1998results about "Electrical locking actuators" patented technology

A tailgate assembly including a first gate and a second gate. The first gate configured to rotate with respect to a vehicle body and the second gate configured to rotate with respect to the first gate. The second gate includes an outer panel, an injection molded carrier plate, and a drive mechanism. The injection molded carrier plate is configured to be fixed the outer panel to form a cavity. And the injection molded carrier plate is configured to carry a number of functional components. The drive mechanism is fixed to the carrier plate and operably connected to at least one functional component of the number of functional components. Drive mechanism is configured to actuate and move the at least one functional component with respect to the second gate between the number of positions.

The present disclosure relates to a closure latch assembly and system for a vehicle closure panel equipped with a latch mechanism having a latched position and an unlatched position and a power release mechanism moveable between home position, a release position and a double pull position and / or a child lock position, wherein a motor is operable to move the power release mechanism from the home position to the release position and from the home position to the double pull position and / or the child lock position, and wherein an emergency backup mechanism in mechanically coupled communication with the latch mechanism can be mechanically actuated from a non-deployed position to a deployed position to move a pawl from a ratchet holding position to a ratchet releasing position regardless of the position of the power release mechanism, wherein the emergency backup mechanism is prevented from generating rattling noise while in the non-deployed position.

A vehicle latch, including: only a single motor the single motor performing a release / back drive function of the vehicle latch, power lock / unluck function of the vehicle latch, and a mechanical lock / unlock feature in the event of a power loss to the vehicle latch.

A transmission device for a door lock of a recreational vehicle comprises a first lock body and a second lock body that are detachably connected; the first lock body and / or the second lock body are provided with a transmission mechanism; the transmission mechanism comprises a deadbolt capable of sliding linearly and a first gear for pushing the deadbolt to slide; the radial surface of the first gear is provided with an eccentric part far away from the center of the gear, and the eccentric part is inserted into the deadbolt and is slidably connected with the deadbolt.

The invention relates to the technical field of automobile door locks, and discloses a vehicle door lock standby unlocking method which is applied to a vehicle door lock standby unlocking system, under the normal condition, a main power source supplies power, and a vehicle body controller receives a collision signal from a safety air bag unit and controls at least one door lock motor to work so as to drive at least one vehicle door to be opened. Under the abnormal condition, a collision signal from the safety air bag unit and / or a fault signal from the vehicle body main controller are / is received; according to the collision signal / fault signal, a standby power supply is controlled to supply power to at least one door lock motor to enable the door lock motor to work so as to drive at least one vehicle door to be opened; the collision signal indicates that a vehicle collides, and the fault signal indicates that a vehicle body domain controller breaks down. By the adoption of the explanation method, a feasible channel is provided for rescue workers to open the vehicle door from the outside to implement rescue, guarantee is provided for safe unlocking of the vehicle door under the crisis condition, and smooth implementation of follow-up rescue is guaranteed.

A closure latch assembly includes a power release gear configured to be driven by a motor in a first direction from a home position to a release position, whereat a pawl releases a ratchet to permit the ratchet to move to a striker release position, and back to the home position in the first direction, whereat a sensor signals the motor to be de-energized when the power release gear returns to the home position. In the absence of the pawl releasing the ratchet, the power release gear is driven by the motor in a second direction opposite the first direction to cause the pawl to release the ratchet to permit the ratchet to move to the striker release position.

A hood lock for a motor vehicle comprising a locking mechanism with a rotary latch and at least one pawl, a lock holder interacting with the locking mechanism, a release lever, the locked locking mechanism being able to be unlocked by means of the release lever, and the lock holder being transferable from a latching position into a support position after a first actuation, and the lock holder being transferable after a second actuation of the release lever into a release position, and a closing drive, wherein the locking mechanism can be moved by means of the closing drive from the support position into a main latching position, and wherein at least one position of the rotary latch can be detected by means of a switching means, and wherein at least one further switching means is provided for detecting the pawl position.

