Fca US LLC

Inteva Products, LLC

David R Parks

Christopher J Sytek

Clifford L Eberle, Jr

Robert J Gibbs

Eric Ghoukasian

Michael C Gillam

Eduardo Estrada

Francisco Javier Vazquez

Christopher J Duke

Paul S Van Norman

Vinaya Sridhar

Piyush Agarwal

Sean E Whelan

Vivek V Kirtane

Richard R Sukhdeo

Paul A Steffes

Jorge I Rodriguez

Vinayak D Gadre

A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a door and a handle assembly. A door is coupled to the vehicle body and is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a closed position and a horizontal open position. The door is also pivotable about a vertical axis between the closed position and a vertical open position. The handle assembly includes a housing, a first release switch and a second release switch. The housing extends at least partially into a cavity of the door and includes a lower wall and an upper wall that cooperate to define a pocket. The first release switch is disposed along the upper wall of the housing and is configured to be actuated to pivot the door about the horizontal axis. The second release switch is disposed along the lower wall of the housing and is configured to be actuated to pivot the door about the vertical axis.

Vehicle having multifunctional tailgate

A vehicle tailgate () has a frame () with a cross beam () and a pair of side beams (). One side beam () extends from each end of the cross beam (). A first metal tapping plate () is secured with the cross beam (). At least one elongated tang () is positioned between the body () and each tab (). A clevis bracket () is positioned on the side beams (). An overmolded () material is on the shaft () and the two heads () of the striker (). The wedges (), on the clevis bracket (), aligns the clevis bracket () with the striker (). A second tapping plate () is secured to the sheet metal.

Vehicle tailgate

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.

Vehicle door latch

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