Power striker with manual override
First Claim
1. A power striker assembly for effecting final positioning of a closure member on an associated vehicle, said power striker assembly comprising:
- a striker member positionable to selectively engage said closure member and subsequently displace said closure member from an extended or open position to a retracted or closed position;
a striker plate carrying said striker member and adapted for attachment to said vehicle adjacent said closure member, said striker plate displaceable between first and second end limits of travel;
actuator means operative to drivingly engage said striker plate for displacement from said first end limit of travel to said second end limit of travel in response to a control signal; and
latch means operative to interlock said striker plate in said second position in the absence of said control signal.
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Abstract
A power striker assembly effects final positioning of a vehicle closure member and includes a fixed frame and a striker member carried on a striker plate for selective engagement of a latch carried on the closure member, to displace the closure member from a presented position to a cinched position. Guide means interconnects the frame and striker plate to effect simultaneous translational and rotational displacement of the striker plate between end limits of travel to produce linear displacement of the striker member. An actuator selectively displaces the striker plate between its end limits of travel in response to a control signal. Finally, an interlock fixes the striker plate in the cinched position in the absence of the control signal.
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Citations
22 Claims
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1. A power striker assembly for effecting final positioning of a closure member on an associated vehicle, said power striker assembly comprising:
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a striker member positionable to selectively engage said closure member and subsequently displace said closure member from an extended or open position to a retracted or closed position;
a striker plate carrying said striker member and adapted for attachment to said vehicle adjacent said closure member, said striker plate displaceable between first and second end limits of travel;
actuator means operative to drivingly engage said striker plate for displacement from said first end limit of travel to said second end limit of travel in response to a control signal; and
latch means operative to interlock said striker plate in said second position in the absence of said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A power striker assembly for effecting final positioning of a closure member on an associated vehicle, said power striker assembly comprising:
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a housing including a fixed frame adapted for attachment to said vehicle adjacent said closure member;
a striker member positionable to selectively engage said closure member and to subsequently displace said closure member from an extended or open position to a retracted or closed position;
a substantially flat striker plate carrying said striker member;
guide means interconnecting said frame and striker plate operative to effect displacement of said striker plate within an imaginary two-dimensional plane between first and second end limits of travel;
a substantially flat lever mounted to said frame within said imaginary two-dimensional plane adjacent said striker plate for rotation between an engaged position and a release position;
an electric drive motor;
transmission means interconnecting said motor and striker plate to selectively drive said striker plate from said first end limit of travel to said second end limit of travel in response to a control signal and interconnecting said motor to said lever to selectively drive said lever from said engaged position to said release position in response to said control signal;
means to continuously bias said striker plate towards said first limit of travel; and
means to continuously bias said lever towards said engaged position, wherein an edge of said lever operates to engage an edge of said striker plate to interlock the striker plate in said second end limit of travel in the absence of said control signal, and to releasably restrain said striker plate in said first end limit of travel in the absence of said control signal.
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21. A power striker assembly for effecting final positioning of a closure member on an associated vehicle, said power striker assembly comprising:
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a striker member positionable to selectively engage said closure member and subsequently displace said closure member from an extended or open position to a retracted or closed position;
a striker plate carrying said striker member and adapted for attachment to said vehicle adjacent said closure member, said striker plate displaceable between first and second end limits of travel;
actuator means operative to drivingly engage said striker plate for displacement from said first end limit of travel to said second end limit of travel in response to a control signal; and
a latch lever mounted adjacent said striker plate for rotation between an engaged position and a release position, wherein said latch lever operates to engage said striker plate to interlock said striker plate in said second end limit of travel in the absence of said control signal, and to releasably restrain said striker plate in said first limit of travel in the absence of said control signal. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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