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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2002
Peter Lance Oxley, Ontario, CA;
Gordon Andrew Paton, Ontario, CA;
Atoma International Corp., Newmarket, CA;
Abstract
A power striker mechanism ( ) has a housing ( ). A striker ( ) is mounted on a striker plate ( ) that is mounted on the housing for sliding movement between an inboard and an outboard position. A driver plate ( ) is mounted to the housing for sliding movement in a direction orthogonal to the movement of the striker plate ( ). An actuator ( ) effects movement of the driver plate ( ) to thereby effect movement of the striker plate ( ) between the inboard and outboard positions. The striker plate ( ) has a pin ( ) and the driver plate has an S-shaped slot ( ). The pin slidably engages the S-shaped slot. The S-shaped slot has end regions extending generally parallel to each other and in the orthogonal direction and is interconnected by a diagonally extending section. When the pin ( ) is in the end regions of the S-shaped slot, forces imparted on the striker plate ( ) are transmitted to the housing ( ) and thereby preventing backlash of the actuator ( ). When the pin (36) is in the diagonally extending section, movement of the drive plate ( ) effects movement of the striker plate ( ).