US 12,467,291 B2
Latch with hold open lever
Harish Gajendra, Bangalore (IN); Donald Michael Perkins, Rochester Hills, MI (US); Carlos Villagrana Noris, Chihuahua (MX); and Arun Murthy Murthy, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed by INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC, Troy, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/241,295.
Claims priority of application No. 202211050447 (IN), filed on Sep. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0076916 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 85/26 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/26 (2013.01) [E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A latch, comprising:
a claw movably mounted to the latch for movement between an unlatched position and a latched position;
a pawl movably mounted to the latch for movement between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein the pawl prevents the claw from moving from the latched position to the unlatched position when the pawl is in the engaged position;
a hold open lever configured for movement between a first position wherein the hold open lever does not block movement of the pawl and a second position, wherein the hold open lever prevents the pawl from moving from the disengaged position to the engaged position;
a gear rotatably mounted to the latch for movement between a first position and a second position, the gear having a cam portion having a first portion that is configured to contact the pawl and move the pawl to the disengaged position as the gear rotates from the first position to the second position and the hold open lever contacts a second portion of the cam portion when the hold open lever is in the second position in order to prevent the gear from rotating from the second position to the first position; and
a spring for biasing the hold open lever into the second position as the gear is rotated into the second position, the spring being operably coupled to the pawl at one end and the hold open lever at a second end.