Meritor Light Vehicle Systems, Inc.

Meritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Limited

Timothy Bland

Latch assembly for a vehicle door (FIG. 1) hinged at its leading edge has an L-shaped housing plate to be secured in the trailing inside edge comer of the door and carrying latch mechanism. Inner skin of the door is cut away to admit a striker into a mouth of the plate for engagement by the mechanism to keep the door shut. A projecting abutment rib of the plate adjacent the mouth prevents or resists rearward displacement of the trailing edge of skin which could otherwise obstruct the mouth in the event of impact damage to the door.

Vehicle door latch

A passenger vehicle door latch assembly (,) includes a cam e.g. (,) rotating in common with a latching claw (,) which is retained by a pawl (,) at first safety and fully closed positions of an associated door, the shaping of the cam controlling operation of locking mechanism of the assembly. Lobes, e.g. (,) on the cam co-act to shift a release lever (,) of the mechanism back to an active position at which it will free the pawl by operation of a door handle for opening of the door even if it has previously been set to a disabled condition at which the door would otherwise be locked so as to prevent inadvertent slam locking of the door Different cams (,or,) may be substituted in an otherwise common assembly to provide a selection of logic sequences of self-cancelling or prevention of locking operations.

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Evesham, United Kingdom

Timothy Bland