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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2013
Enrico Margheritti, Lucca, IT;
Enrico Margheritti, Lucca, IT;
Magna Closures S.p.A., Livorono, IT;
Abstract
A vehicle latch () comprising a ratchet (); a primary pawl () movable between a ratchet checking position and a ratchet release position; an auxiliary ratchet () movable between an enabling position and a disabling position; a secondary pawl () movable between an auxiliary ratchet holding position, in which the secondary pawl () is positioned to hold the auxiliary ratchet () in its enabling position, and an auxiliary ratchet release position; electrically-operated actuator means () for moving the secondary pawl () to the auxiliary ratchet release position and the auxiliary ratchet () to the enabling position; a back-up mechanism () for moving the secondary pawl () to the auxiliary ratchet release position or the auxiliary ratchet () to the enabling position; and an inhibiting lever () for selectively preventing interaction of the back-up mechanism () with the auxiliary ratchet ().