Inteva Products, LLC

Magna Closures (Kunshan) Co. Ltd.

Hua Yong

Xiao Yao

Wang Yangfei

Huang Xinran

A lock mechanism with an ice breaking mechanism. The lock mechanism is composed of a lock ring, an engagement plate, a pawl, a shaft, an engagement plate driving rod, a pawl release lever, a release lever, a support, a swinging claw, a tensioning wheel, a cable, a pulley, a limiting member, a supporting arm, a fixed shaft, a pull rod, a spring, a swinging ice breaking arm, an ice breaking pull rod, and the like. The lock mechanism is provided with the ice breaking mechanism. The ice breaking mechanism may be started to push a vehicle door away by a specific distance, so as to assist in manually or automatically opening the door, which improves the degree of satisfaction of customers.

Lock mechanism with ice breaking mechanism

A motor control system for a closure latch assembly is provided and includes a power release motor operatively coupled to a power release gear of the closure latch assembly. A plurality of relays are coupled between one of a first motor terminal and a second motor terminal and one of a voltage supply and an electrical ground to provide one of a first motor current flow to drive the power release motor in a first direction and a second motor current flow to drive the power release motor in a second direction. An electronic control unit is coupled to the plurality of relays and configured to command the plurality of relays to provide the first motor current flow in one of a power release mode and a release mode and the second motor current flow in one of a reset mode and an unlock mode.

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Shanghai, China

Hua Yong