Vehicle storage compartment latch assemblies with shape memory alloy actuator

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PATENT NO 11959313
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17297191

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A latch assembly for an access door of a storage compartment in a vehicle, includes a locking bar configured to move into an engaged configuration which enables the access door to be placed and held into a closed position and a disengaged configuration which permits the access door to be placed into an opened position; and an automatic locking mechanism including a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator configured to be coupled to the access door, and further including a locking feature operably coupled to a portion of the locking bar, and configured to engage and disengage the SMA actuator which is electrically energized to move into a locked position to prohibit the locking feature from moving. A latch assembly for an access door of a storage compartment in a vehicle includes an SMA actuator configured to move the locking bar into the disengaged configuration with the storage compartment.

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MOTHERSON INNOVATIONS COMPANY LIMITED35 GREAT ST HELEN'S LONDON EC3A 6AP

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bourdon, Jean-Francois Harnes, FR 1 1
Carpentier, Ludovic Harnes, FR 2 1
Jaeger, David-Kenneth Stuttgart, DE 2 11
Wieczorek, Romeo Stuttgart, DE 48 88

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