Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems (uk) Limited

Meritor Light Vehicle Systems - France

Stephen Drysdale

Gurbinder Singh Kalsi

Nigel Victor Spurr

Sidney Edward Fisher

Jean Bernard Didier

Robin Willats

Alan Dixon

John Emson

Peter J Coleman

Morten Ketelsen

Jagjit Golar

Keith Sanders

Glenn Cotter

Robert Frank Tolley

Timothy Bland

Steven Murray Foster

Nancy Raykovitz

John Robert Beaulieu

David Birt

A door latch mechanism for a vehicle comprising a release lever operable by a door handle and a transmission path linkage containing a resiliently biased inertia device. During normal operation, the inertia device is biased to form a transmission path that transmits an unlatching movement from the release lever to release a latch bolt of the latch. If an impact on the vehicle creates an acceleration force above a predetermined level, the inertia device moves to break the transmission path, preventing the latch from being unlatched.

Inertia locking mechanism

An inside door release mechanism for a vehicle comprises first and second inputs arranged to be mounted in a mutually spaced relationship on a door inner face and an output to a latch wherein the mechanism is so constructed and arranged to be capable of causing the latch to be unlatched when both inputs are actuated simultaneously.

Inside door release mechanism

A mechanism for selectively locking and unlocking a vehicle door latch, comprising a rheological fluid in operable connection with an output and an input, the fluid acting so as to in a first state prevent actuation of the output upon actuation of the input and in a second state permit such actuation.

Mechanism

A door release and engagement mechanism for a vehicle comprising a combined inside release and door pull handle and a latch operably connected thereto, wherein the mechanism is so constructed and arranged as to disable the operable connection when the door is ajar and/or unlatched so as to prevent the latch from being mis-set prior to subsequent re-closure of the door.

Door release and engagement mechanism

A lock mechanism has a manually actuable element, a lock lever and an actuator, with the manually actuable element connected to the lock lever via a transmission path. The transmission path includes a rigid link with an end defining an abutment for selectively driving the lock lever. A drive feature couples the abutment to the lock lever when the lock lever is rotated between locked and unlocked positions by operation of the manually actuable element. The drive feature decouples the abutment from the lock lever when the manually actuable element is actuated in an attempt to move the lock lever from a superlocked position, allowing the abutment to move relative to the lock lever.

Lock mechanism

A vehicle closure locking system comprising person sensing means, authorization device detection means and a controller, the sensing means being capable of determining whether a person is located in the vehicle and the authorization device detection means being capable of detecting the presence of a co-operating authorization device within the vehicle, wherein the controller is programmed to instruct the detection means and sensing means to commence detecting and sensing respectively in response to a predetermined event and is further programmed to control the locked state of vehicle closure(s) in response to signals supplied periodically by the sensing means and signals supplied periodically by the authorization device detection means.

Locking system and method

A reinforcement module for a vehicle door comprises a plurality of elongate reinforcement members (,) and a plurality of connectors (,and,). Each connector (,and,) is engageable with the free end portions of at least two of the elongate reinforcement members (,) to connect those elongate reinforcement members together. The arrangement is such that at least one of the elongate reinforcement members (,) extends generally transversely with respect to at least one other elongate reinforcement member.

Door reinforcement device

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Northampton, United Kingdom

Stephen Drysdale