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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Meritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Limited, Stirchley, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/532 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 6/532 ;
Abstract
A latch assembly ( ) for releasably securing a door in a closed position, the assembly comprising an actuator ( ) with an actuator output, the actuator having a first relatively fast acting low force output mode and a second relatively slow acting high force output mode, the actuator output being interconnected with a latch bolt ( ) of the assembly such that the latch bolt may be relatively rapidly released by the actuator operating in its first output mode when the load required to unlatch the latch bolt is relatively low, but relatively slowly unlatched by the second output mode when the load required to unlatch the latch bolt is relatively high.