Motor vehicle latch

• US 20060103145A1
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems FRA (Meritor, Inc. (Nevada))
• Original Assignee: Arvinmeritor Light Vehicle Systems FRA (Meritor, Inc. (Nevada))
• Inventors: Burkat, Frederic, Ottolini, Philippe, Belmond, Jean-Marc
• Application Number:
  US11/272,028
• Publication Number:
  US 20060103145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 292/216
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 2047/0036 Reversible actuators
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 63/0069 Override systems, e.g. allowing opening from inside without the key, even when locked from outside E05B65/1086, E05B9/105 take precedence; by movable striker E05B63/246
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/14 operating on bolt detents, e.g. for unlatching the bolt
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/34 of geared transmissions
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/42 Cams
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1047 Closure

Abstract

A latch includes an external opening lever and an internal opening lever. The latch is designed to occupy three states of locking and/or unlocking of the levers. The latch includes a locking arm mobile between three positions corresponding to the three states of the latch, a mobile part moveable by actuation of a motor in a first direction and a second direction and a stop moveable between a first position and a second position. The stop is mounted on the mobile part, and the stop and the mobile part drive the locking arm. The latch is able to pass through the three states by moving the mobile part in its two directions and by moving the mobile stop between its two positions.

Claims

1. A latch comprising:

an external opening lever;

an internal opening lever;

a locking arm moveable between three positions each corresponding to one of three states of the latch;

a part moveable by actuation of a motor in a first direction and a second direction; and

a stop mounted on the part, the stop being moveable between a first stop position and a second stop position, wherein the stop and the part drive the locking arm, and the latch is changeable;

from a first state to a second state by moving the part in the first direction, wherein the stop remains in the first stop position,

from the second state to a third state by moving the part in the second direction to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position, and then by moving the part in the first direction, wherein the stop remains in the second stop position, and

from the third state to the first state by moving the part in the second direction and by moving of the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position.

2. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the stop is retained in the first stop position and the second stop position.

3. The latch according to claim 1, further including a tongue, wherein moving the part in the second direction brings the stop into contact with the tongue to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position.

4. The latch according to claim 1, further including a ramp, wherein movement of the part in one of the first direction and the second direction brings the stop into contact with the ramp to move the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position.

5. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the locking arm moves from a second arm position corresponding to the second state of the latch to a first arm position corresponding to the first state of the latch.

6. The latch according to claim 5, further including:

a claw to fix a striker mounted on a vehicle relative to the latch,

a pawl to actuate the claw, and

a counter-pawl driven by the internal opening lever that drives the pawl, wherein the counter-pawl moves the locking arm from the second arm position corresponding to the second state of the latch to the first arm position corresponding to the first state of the latch.

7. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the locking arm includes an elbow, and manual actuation of the elbow moves the locking arm from a third arm position corresponding to the third state of the latch to a first arm position corresponding to the first state of the latch.

8. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the external opening lever and the internal opening lever are unlocked in the first state of the latch.

9. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the internal opening lever is unlocked and the external opening lever is locked in the second state of the latch.

10. The latch according to claim 1, wherein the external opening lever and the internal opening lever are locked in the third state of the latch.

11. A latch comprising:

an external opening lever;

an internal opening lever;

a locking arm moveable between three positions each corresponding to one of three states of the latch;

a part moveable by actuation of a motor in a first direction and a second direction;

a stop mounted on the part, wherein the stop is moveable between a first stop position and a second stop position, wherein the stop and the part drive the locking arm, and the latch is changeable;

from a first state to a second state by moving the part in the first direction and by moving the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position,

from the second state to a third state by moving the part in the second direction to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position, and then by moving the part in the first direction, wherein the stop remains the second stop position, and

from the third state to the first state by moving the part in the second direction, wherein the stop remains in the second stop position.

12. The latch according to claim 11, wherein the stop is retained in the first stop position and the second stop position.

13. The latch according to claim 11, further including a tongue, wherein moving the part in the second direction brings the stop into contact with the tongue to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position.

14. The latch according to claim 11, further including a ramp, wherein movement of the part in one of the first direction and the second direction brings the stop into contact with the ramp to move the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position.

15. The latch according to claim 14, further including:

a claw to fix a striker mounted on a vehicle relative to the latch,

a pawl to actuate the claw, and

a counter-pawl driven by the internal opening lever that drives the pawl, wherein the counter-pawl moves the locking arm from a second arm position corresponding to the second state of the latch to a first arm position corresponding to the first state of the latch.

16. The latch according to claim 11, wherein the locking arm includes an elbow, and manual actuation of the elbow moves the locking arm from a third arm position corresponding to the third state of the latch to a first arm position corresponding to the first state of the latch.

17. The latch according to claim 11, wherein the external opening lever and the internal opening lever are unlocked in the first state of the latch.

18. The latch according to claim 11, wherein the internal opening lever is unlocked and the external opening lever is locked in the second state of the latch.

19. The latch according to claim 11, wherein the external opening lever and the internal opening lever are locked in the third state of the latch.

20. A latch comprising:

an external opening lever;

an internal opening lever;

a locking arm moveable between three positions each corresponding to one of three states of the latch;

a part moveable by actuation of a motor in a first direction and a second direction;

a stop moveable between a first stop position and a second stop position, wherein the stop is retained in the first stop position and the second stop position, the stop is mounted on the part and the stop and the part drive the locking arm,

a tongue, wherein the part moves in the second direction to bring the stop into contact with the tongue to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position; and

a ramp, wherein the part moves in one of the first direction and the second direction to bring the stop into contact with the ramp to move the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position,

wherein the latch is changeable;

from a first state to a second state by moving the part in the first direction, wherein the stop remains in the first stop position,

from the second state to a third state by moving the part in the second direction to move the stop from the first stop position to the second stop position, and then by moving the part in the first direction, wherein the stop remains in the second stop position, and

from the third state to the first state by moving the part in the second direction and by moving the stop from the second stop position to the first stop position.