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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 11, 2015
Donald M. Perkins, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ian Dow, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Milne, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Francisco Vazquez, Chihuahua, MX;
Eduardo Estrada, Chihuahua, MX;
Carlos Tostado, Chihuahua, MX;
Donald M. Perkins, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ian Dow, Bloomfield, MI (US);
Robert Milne, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Francisco Vazquez, Chihuahua, MX;
Eduardo Estrada, Chihuahua, MX;
Carlos Tostado, Chihuahua, MX;
INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door latch assembly is disclosed herein, having: a fork bolt movably secured to the latch assembly; a detent lever movably secured to the latch assembly, the detent lever being capable of movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, the detent lever retains the fork bolt in a latched position when the detent lever is in the engaged position and an engagement surface of the detent lever contacts an engagement surface of the fork bolt; an inertia block out assembly for preventing the detent lever from moving into the disengaged position when the inertia block out assembly is in a blocking position; and a manual override mechanism for the inertia block out assembly, wherein the manual override mechanism requires at least three independent actions to be performed to move the inertia block out assembly from the blocking position to an unblocking position.