US3876238A - Two-part motor vehicle door latch - Google Patents

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US3876238A
US3876238A US412784A US41278473A US3876238A US 3876238 A US3876238 A US 3876238A US 412784 A US412784 A US 412784A US 41278473 A US41278473 A US 41278473A US 3876238 A US3876238 A US 3876238A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/36—Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means
    • E05B77/38—Cushion elements, elastic guiding elements or holding elements, e.g. for cushioning or damping the impact of the bolt against the striker during closing of the wing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/20—Bolts or detents
    • E05B85/24—Bolts rotating about an axis
    • E05B85/26—Cooperation between bolts and detents
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1044—Multiple head
    • Y10T292/1045—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1047—Closure
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/68—Keepers

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  • a motor vehicle door latch has an inner plate which is secured to the inner face of the edge panel of the vehilz ll Appl' L784 cle door and on which is secured the operating mechanism of the latch.
  • An outer housing has a metal plate [30] Foreign Application Priority Dat and a synthetic-resin body spacing the plate from the Nov. 3. 1972 Germany 2253954 edge Panel with the locking P and mechansim for engaging and holding the bolt on the doorpost. ⁇ 52 vs. Cl 292/216; 292/340 Screws secure the Plates together and P [51; Int. Cl. E05c 3/26 through the door-edge Panel and Synthetic-resin 58 Field of Search 292/l98, 216.
  • the body acting as Pivot am for the pawl and other ZQZ/DIGA 25 DIG 26 tary mechanism in the outer housing.
  • the body is formed with tubular regions on which the rotary ele- 156] References Cited ments such as the locking pawl are pivoted and UNITED STATES PATENTS through which the screws pass as reinforcement.
  • the present invention relates to a motor-vehicle door latch and, more particularly, to a latch which is mounted on the edge of a door and which catches and holds a locking bolt or the like mounted on the respective doorpost.
  • a motor-vehicle door latch has a housing comprising a base plate to which is attached a U-section cover plate formed with a notch in which a latching bolt or pin mounted on the vehicle doorpost is receivable.
  • the housing is mounted on the edge of the door and much of the lock mechanism, in particular the lock fork which catches and holds the latching pin, and the pawl are journaled between the two plates on the outside of the edge panel.
  • the operating mechanism is generally provided within the door, an extension of the latch pawl passing through the base plate being operated by. this mechanism.
  • the assembly of motor vehicles is generally carried out in such a manner that first the operating mechanism is mounted inside the door, then the latching arrangement must be secured to the door edge.
  • the various tolerances of the metal constituting the door edge are quite important.
  • the assembler must put together the outside mechanism on the spot and fit it to the door.
  • the axles for the latch fork and the latch pawl must be carefully fitted into both sides of the lock housing as the device is assembled. a moderately complicated operation.
  • Another object is the provision of such a latch which is inexpensive to manufacture.
  • Yet another object is to provide a motor-vehicle door latch which lends itself to the two-stage assembly described above.
  • a motor-vehicle door latch having a housing formed of a pair of plates which sandwich a molded synthetic-resin body and the door edge. This body is attached to the outer plate and carries the locking pawl as well as the torsion spring that urges it in one direction.
  • the inside plate carries the operating mechanism and the keeper and is formed with threaded holes so that heavy metal screws can be inserted through the outer plate and the central body as well as through corresponding holes in the door edge into the inner plate to secure the assembly together.
  • the securing screws act as the rotation axis for the locking pawl.
  • the body is formed with a sleeve around which the pawl is journaled on the sleeve.
  • the securing bolt passes through the sleeve and reinforces It.
  • the body is either bonded to the outer plate so as to be securely attached thereto or it is provided with clips that engage the outer plate and hold the latching assembly together.
  • Another advantage of such a structure is that it makes the latch operate extremely silently. Journaling the pawl and the keeper in synthetic-resin tubes eliminates much potential squeaking, and in general cuts down noise generated by the lock.
  • FIGS. 5 8 are views similar to FIGS. 1 4, respectively, showing another arrangement according to the present invention.
  • FIGS. 9 11 are views similar to FIGS. 4 and 8 showing further configurations of the latch of this invention.
  • a motor-vehicle door latch has a housing formed of an inside plate 1 adapted to lie on the inside of a panel 2 constituting the edge of the vehicle door 29 (FIG. 1A) and an outer housing 3.
  • Operating mechanism generally indicated at 4 and connected to the door handle 30 is secured to the plate I and connected through the plates 1 and 2 to latching mechanism 5 within the outer housing 3.
  • the mechanism 5 comprises a pivotal locking pawl or fork 6 and the mechanism 3 has a keeper 7 which is engageable with this pawl 6 to lock it in position as described in the above-cited patent applications.
  • the outer housing 3 comprises a flat steel plate 8 formed with a notch 9 in which the bolt 10 secured to a vehicle doorpost 11 is receivable, and a syntheticresin body 12, here phenol-formaldehyde, which is formed with two bumpers 13 lying along the inside edges of the notch 9 as described in my earlier patents and patent applications.
  • the head 14 of the bolt 10 bumps against these cushions 13 and an extension 15 of one of the cushions serves to prevent manipulation of the keeper 7 from outside the latch.
  • the body is formed with a cutout 16 accommodating a back cushion 17 that lies at the bight of the notch 9 and is of softer synthetic-resin material, a polyethylene for example, to take up the shock as the door is shut.
  • the body 12 forms a peripheral wall 18 which surrounds the housing on all sides but the opening of the notch 9 and therefore keeps water and dirt out of the interior of the latching mechanism 5.
