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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Inventor:
Kris Tomaszewski, Newmarket, CA;
Assignee:
Magna Closures Inc., Newmarket, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 79/10 (2014.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01); E05B 85/24 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01); E05B 85/26 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 79/10 (2013.01); B60Q 9/00 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01); E05B 85/243 (2013.01); E05B 85/26 (2013.01); Y10T 292/1047 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1079 (2015.04); Y10T 292/1082 (2015.04); Y10T 292/308 (2015.04);
Abstract
A vehicle latch is provided having a ratchet, a primary pawl, an auxiliary ratchet and a secondary pawl, and further including a gear that is movable to a secondary pawl locking position wherein the gear directly blocks movement of the secondary pawl and locks the secondary pawl in an auxiliary ratchet holding position to prevent premature or unintended opening of the latch.