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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2015
Inteva Products, Llc, Troy, MI (US);
Nigel Victor Spurr, Solihull, GB;
Peter Coleman, Worcestershire, GB;
Dominique Attanasio, Staffordshire, GB;
Robert Tolley, Staffordshire, GB;
Shaun Galloway, Leicester, GB;
Andrew Mathie, Wrexham, GB;
Kishar Kusmar, Karnataka, IN;
Denis Cavallucci, Otterswiller, FR;
Stephane Barbier, Saint-Jean-Kerdaniel, FR;
INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A latch assembly having: a chassis; a latch bolt, movably mounted to the chassis for movement between a closed position for retaining a striker in the latch assembly and an open position for releasing the striker from the latch assembly; a pawl rotatably mounted to the latch assembly via a pawl pivot pin for rotation between an engaged position wherein the pawl retains the latch bolt in the closed position and a disengaged position wherein the pawl is disengaged from the latch bolt such that the latch can move to the open position; and wherein the pawl rotates about a surface of the pawl pivot pin comprising a first arcuate portion and a second arcuate portion, wherein a radius of the first arcuate portion is smaller than a radius of the second arcuate portion.