers therein or the outside or inside handles. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110012375 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - A motor vehicle door lock comprising at least one lever ( | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110068588 | Draw latch with safety catch - A draw latch | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110101708 | PIVOT LEVER ACTUATION HAVING SAFETY DEVICE - A swivel lever actuating mechanism including a trough. The trough has a shoulder which pierces the fastening plane formed by the thin wall in the direction toward the other side of the thin wall. The trough also supports a drive shaft at which a hand lever with a projection is arranged which is swivelable out of the trough. First locking devices proceed from the trough or hand-lever-projection and cooperate with second locking devices. Independently acting locking devices are provided for the free end of the hand lever. A mechanical drive provided with a cam is arranged in the hand-lever-projection so that the cam moves the locking devices into the open or closed position when the mechanical drive is actuated. A pin with an electric drive is arranged in the trough so that the locking devices are moved into the closed or open position when the electric drive is actuated. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110169280 | LOCK UNIT HAVING A MULTI-PAWL LOCKING MECHANISM - The invention relates to a lock unit ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110198870 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - In a vehicle door, a latch engages with a striker and a ratchet engages with the latch, so that the door is closed. In a vehicle door latch device, an inside operating lever and a childproof lock mechanism are disposed between a cover and a casing. To connect the childproof lock mechanism to the casing, the inside operating lever is held in an assembling position and the childproof lock mechanism is held in its locking state or in its unlocking state. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110204659 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - A vehicle door latch assembly is disclosed herein, the vehicle door latch assembly having: a fork bolt movably secured to the latch assembly, the fork bolt being capable of movement between a latched position and an unlatched position; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the fork bolt in the latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and a engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the fork bolt; and an actuator for moving the detent lever into the disengaged position from the engaged position, the actuator being configured to prevent the detent lever from moving back to the engaged position until the fork bolt has been moved to the unlatched position. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110210565 | LOCK UNIT HAVING A MULTI-PAWL LOCKING MECHANISM - A lock unit ( | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110260476 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A vehicle door lock device includes an opening mechanism, a lock mechanism, and an electric actuator. The electric actuator includes an electric motor driven in accordance with a lock operation and an unlock operation, a worm provided integrally with an output shaft of the electric motor, the worm being rotated and driven by the electric motor, and a locking lever having a sector gear meshed with the worm, the locking lever being linked with an active lever. The locking lever is provided with an operation portion linked with a lock knob L provided on the indoor side of a door. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110266815 | Quickly Mountable Espagnolette Lock - An espagnolette lock for a door or shutter. An actuating shaft can be rotatably mounted within the interior of a housing and can be coupled with a lock-actuator. The actuating shaft is monolithically formed with a tongue. A securement mechanism is configured for insertion into the housing parallel to the plane of a door panel or of the shutter for fixing the housing in position on the door panel or shutter. The securement mechanism is further configured for being supported against the door panel or shutter. When a mounting of the espagnolette lock is completed, the securement mechanism is configured to engage the actuating shaft to thereby secure and fix the actuating shaft in position in the housing. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120001442 | VEHICLE DOOR LOCKING DEVICE - A vehicle door locking device Ao is integrated by assembling a base unit A | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120061976 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - A vehicle door latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a forkbolt movably secured to the latch assembly, the forkbolt being capable of movement between a latched position and an unlatched position; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the forkbolt in the latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and a engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the forkbolt; an intermittent lever for providing actuation forces to the detent lever to move it from the engaged position to the disengaged position; and a means for coupling and uncoupling the intermittent lever to the detent lever. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120068479 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK WITH A SELF-LOCKING MECHANISM - The invention relates to a lock for a motor vehicle with a locking mechanism including a catch and a pawl. The object of the invention is to simplify the locking of a lock of the type mentioned above. To achieve the object of the invention, a catch of the claimed lock comprises a stop projecting upwards, e.g., in the form of a pin extending from the catch. Furthermore, a bracket is provided, which can be moved against the stop by means of a motor such that the catch is moved in this way from the first position and into the primary position. It is thus possible to move from the first position to the primary position in a motorized manner, which makes it easier to close the vehicle door. