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LOCK UNIT HAVING A SLOTTED PAWL

  • US 20110012376A1
  • Filed: 07/14/2009
  • Published: 01/20/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A lock unit for a vehicle comprising:

  • a rotatable catch biased in an opening direction about a catch rotation axis toward an open position of the lock unit in which a first recess of the catch is configured to receive a striker of the vehicle, the catch including a second recess disposed before the first recess in the opening direction;

    a pawl having a slot that is rotatable about a fixed pawl pivot axis, the pawl being biased toward the catch and the pawl pivot axis and including a blocking arm extending into the second recess of the catch while the lock unit is in a secondary latched position; and

    a blocking lever that abuts the blocking arm of the pawl against the catch in a primary latched position of the lock unit,wherein the pawl moves in a longitudinal direction of the slot as the lock unit is moved from the secondary latched position to the primary latched position opposite the opening direction of the catch.

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