US 11,673,508 B2
Latch device
Eric Griffith, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Rivian IP Holdings, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/130,202.
Prior Publication US 2022/0194301 A1, Jun. 23, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); E05B 85/24 (2014.01); E05B 85/26 (2014.01)
CPC B60R 9/00 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/004 (2013.01); B60R 2011/005 (2013.01); E05B 85/243 (2013.01); E05B 85/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a support bracket;
a latch rotatably mounted on the support bracket and having a first flange and a second flange, an inner side of the first flange and an inner side of the second flange defining therebetween a notch configured to receive a striker bar, the latch being rotatable in a first rotational direction into a closed position with the striker bar received in the notch responsive to the striker bar being moved against the inner side of the first flange; and
a pawl rotatably mounted on the support bracket, the pawl having an inner edge and a cam edge, an outer side of the first flange being configured to engage the inner edge to hold the pawl in an unlocked position responsive to the latch being in an open position with the notch facing the striker bar, the pawl being configured to rotate in the first rotational direction and the cam edge being configured to move against the inner side of the first flange to hold the latch in the closed position responsive to the latch rotating in the first rotational direction past the inner edge of the pawl responsive to the striker bar being moved against the inner side of the first flange, wherein, when the latch is in the closed position, the cam edge of the pawl contacts both the inner side of the first flange and the striker bar.