  • the body 12 is formed below the notch 9 with a pair of sleeves 21 which align with holes in the plate, with holes 20' in the plate 2, and with threaded holes 20" in the plate 1, so that flush machine screws 19 may secure all these elements together.
  • the sleeves constitute a rigid spacer between the plate 8 and the plate 2.
  • the body 12 is formed with another sleeve 21a forming a hole that aligns with a hole 200 in the plate 8 and with holes 200 and 20a" in the plates 2 and 1, respectively. the latter being threaded so that a flush machine screw 19a again may secure these elements together.
  • the sleeve 21a also constitutes a support both for the pawl 6 and its torsion spring 22 which has one end secured in the pawl 6 and its other end in the body 12.
  • the sleeve 21a is stepped at 210' so that the pawl 6 lies adjacent the plate 8. In this manner the screw 19a reinforces the sleeve 210 and provides a very firm mounting for the pawl 6.
  • the body 12 is also formed with a short sleeve 21b that fits into the plate 8 and acts as a journal for the outer end '70 of the keeper 7.
  • the body 12 is cemented to the plate 8 at 18' so that the entire outsidehousing assembly shown to the left in FIG. I forms a single assembly that can just be placed against the door panel 2 and then secured in place by screws 19 and 19a.
  • FIGS. 5 8 has a keeper 7b which is pivotal within the housing 3 about one of the sleeves 21 through which the screws 19 extend.
  • This keeper 7b is provided with an operating pin 26 which extends through inline apertures in the plates 1 and 2 into the mechanism 4 so that this mechanism can operate the keeper 7b.
  • the body 12 is formed with a projection 27 engageable through a hole 27' in the plate 8 to hold these tow elements together. Clips 27 are also provided to the other side of the notch so that the unit is held firmly together, but the body 12 can be separated from the plate 8 if desired, since the head of each projection 27 is only slightly larger than the respective hole 27'.
  • the plate 1 can be partially or wholly formed of synthetic-resin material, and is formed with journals and guides 23 for the various elements of the mechanism 4.
  • FIG. 9 the arrangement is formed much as in FIGS. 5 8, but short steel spacer pins 24 are provided which each have one end bearing on the plate 2 and another end on the plate 8, so as to maintain a fixed distance between these two elements.
  • spacer pins 24 insure that the bolts 19 and 190 will not loosen on shrinking of the body 12.
  • FIG. 10 uses steel sleeves 25 which take the place of the sleeves 21 and 21a of FIGS. 1 9. These sleeves act as spacers, much as the pins 24, and as journals for the pawl 6 and keeper 7b.
  • the plate 8' is generally U-shaped with two parallel legs 28 above and below the notch 9 that rest directly on the door edge 2.
  • the body 12 only forms the vertical edges of the housing half 3 to form an extremely heavy-duty structure.
  • the latch according to the present invention is inexpensive to manufacture since many of the costly machining operations hitherto necessary are obviated by use of a housing partially formed of an inexpensively molded synthetic-resin body.
  • a housing is, however, as rigid and strong as the all-metal housings.
  • the assembly of such a latch on a vehicle door is fairly simple as all of the latching mechanism is held within the outer housing half, so that the assembler need merely screw it in place on the door edge.
  • latching means including mechanism mounted solely on said outer housing and including a latch pawl pivotal thereon for engaging and holding said bolt;
  • an inner housing lying against the inner face of said door-edge panel and including an inner metal plate lying against said panel and formed with a plurality of holes alignable with said holes of said outer metal plate;
  • operating means including mechanism mounted solely on said inner housing and operatively connected to said pawl for blocking rotation thereof and for freeing same for rotation;
  • said body and said door-edge panel and each having one end engaging one of said plates and another end engaging the other plate, said body being also formed with a notch corresponding to and underlying the notch of said outer plate and provided at its bight with a cushion for said bolt.
  • said latching means includes a tubular pivot in said body for said pawl, one of said screws extending axially through said tubular pivot.
  • tubular pivot is a metal tube having one end bearing against said outer plate and another end bearing against said door-edge panel.
  • said latching means includes a pivotal keeper engageable with said pawl and operatively connected to said operating mechanism and another such sleeve formed on said body and constituting a tubular pivot for said keeper, another of said screws extending axially through said other tubular pivot.
  • the latch defined in claim 2 further comprising at least one metallic spacer having one end bearing 6 against said edge panel and another end bearing against formed with at least one clip and said outer plate is Sam outer Plat formed with an aperture, said clip extending through 8.
  • said outer plate is U-shaped and has a pair of U-legs standing on said edge panel.

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US4775176A (en) * 1986-09-22 1988-10-04 Kabushikikaisha Anseikogyo Automobile door latch
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US4904004A (en) * 1987-03-30 1990-02-27 Magna International Inc. Modular structural latch
US4934748A (en) * 1987-12-15 1990-06-19 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Door lock apparatus
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US4986576A (en) * 1988-12-27 1991-01-22 The Hartwell Corporation Locking door latch
US5048879A (en) * 1989-12-27 1991-09-17 Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha Door lock for an automobile
US5328219A (en) * 1992-12-24 1994-07-12 General Motors Corporation Vehicle closure latch
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US20060103146A1 (en) * 2004-11-12 2006-05-18 Jean-Pierre Noel Motor vehicle lock
US7827735B1 (en) 2005-09-22 2010-11-09 Ford Global Technologies Liftgate assembly for automotive vehicle
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US20140217753A1 (en) * 2011-02-15 2014-08-07 Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft Lock for a flap or door
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US20160230860A1 (en) * 2011-06-17 2016-08-11 Ts Tech Co., Ltd. Latching device for vehicles
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