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120091738 | LATCH ASSEMBLY - A latch assembly is provided herein, the latch assembly having: a chassis; a latch bolt, movably mounted on the chassis and having a closed position for retaining a striker, an open position for releasing the striker; a first safety position between the closed position and the open position for retaining the striker; a first pawl having a first pawl engaged position at which the first pawl is engageable with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the closed position and a first pawl disengaged position at which the first pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt thereby allowing the latch bolt to at least move towards the first safety position; and a second pawl having a second pawl engaged position at which the second pawl is engageable with the latch bolt to hold the latch bolt in the first safety position and a second pawl disengaged position at which the second pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt thereby allowing the latch bolt to move towards the open position. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098279 | LATCH ASSEMBLY - A latch assembly is provided, the latch assembly having: a chassis, a latch bolt having a closed position and an open position a pawl having an engaged position and a disengaged position an eccentric arrangement defining an eccentric axis and a pawl axis remote from the eccentric axis wherein when the pawl moves from the engaged position to the disengaged position the eccentric arrangement rotates about the eccentric axis to move the pawl axis from a first pawl axis position to a second pawl axis position, a retaining mechanism having a retaining position at which the pawl axis is held in the first pawl axis position and having a non-retaining position at which the pawl axis is allowed to move to the second pawl axis position, a release lever configured to move the retaining mechanism between the retaining position and the non-retaining position. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120112475 | PULL-UP LATCH MECHANISM - A pull-up latch mechanism includes a stator ( | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120181798 | DOOR LATCH WITH OPENING MEMORY FEATURE - A closure latch for a vehicle door is provided. The closure latch includes an emergency lock actuator to permit a person to lock the door in the event that the power lock actuator is unusable. The latch also includes an ‘impatient passenger’ feature, which permits the doors to be unlocked using the remote keyless-entry feature on the key fob even in a situation where an ‘impatient passenger’ had prematurely lifted the door handle of the vehicle. In some prior art latches, such an action by an ‘impatient passenger’ would prevent the drive motor on the latch from unlocking the latch, thereby necessitating the owner to press the unlock button on the key fob a second time. There is some overlap in the components that used for the ‘impatient passenger’ feature and the components used for the emergency lock actuator, thereby reducing cost and complexity of the latch. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120248795 | LOCK FOR A VEHICLE OPENING LEAF FITTED WITH AN OPERATING LEVER - The opening system according to the invention is arranged so that a distance between a first geometric straight line passing through the region of contact between the lever ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256429 | ACTUATOR IN A VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device configured so that the pivoting of a gear which is performed by motor drive reliably moves a lock lever to a lock position and an unlock position. When a lock lever is at a lock position, if a worm wheel is rotated in one direction by a motor, a first engagement protrusion section makes contact with a first engagement arm in the direction of the pivoting thereof, the lock lever is pivoted to an unlock position, and after that, a second engagement protrusion section makes contact with a pivoting end section of a second engagement arm to cause the worm wheel to stop at a first stop position. Also, when the lock lever is at the unlock position, if the worm wheel is rotated in the other direction by the motor, a second engagement protrusion section makes contact with the second engagement arm in the direction of the pivoting thereof, the lock lever is pivoted to a lock position, and after that, a first engagement protrusion section makes contact with a pivoting end section of the first engagement arm to cause the worm wheel to stop at a second stop position. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120292927 | VEHICLE LATCH - A latch is provided, the latch having: a fork bolt that moves between an unlatched position and a latched position; a first detent lever that that cooperates with the fork bolt and moves between an engaged position and a disengaged position; a hold open lever for biasing against the first detent lever when the first detent lever is in the released position; and a single switch that is activated only when the first detent lever is moved from the engaged position towards the disengaged position and when the fork bolt moves from the unlatched position towards the latched position, wherein the latch does not have any other switches. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130127182 | MOTOR VEHICLE LOCK - The invention relates to a lock for a motor vehicle having a locking mechanism comprising a rotary latch, a main latching pawl and preferably a preliminary latching pawl for latching the rotary latch. The preliminary latching pawl can engage in a preliminary latching element of the rotary latch. The main latching pawl can engage in a main latching element of the rotary latch. Moreover, there is a blocking lever for blocking the main latching pawl. The blocking lever is spring-mounted in order to ensure smooth running. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130193696 | DELAYED UNLATCHING MECHANISM - Disclosed are various embodiments of an apparatus for securing a structure such as a door, window, hatch, or gate that moves between an open and a closed position relative to a fixed structure to provide or deny access to a compartment, a room, an outdoor area, or a facility. Various embodiments provide a delay in opening the closure of sufficient duration to frustrate a rapid activation that might be desired by a person who is attempting to pass through the closure for some illicit purpose. Typically, hydraulics are used to activate the apparatus and no electrical energy or electronic signals are employed. In one embodiment, a plurality of actuations of a hand lever operates a hydraulic pump that moves a locking bolt from a first position in which a locking bolt is engaged with a recess in the fixed structure (preventing opening of a gate) to a second position in which the locking bolt is disengaged from the recess to permit opening of the gate. