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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Karin Helga Kemnitz, Northville, MI (US);
Daniel Carl Bejune, Southfield, MI (US);
Eugene John Ficyk, Livonia, MI (US);
Aileen M. Devoe, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Sean Timothy Ryan, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Alvin Samuel Chiang, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Sohail Jamal, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Selvakumar Inbaraj Daniel, Novi, MI (US);
Paul Matthew Minutolo, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
Lavanya Vemuri, Saline, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door latch assembly includes a handle assembly configured to be assembled onto a door of a vehicle. The latch assembly is configured to move between a latched position latching the door in a closed position and an unlatched position. The cable assembly is operatively coupled between the handle assembly and the latch assembly and includes a housing defining a travel space, a cable operatively coupled between the handle assembly and the latch assembly and extending into the housing, and a pivot arm coupled to the cable and configured to rotate within the travel space when the handle assembly is actuated by a pull force. A blocker mechanism is located proximate to the travel space and is configured to block movement of the pivot arm within the travel space when forcibly contacted with an object.