| US 7,467,815 B2 | ||
| Snow load lever with two part pawl lever construction | ||
| Christopher L. Larsen, Toronto (Canada); Jeffrey R. F. Domenchini, Etohicoke (Canada); and Keith A. Morgan, Toronto (Canada) | ||
| Assigned to Intier Automotive Closures Inc., Newmarket, Ontario (Canada) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/498,164 PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2002, PCT No. PCT/CA02/01912 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jun. 09, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO03/054332, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 03, 2003. |
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| Prior Publication US 2005/0040658 A1, Feb. 24, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05C 3/06 (2006.01); E05C 3/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 292—201 [292/216; 292/DIG. 23] | 8 Claims |

| 1. A vehicle latch comprising:
a ratchet moveable between a latched position and an unlatched position, said ratchet being urged under a first spring pressure
of a first spring to move to said unlatched position;
a pawl moveable between an engaged position and a released position, said pawl being urged under a second spring pressure
of a second spring to move to said engaged position holding said ratchet in said latched position;
a pawl lever engaging said pawl, said pawl lever moveable between a ready position and a pulled position for moving said pawl
from said engaged position to said released position, said pawl lever being urged under a third spring pressure of a third
spring to said ready position, wherein said pawl lever and said pawl are mounted on a common pivot; and
a load lever moveable to and away from a blocking position, in said blocking position said load lever engaging said pawl lever
thereby maintaining said pawl lever in said pulled position and at the same time said pawl lever engaging and maintaining
said pawl in said released position, said load lever moving to said blocking position in response to a fourth spring pressure
of a fourth spring as said pawl lever is urged to said pulled position, said load lever cooperating with said ratchet and
moving from said blocking position in response to said ratchet reaching said unlatched position thereby allowing said pawl
lever to move from said pulled position to said ready position and said pawl to move from said released position to said engaged
position.
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