US 12,188,268 B2
Vehicle door latch
Hector Sanchez Rojas, Chihuahua (MX); Pedro Alfredo Alvarado Heredia, Chihuahua (MX); Carlos Isaac Tostado Bocanegra, Chihuahua (MX); and Ari Yussel Mino Ramirez, Chihuahua (MX)
Assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed by INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,328.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/422,239, filed on Nov. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151077 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 81/90 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 81/30 (2014.01); E05B 81/34 (2014.01); E05B 81/42 (2014.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 83/36 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/90 (2013.01) [E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); E05B 81/30 (2013.01); E05B 81/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/42 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 83/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle latch, comprising:
a drive assembly, the drive assembly includes a power release gear, a reset lever secured to one side of the power release gear and a gear lock lever located on an opposite side of the power release gear, the gear lock lever being capable of independent movement with respect to the power release gear and the reset lever;
a motor operably coupled to the drive assembly via a worm secured to a shaft of the motor, wherein rotation of the drive assembly by the worm performs one of a locking function and a power release of the vehicle latch;
a lock link lever, movably mounted to a housing portion of the vehicle latch, and the gear lock lever has a lower portion that has a receiving area operably coupled to a tab of a lock link lever;
a key cylinder lever, pivotally mounted to the latch housing portion, the key cylinder lever being operably coupled to a key cylinder via a rod, the key cylinder lever having a tab portion that is received in a receiving area of the lock link lever such that actuation of the key cylinder lever from a first position to a second position will cause the tab portion to contact a wall of the receiving area which causes movement of the lock link lever a locked position to an unlocked position, the key cylinder lever allows for manual unlocking of the vehicle latch; and
an emergency lock lever accessible from an exterior of the vehicle latch, the emergency lock lever when actuated will transition the vehicle latch from an unlocked state to a locked state.