초록

A vehicle body closure latch which is formed of a single handed latch unit, a single handed actuating unit, and a single handed bumper unit which can be assembled in either a right hand or a left hand configuration.

대표청구항 ▼

A vehicle body closure latch formed of the same units assembled in either a right hand or a left hand configuration, comprising, in combination, a latch unit having a vertical center line about which the latch unit is rotatable 180°between a right hand position and a left hand position and including

A vehicle body closure latch formed of the same units assembled in either a right hand or a left hand configuration, comprising, in combination, a latch unit having a vertical center line about which the latch unit is rotatable 180°between a right hand position and a left hand position and including: a frame having right hand and left hand sides, a latch bolt mounted on the frame for movement between latched and unlatched positions, a detent mounted on the frame and engageable with the latch bolt for maintaining the latch bolt in latched position, a latch actuating unit mounted to the right hand side of the frame in a right hand latch configuration and mounted to the left hand side of the frame in a left hand latch configuration, the actuating unit including: a spaced pair of detent release levers movable between operating and bypass positions, means interconnecting the detent release levers for concurrent movement between the positions thereof, one detent release lever being connectable with the detent to release the detent and the other detent release lever concurrently moving with the one detent release lever when the detent release levers are in operating position and the actuating unit is mounted to the right hand side of the frame in a right hand configuration, the other detent release lever being connectable with the detent to release the detent and the one detent release lever concurrently moving with the other detent release lever when the detent release levers are in operating position and the actuating unit is mounted to the left hand side of the frame in a left hand configuration, a pair of operating levers, each engageable with one detent release lever to concurrently move the one and the other detent release levers when the release levers are in operating position and release the detent, latch actuating means operatively connected to at least one of the detent release levers for concurrently moving the one and the other detent release levers between the operating position and the bypass position, the operating levers bypassing the detent release levers when the detent release levers are in the bypass position, a bumper unit mounted to the same side of the frame of the latch unit as the actuating unit for guiding relative movement of the latch bolt and a striker, and cooperating means on each of the units for assembling the units in the right hand and left hand configurations.