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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2021
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Eric S. Nielsen, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Steve J. Briggs, Harrison Township, MI (US);
Robert D. Granny, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Phillip C. Storck, III, Washington Township, MI (US);
Gavin J. Brownlie, Jr., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Mark T. McKiernan, Ira Township, MI (US);
Jeffrey Kenneth Hansen, Pinckney, MI (US);
Yong Sang Cho, Novi, MI (US);
Gunghun Jang, New Hudson, MI (US);
Suat Kaya, Novi, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A door for an entryway includes an exterior-facing surface, an inner structure, and a latch mechanism. The latch mechanism is connected to the inner structure and configured to be fastened or released for controlling access to the entryway. The door also includes a key-cylinder accessible from the exterior-facing surface and configured to selectively lock and unlock the latch mechanism. The door additionally includes a pawl configured to be rotated by the key-cylinder about a pivot axis, connected to the latch mechanism, and defining a pass-through aperture distal from the pivot axis. The door also includes a shield defining a shield attachment aperture and connected to the inner structure. The door further includes a security fastener to fix the shield relative to the key-cylinder at the shield attachment aperture and extending through the pass-through aperture without impeding the pawl's rotation or contacting the pawl as the pawl operates the latch mechanism.