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130241214 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH - The object of the present invention is a vehicle door latch with a locking mechanism ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130257067 | AIRCRAFT GALLEY LATCHES AND SEALING SYSTEM - A rotary latch assembly for a galley cart compartment door is disclosed comprising a barrel member rotating on a spindle and a handle connected to the barrel member. An interfering block outside the barrel member can prevent rotation of the barrel member when engaged with the barrel member, and be displaced by a lock button diametrically opposed with the interfering block. The handle of the rotary latch bears against the door in a locked position to prevent the door from opening, and the button when depressed releases the barrel member to rotate and the handle to pivot out of the path of the door. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20140001774 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140049056 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - A motor vehicle door lock comprising a locking mechanism ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140070549 | DOOR LATCH SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE - A door latch system for a vehicle includes: a latch interlocking mechanism arranged to be actuated in a release cancel direction from a neutral position to be interlocked with the pivot movement of the latch in a predetermined direction; and a release cancel mechanism arranged to be actuated from a connection state where an operation force transmitting path for transmitting the power of the electric driving mechanism to the ratchet is connected, to a disconnection state where the operation force transmitting path is disconnected, by the actuation of the latch interlocking mechanism in the release cancel direction from the neutral position, the release cancel mechanism being arranged to be actuated from the connection state to the disconnection state when the ratchet is in a release restriction state so as to enable the ratchet to return to the engagement position. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140091580 | LOCKING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a locking system, in particular motor vehicle door lock, with at least one lever ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140132010 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - In a vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body and a ratchet engages with the latch, so that a vehicle door is closed, and an inside operating lever and a childproof lock mechanism are disposed between a cover and a casing. To connect the childproof lock mechanism to the casing, the inside operating lever is held in an assembling position and the childproof lock mechanism is held in its locking state or in its unlocking state. The cover has a covering portion over a broader portion of a hole in the cover. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140152027 | GALLEY CART BAY DOOR LATCH - A galley cart bay door latch system serves to secure catering or galley carts, as are used on commercial aircraft, within the aircraft's galley. The system relies on two substantially horizontally disposed latch levers to secure the galley door which in turn restrains a galley cart in position within the galley. The ends of the latch levers are received in a recess formed in the door to secure the door. Raising the latch lever releases the door and positively pushes the door outwardly. The latching configuration allows the doors to be slammed shut without the need to further manipulate the latch levers. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140203572 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - A motor vehicle door lock comprising a locking mechanism ( | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140312632 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - In a vehicle door latch device, a first outside lever is pivotally mounted via a pivot shaft, and second outside lever is connected to an outside handle on an outer panel of a door via a motion-transmitting member to move toward the inside of a vehicle. Usually, turning of the second outside lever for disengaging a latch from a striker is transmitted to the first outside lever. If the second outside lever is impacted by an external force, the outer panel is deformed to move the second outside lever inward of the vehicle with respect to the first outside lever. But release turning of the second outside lever cannot be transmitted to the first outside lever. Even if the door is deformed by the external force, the door is still closed. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140346786 | Vehicle Door Lock Apparatus - A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a housing, a fork in the housing, a pawl selectively preventing pivoting movement of the fork, a first lever having one end coupleable to a door handle and a second lever pivotably supported at a second end of the first lever and shiftable from a first position to a second position by application of inertial force. When the first lever pivots and the second lever is in the first position the second lever comes into contact with the pawl and releases the fork and when the second lever is in the second position it moves with the first lever independently of the pawl. A third lever selectively places the second lever in the second position and a retention device prevents the second lever from moving the pawl when first lever moves and the third lever is holding the second lever in the second position. