Automotive latch including bearing to facilitate release effort
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United States of America Patent
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Aug 18, 2020
Grant Date -
Feb 23, 2017
app pub date -
Aug 9, 2016
filing date -
Aug 21, 2015
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Abstract
A latch comprising: a housing having a slot for a striker; a ratchet rotationally mounted on the housing and biased for release of the striker from the slot and retaining of the striker in the slot dependent upon angular position of the ratchet with respect to the housing, the ratchet having a ratchet surface; a pawl rotationally mounted on the housing and biased towards the ratchet, the pawl having a pawl surface; and a rotatable bearing positioned between the pawl surface and the ratchet surface for rotation there between during rotation of the ratchet and the pawl, such that contact between the ratchet and the pawl is facilitated by one or more localized contact regions between an exterior surface of the bearing and adjacent respective at least one of the pawl surface or the ratchet surface; wherein the contact region is a localized contact region with respect to the exterior surface having a spheroidal shape.
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- 2016 Application Filing Year
- E05B Class
- 1003 Applications Filed
- 767 Patents Issued To-Date
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