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Accident responsive safety release for a motor vehicle's rear door child-lock device

  • US 5,894,906 A
  • Filed: 11/08/1996
  • Issued: 04/20/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for releasing a motor vehicle'"'"'s rear door latch mechanism'"'"'s anti-egress child-lock device in response to a collision between the motor vehicle and another object and including steps of:

  • presetting state of the anti-egress child-lock device on at least one said rear door to thereby inhibit manual operability of the rear door latch mechanism'"'"'s interior latch release device;

    operating the motor vehicle with the preset said anti-egress child-lock device in the preset state;

    accidentally colliding the motor vehicle usually with another object;

    sensing the accidental collision to produce a crash signal in response to an impact level in excess of a predetermined threshold;

    unsetting the preset state of the anti-egress child-lock device in automatic response to the crash signal; and

    ,enabling manual operability of the interior latch release device by an occupant subsequent to the collision.

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