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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2014
Applicants:
Steven Frank Wilkes, Walsall, GB;
David Peatey, Solihull, DE;
Inventors:
Steven Frank Wilkes, Walsall, GB;
David Peatey, Solihull, DE;
Assignee:
INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60J 5/00 (2006.01); E05C 3/12 (2006.01); E05C 3/16 (2006.01); E05B 79/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/24 (2014.01); E05B 81/36 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C 3/16 (2013.01); B60J 5/00 (2013.01); E05B 79/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/20 (2013.01); E05B 81/25 (2013.01); E05B 81/36 (2013.01); E05C 3/12 (2013.01); Y10T 292/0945 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0946 (2015.04); Y10T 292/0949 (2015.04);
Abstract
A vehicle latch is disclosed herein, the vehicle latch, having: a first gear with a first gear pitch radius that reduces from a first gear tooth to an ending gear tooth; a second gear with a second gear pitch radius that increases from a first gear tooth to an ending gear tooth, the second gear being rotatably mounted to the latch for movement about a second gear axis; and wherein rotation of the second gear causes a claw of the latch to move from a first position to a second position, the second position corresponding to a closed state of the latch.