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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
Daisuke Teramoto, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukazawa, Northville, MI (US);
David L. Minock, Fenton, MI (US);
Christopher M. Higgins, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel P. Jordan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jessica A. Riffe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Daisuke Teramoto, Toyota, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukazawa, Northville, MI (US);
David L. Minock, Fenton, MI (US);
Christopher M. Higgins, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Nathaniel P. Jordan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jessica A. Riffe, Pinckney, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for disengaging a drive rod in a door after an impact to the door. An automobile having a door with a door handle, a drive rod, a latching system, a striker, and a drive rod striking member. The drive rod striking member can be positioned adjacent the drive rod. Upon impact to the door, the drive rod is disengaged from the door handle and/or the latching system through inertia, the drive rod striking member impacting the drive rod, or any other disengagement mechanisms. The drive rod striking member prevents the drive rod from re-engaging with the latching system. The disengagement of the drive rod prevents the drive rod from controlling the latching system to disengage from the striker, either through deformation of the door, or through actuations by the door handle.