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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2017
Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Phil M. Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Albert J. Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew L. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Donohue, San Francisco, CA (US);
Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Phil M. Hobson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
John Raff, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Albert J. Golko, Saratoga, CA (US);
Matthew L. Brown, San Jose, CA (US);
David J. Donohue, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body that defines an opening, a vehicle door that is movable between a closed position and an open position with respect to the opening, a first surface, and a second surface. The first surface is defined on one of the vehicle body and the door and the second surface is defined on the other of the vehicle body and the door. A first latch portion is concealed behind the first surface. A second latch portion is concealed behind the second surface in an unlatched position and is movable to a latched position in which the second latch portion extends into the first latch portion and engages the first latch portion. A locking structure restrains disengagement of the second latch portion from the first latch portion in the latched position.