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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2004
Sidney Edward Fisher, Redditch, GB;
Gurbinder Singh Kalsi, Oldbury, GB;
Stephen Drysdale, Northampton, GB;
Robert Frank Tolley, Cannock, GB;
Sidney Edward Fisher, Redditch, GB;
Gurbinder Singh Kalsi, Oldbury, GB;
Stephen Drysdale, Northampton, GB;
Robert Frank Tolley, Cannock, GB;
ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems (UK) Ltd., West Midlands, GB;
Abstract
A lock mechanism has a manually actuable element, a lock lever and an actuator, with the manually actuable element connected to the lock lever via a transmission path. The transmission path includes a rigid link with an end defining an abutment for selectively driving the lock lever. A drive feature couples the abutment to the lock lever when the lock lever is rotated between locked and unlocked positions by operation of the manually actuable element. The drive feature decouples the abutment from the lock lever when the manually actuable element is actuated in an attempt to move the lock lever from a superlocked position, allowing the abutment to move relative to the lock lever.