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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 02, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franco G Ottino, San Giuliano Terme, IT;
Assignee:
Roltra Morse S.p.A., Cascine Vica-Rivoli, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292201 ; 292210 ; 292216 ;
Abstract
An electrically operated lock for a motor vehicle door, comprising a latch designed to engage, when closed, a striker fitted to a fixed portion of the vehicle; a retainer designed to cooperate with and maintain the latch in the closed position by virtue of elastic means; mechanical means for activating the retainer; and control means activated by an electric actuator, secured to the retainer, and designed to provide for reversible displacement of the retainer for further rotating the latch from the closed position to a further closed position wherein the load on the door seals is increased.