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140361554 | DOUBLE PULL LATCH FOR CLOSURE PANEL SUCH AS HOOD - In an aspect, a latch for a closure panel for a vehicle is provided, and includes a ratchet, a pawl, a release lever, and an extension member. The ratchet is movable between a primary closed position, a secondary closed position and an open position. The pawl is movable between a primary locking position, a secondary locking position and an unlocking position. The release lever is movable between a home position and an actuated position. When the pawl is in the primary locking position the release lever has a selected amount of reach for driving the pawl to the secondary locking position during movement of the release lever to the actuated position. When the pawl is in the secondary locking position the extension member is movable to a position to extend the reach of the release lever to drive the pawl from the secondary locking position to the unlocked position during movement of the release lever from the home position to the actuated position. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20150028603 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HOLD OPEN FEATURE IN A LATCH - A latch is disclosed herein. The latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted to the latch for movement between an open position and a closed position; a detent lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a latched position and a released position, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from the closed position to the open position when the detent lever is in the latched position; a bellcrank lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the bellcrank lever moves the detent lever from the latched position to the released position as the bellcrank lever moves from the first position to the second position; and a hold open feature movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the hold open feature is configured to engage and retain the bellcrank lever in the second position when the hold open feature is in the first position and wherein the hold open feature allows the bell crank lever to travel from the second position to the first position when the hold open feature is in the second position. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150084351 | LOCK FOR A FLAP OR DOOR - The aim of the invention is to design a door lock or flap lock which can be easily and reliably opened with little effort. Said aim is achieved by a door lock or flap lock comprising a locking mechanism that consists of a latch and at least one pawl for locking the latch. The lock further comprises a triggering lever which, upon being actuated, allows the locked locking mechanism to be unlocked. The lock also comprises a spring for moving the pawl in the direction of the locking position. The triggering lever is designed in such a way that the actuation thereof at least reduces, preferably altogether cancels the spring force acting on the pawl, i.e., when the triggering lever is actuated, the spring force that presses the pawl in the direction of the locking position decreases at least. Since such a force makes it difficult to unlock a locking mechanism, actuating the triggering lever at least reduces or altogether does away with said difficulty when the spring force is canceled entirely. As a result of the fact that the triggering lever has two functions, the number of parts can be kept to a minimum Advantageously, the lock therefore is not complex to produce and is compact and lightweight. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150091309 | ACTUATOR UNIT AND DOOR LATCH DEVICE PROVIDED WITH ACTUATOR UNIT - When a worm wheel is in a first stop position a locking surface of a first projecting portion and a locking surface of a second projecting portion, which is provided back to a pressing surface of a first projecting portion adjacent to the locking surface of the first projecting portion, are situated along concentric arc-shaped rotational loci of the rotational end faces of a first engagement arm and a second engagement arm, while when the worm wheel is in a second stop position a locking surface of the second projecting portion and the locking surface of the first projecting portion, which is provided back to a pressing surface of the second projecting portion adjacent to the locking surface, are situated along the concentric arc-shaped rotational loci of the rotational end faces of the first engagement arm and the second engagement arm. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150091310 | Safety Locking Device For Vehicle Door - In a first aspect, the invention is directed to a closure latch for a vehicle closure panel, having at least three lock states all of which are achieved using a single control member. The control member may be movable to at least three positions to achieve the lock states. A single motor may be used to move the control member between the positions. In a second aspect, the invention is directed to a closure latch that is movable to a safety locking position, wherein the inside and outside door levers are disabled and wherein the pawl is prevented from releasing the ratchet. The safety locking position may be used when the vehicle controller senses an impending crash or that a crash is occurring as a way of inhibiting inadvertent opening of the vehicle closure panel (eg. a vehicle door). After the crash, if it is desired to exit the vehicle, structure may be provided that permits an occupant to move the inside door lever once to move the pawl blocking member to the pawl unblocking position and a second time to open the vehicle closure panel. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150097379 | LATCH APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a latch apparatus. The latch apparatus includes: a base formed with an opening; a latch gear formed with a mounting groove to lock a striker entering the mounting groove through the opening; a pawl rotatably disposed on the base and engaging with the latch gear to prevent rotation of the latch gear; a release lever disposed to adjoin the pawl, transmitting constraint force of pressing the pawl, and rotating the pawl to release the latch gear; a support shaft secured to the base, supporting a lateral surface of the pawl and transmitting the constraint force of pressing the pawl; and a guide portion rotatably provided to the support shaft, pressed to rotate by the release lever, and guiding movement of a projection pin provided to the pawl. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150115628 | LOCK COMPONENT - A lock component of a motor vehicle lock arrangement with a mechanical actuation chain for the transmission of actuation movements, the actuation chain can comprise at least one actuation lever, which is pivotable around an actuation lever axis. A compensation mechanism can be provided, by which the actuation lever axis may be displaced relative to a reference position at least once for mechanical tolerance compensation such that the actuation chain may transmit actuation movements with the actuation lever axis being displaced accordingly. