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Apparatus and method for preventing undesired engagement of hold open lever in a latch
A latch is disclosed herein. The latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted to the latch for movement between an open position and a closed position; a detent lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a latched position and a released position, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from the closed position to the open position when the detent lever is in the latched position; a hold open lever configured to engage and retain the detent lever when it moves from the latched position to the released position; and wherein the fork bolt is configured to disengage the hold open lever from the detent lever when the fork bolt travels away from the closed position.
Apparatus and method for preventing undesired engagement of hold open lever in a latch
A latch is disclosed herein. The latch having: a fork bolt movably mounted to the latch for movement between an open position and a closed position; a detent lever movably mounted to the latch for movement between a latched position and a released position, wherein the detent lever prevents the fork bolt from moving from the closed position to the open position when the detent lever is in the latched position; a hold open lever configured to engage and retain the detent lever when it moves from the latched position to the released position; and wherein the fork bolt is configured to disengage the hold open lever from the detent lever when the fork bolt travels away from the closed position.
Apparatus and method for preventing undesired engagement of hold open lever in a latch
VAZQUEZ FRANCISCO JAVIER (author) / MARTINEZ ALFREDO (author) / PERKINS DONALD M (author)
2018-06-19
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING UNDESIRED LATCH RELEASE
| European Patent Office | 2015