Power striker for automotive door latch
First Claim
1. A power striker assembly for driving a striker pin of a door latch in horizontal movement between a ready latch receiving position and an actuated latch holding position, said striker assembly comprising a stationary base plate lying in a first vertical general plane, an elongate striker pin projecting freely through an opening through said base plate with the longitudinal axis of said pin perpendicular to said first general plane, first means mounting said pin upon said base plate for movement relative to said base plate along a fixed horizontal path between said ready position and said actuated position, a drive member lying in a second general plane parallel to said first general plane and having a central axis of rotation perpendicular to said first general plane, said drive member having an eccentrically located bore therein rotatively receiving said striker pin, second means mounting said drive member upon said base plate for rotation relative to said base plate about said central axis between a first and a second rotative position and for movement relative to said base plate along a fixed vertical path, rotation of said drive member between said first and second positions being operable to shift said pin between said ready and said actuated positions, and drive means coupled to said drive member for driving said drive member in rotation between said first and second rotative positions.
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Abstract
A power striker pin mechanism utilizes a base plate having a horizontal guide slot in its front side surface and a vertical guide slot in its rear side surface. A striker pin carrying slider is slidably received in the horizontal slot and is formed with a cylindrical post portion which projects rearwardly of the slider through a clearance opening in the base plate and through the vertical slot at the rear side of the base plate. A circular cam is located in the vertical slot and formed with an eccentric bore which rotatively receives the post portion of the slider. The circular cam is mounted upon a guide member for rotation relative to the guide member about its center and the guide member in turn is mounted for movement vertically relative to the base plate within the vertical slot. A flexible cable fixed at one end to the cam is tensioned to apply a torque to the cam. The rotative forces so applied to the cam are transformed into horizontal and vertical movement of the striker pin carrying slider and cam carrying guide member respectively by the horizontal and vertical guide slots of the base member.
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- 1. A power striker assembly for driving a striker pin of a door latch in horizontal movement between a ready latch receiving position and an actuated latch holding position, said striker assembly comprising a stationary base plate lying in a first vertical general plane, an elongate striker pin projecting freely through an opening through said base plate with the longitudinal axis of said pin perpendicular to said first general plane, first means mounting said pin upon said base plate for movement relative to said base plate along a fixed horizontal path between said ready position and said actuated position, a drive member lying in a second general plane parallel to said first general plane and having a central axis of rotation perpendicular to said first general plane, said drive member having an eccentrically located bore therein rotatively receiving said striker pin, second means mounting said drive member upon said base plate for rotation relative to said base plate about said central axis between a first and a second rotative position and for movement relative to said base plate along a fixed vertical path, rotation of said drive member between said first and second positions being operable to shift said pin between said ready and said actuated positions, and drive means coupled to said drive member for driving said drive member in rotation between said first and second rotative positions.
- 16. A power striker assembly for driving a striker pin of a door latch in horizontal movement between a ready latch receiving position and an actuated latch holding position, said strike assembly comprising a base plate lying in a first vertical general plane and having means defining a horizontal guide slot in one side of said base plate and means defining a vertical guide slot in the opposite side of said base plate, said base plate having a horizontally elongate opening therethrough between the respective central portions of said horizontal and vertical slots, a slide member slidably received in said horizontal slot, cylindrical post means on said slide member projecting from said slide member freely through said opening for fixedly mounting said striker pin in said slide member with the longitudinal axis of said striker pin coaxial with the axis of said post means and perpendicular to said first general plane, a circular cam member having a central cam axis and a bore therethrough eccentrically located with respect to said cam axis, guide means mounting said cam member in said vertical slot with said cam axis parallel to said axis of said striker pin and said post means rotatively received within said bore in said cam member, said guide means mounting said cam for rotation relative to said guide means about said cam axis and for vertical movement relative to said base plate, and drive means for driving said cam member in rotation about said cam axis.
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