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150137530 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A BYPASS FEATURE IN A LATCH - A latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted thereto; a detent lever movably mounted thereto, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from a closed position to an open position when the detent lever is in a latched position; a bell crank lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, wherein the bell crank lever moves the detent lever from the latched position to the released position as the bell crank lever moves from the first position to the second position; a release lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position; and an intermittent pin operatively coupled to bell crank lever and the release lever, wherein movement of the release lever is not transferred to the bell crank lever when the intermittent pin is in the second position. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150300051 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle door lock device includes: a door lock body configured to be mounted to a door; an outside open lever mounted, in a pivotable manner, to a support shaft arranged on the door lock body; and a coupling member mounted to a pivot end portion of the outside open lever and having an insertion hole. An end portion of a rod on the outside open lever side is insertable through the insertion hole. The rod is configured to couple the outside open lever and an outside door handle configured to be mounted to a vehicle exterior side of the door. A mounting hole in the coupling member intersects the insertion hole, and the pivot end portion of the outside open lever has a mounting portion. The coupling member is fitted and fixed onto the mounting portion of the outside open lever through the mounting hole. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150300055 | LOCKABLE LATCHING DEVICE - A lockable latching device includes a body defining a cavity and having a central longitudinal axis, and a plunger disposed within the cavity. The plunger has a first end and a second end and is translatable along the axis between an open position and a closed position. The device includes an annular rotator disposed along the axis and configured for rotating the plunger about the axis. The device also includes an annular latch abutting the rotator that is transitionable between an unlocked state and a locked state. The device includes a first element operably connected to the latch and formed from a first shape memory alloy and a second element operably connected to the latch and formed from a second shape memory alloy. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150315824 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK - The invention relates to a motor vehicle door lock, which is equipped with a ratchet mechanism, at least one actuation lever for triggering the ratchet mechanism and a ratchet lever that is pivotable about an axis. The ratchet lever renders the ratchet mechanism ineffective, at least with regard to the magnitude and direction of occurring retarding forces, for example in the event of an accident (“in the event of a crash”). According to the invention the ratchet lever is mounted eccentrically on the axis thereof and thereby produces in dependence of the occurring retarding forces a counter-torque that blocks the actuation lever. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150330118 | CLOSURE RELEASE DEVICE - A closure release device includes a housing fixedly attached to a closure and an actuating lever rotatably disposed on an axis of rotation on the housing. A crank lever is rotatably disposed on the axis of rotation. A coupling member is to selectively couple the actuating lever to the crank lever for rotation together. A shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator is to selectively cause the coupling member to selectively couple the actuating lever to the crank lever. The SMA actuator is electrically actuated. The crank lever is to connect to a latch to selectively release or engage the latch in response to a coupling state of the actuating lever with the crank lever and an actuation state of the actuating lever. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150345189 | LATCH WITH SPRING FOR BELL CRANK LEVER - A latch having: a fork bolt; a detent lever; and a bell crank lever, wherein the bell crank lever moves the detent lever from a latched position to a released position as the bell crank lever moves from a first position to a second position; and an over center spring secured to the bell crank lever at one end and a portion of a housing of the latch at another end, wherein the over center spring is configured to provide a biasing force to the bell crank lever in a first direction towards first position when the bell crank lever is in the first position and the over center spring is configured to provide a biasing force to the bell crank lever in a second direction towards the second position when the bell crank lever is in the second position. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150345190 | LATCH WITH HOLD OPEN LEVER - A latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted to the latch for movement between an open position and a closed position; a detent lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a latched position and a released position, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from the closed position when the detent lever is in the latched position; a hold open lever configured for movement between a first position and a second position wherein the hold open lever has a feature configured to engage a feature of the detent lever such that the detent lever is retained in the disengaged position by the hold open lever when it is in the first position, wherein the hold open lever moves in a plane or directions that are angularly oriented to a plane or directions in which the fork bolt and the detent lever move. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150354252 | AIRCRAFT LOCK - The invention relates to a lock ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150361695 | Door Latch - A door latch may include an engaging link engaged with a door striker and turned forward by the door striker, a locking link preventing the engaging link from turning backward by coming in contact with the engaging link, when the engaging link turns forward over a predetermined angle, and a lever disposed coaxially with the locking link and turning in conjunction with the locking link in a same direction, as a door handle is operated, wherein the locking link and the engaging link are separated from each other by the turning of the lever. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150368939 | DOOR LOCK DEVICE - A door lock device includes a latch mechanism which is releasably engaged with a striker and which has an operation receiving part for releasing engagement of the striker, a link movable between an unlock position where the engagement of the striker can be released and a lock position where the engagement cannot be released, and a lock plate for positioning the link into the unlock position or the lock position. A push lever | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150376918 | VEHICLE DOOR LATCH DEVICE - A vehicle door latch device comprises an engagement assembly comprising an engagement mechanism which is engagable with a striker of a vehicle body; a first casing which can be connected from one direction to an operating mechanism which can turn to a locking state and an unlocking state; an operating assembly comprising a second casing to which the engagement assembly is attached; an outside lever pivotally supported on the engagement assembly; and positioning-guide means by which the engagement assembly can be connected from the same direction as a direction in which the operating mechanism is connected to the first casing, thereby improving assembling efficiency and getting smaller. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160060898 | GRAVITY-ACTUATED LATCH MECHANISM - A gravity-actuated latch mechanism is provided. The gravity-actuated latch mechanism may include a strike attached to a lid of a container and a latch body attached to an inside wall of the container. The latch body includes a housing and a catch accessible from outside of the housing, wherein the catch engages and disengages with the strike. The latch body includes a lever having a lever arm moveable between an engaged and disengaged position. The engaged position is engaged with the catch and the disengaged position is disengaged with the catch. The latch body also includes a latch actuation ball housed in an elongated passage within the housing. The lever arm of the lever extends into the elongate passage, allowing the latch actuation ball to apply force to the lever arm to move the lever from the engaged to the disengaged position in response to tipping the container for dumping. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160090758 | LOCK FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a motor vehicle door closure comprising a locking mechanism having a rotary latch and a locking pawl for locking the rotary latch. Said door closure also comprises a blocking pawl for blocking the locking pawl when engaging, a release lever for releasing the locking pawl, and a locking lever that blocks the locking mechanism at least in the event of acceleration forces of a predetermined magnitude occurring, for example in an accident (impact). According to the invention, the release lever and the locking lever are arranged about an axis. This results in a particularly simple lock design. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160102485 | VEHICLE SADDLEBAG LATCH DEVICE, ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD - A saddlebag latch device allowing access to an interior space of a saddlebag comprises a shaft member rotatable about an axis. The shaft member comprises a first end portion for positioning at an interior location of a saddlebag lid and a second end portion distal from the first end portion for positioning at an exterior location of the saddlebag lid. The second end portion comprises a handle protrusion and at least one surface configured to engage a handle member such that rotation of the handle member about the axis causes rotation of the shaft member. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160123046 | DOOR LATCH DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING DOOR LATCH DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - a door latch device for a vehicle includes: a body having a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker arranged on a vehicle body advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door; a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker to be rotatable; a pole configured to rotate interlocking with the rotation of the latch and engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position; a lever configured to rotate based on an opening operation of a handle arranged on the door to rotate the interlocking pole; and a spring configured to urge the lever. The lever has a shaft hole. The body includes a spring accommodating part that accommodates the spring, and a pivot that is inserted to the shaft hole of the lever to rotatably support the lever. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160153217 | MOTOR VEHICLE DOOR LOCK | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160160541 | DOOR LATCH DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A door latch device for a vehicle comprises an operation pawl lever interlocked with a door handle which is mounted on a door, the operation pawl lever configured to rotate; a support pawl lever including a guide hole, and coupled to a rotating shaft that linearly moves along the guide hole, the support pawl lever being pressed in a first direction by the operation pawl lever when the operation pawl lever rotates in a first rotation direction; a claw lever configured to be restricted M from rotating by a support part disposed on the support pawl lever, wherein the support pawl lever moves in the first direction when the operation pawl lever presses the support pawl lever to keep the door in a closed state, wherein the support part protrudes in a second direction different from the first direction. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160201361 | VEHICLE DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING APPARATUS | 07-14-2016 |
| 20160251877 | LOCKING UNIT FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE | 09-01-2016 |
| 20160251879 | VEHICLE LOCK HAVING A CLOSING DEVICE AND VEHICLE HAVING SUCH A VEHICLE LOCK | 09-01-2016 |