A removable pop out window provides a modular design. The window is configurable for multiple positions, including closed, vented, removable (e.g., pop out) positions, and combination thereof. The window may include latches, actuators, living hinges, or a combination thereof to allow for the multiple positions. The window may be modular, configured to be installed either as fixed of removable in a vehicle.

A locking actuator for automotive applications which is equipped with a housing, further equipped with an electromotive drive arranged in the housing, and equipped with a locking element guided outward through an opening in the housing. The electromotive drive has at least one electric motor, an output element, an output gear meshing with the output element, and a gearwheel meshing with the output gear in order to act upon the locking element. According to the invention, a manually actuable emergency actuation element engaging the gearwheel is provided.

A power latch assembly for motor vehicle closure applications has a single motor operable to move a pawl from a ratchet holding position to a ratchet releasing position and place the power latch assembly in at least one of a lock state and a child lock state.

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at a vehicle door. A handle portion includes a grasping portion and is movable relative to the base portion between a recessed position, where the grasping portion is recessed at the base portion, and a deployed position, where the grasping portion protrudes outward to be graspable by the user. A deployment mechanism is operable to move the handle portion between the recessed and deployed positions. A control module, based on a user input, actuates a latch mechanism to unlock the vehicle door. The deployment mechanism, responsive to the control module unlocking the vehicle door, moves the handle portion from the recessed position to the deployed position. With the handle portion in the deployed position and the vehicle door unlocked, the handle portion is graspable by the user to open the vehicle door.

The invention discloses a lock control system and a vehicle. The lock control system comprises a main control system and a redundancy control system. The main control system is connected with a signal input end and a lock motor and is used for outputting a first control signal to the lock motor after receiving a collision signal input by the signal input end, so that the lock motor executes unlocking operation; and the redundancy control system is connected with a signal input end and the lock motor, and is used for outputting a second control signal to the lock motor after a first time period of receiving a collision signal input by the signal input end, so that the lock motor executes unlocking operation. According to the lock control system, by arranging the main control system and the redundancy control system, secondary unlocking can be carried out on the lock motor, redundancy control can be formed on the lock motor, the phenomenon that the main control system cannot be unlocked due to system abnormity caused by collision is avoided, and it is ensured that the lock motor can smoothly execute unlocking operation.

The utility model discloses a vehicle electric unlocking lock which comprises a shell body, the shell body is provided with a driving mechanism, a rocker arm assembly, a pawl assembly and a ratchet wheel assembly, the ratchet wheel assembly is used for moving and switching between a locking position and an unlocking position relative to a plunger latch, and a retaining structure is arranged between the pawl assembly and the ratchet wheel assembly. The pawl assembly is used for moving and switching between a keeping position and a releasing position relative to the ratchet assembly, and when the ratchet assembly moves to the locking position, the driving mechanism drives the pawl assembly to move to the keeping position, and the ratchet assembly is kept at the locking position through the keeping structure; the rocker arm assembly comprises an electric opening rocker arm and an inner opening rocker arm, and the rotating center shaft of the electric opening rocker arm and the rotating center shaft of the inner opening rocker arm are perpendicular to the rotating center shaft of the pawl assembly. The driving mechanism drives the electric opening rocker arm to rotate and drives the inner opening rocker arm to reversely rotate relative to the electric opening rocker arm, and the pawl assembly is driven to be away from the ratchet wheel assembly and moves to the release position from the holding position. The electric unlocking device has the effects of compact structure, safety and reliability in use and electric unlocking.

A positioning device for a motor vehicle door, which is provided in its basic design with an electric motor drive for a positioning element, furthermore with at least one sensor assigned to the positioning element, and with a movement element optionally securing or releasing the positioning element (1, 2) and / or the motor vehicle door. The sensor is capable at least of measuring a force engaging on the positioning element. According to the invention, the movement element can be acted upon at least independently of the operator in accordance with signals from the sensor.

A caravan lock with anti-motor stalling linkage structure is equipped with a toothed clutch mechanism or a ratchet clutch mechanism. The toothed clutch mechanism is featured by a rotary sliding tooth disc and an inner tooth disc, the drive shaft of the rotary shaft motor is connected to the inner tooth disc of the rotary sliding tooth disc, and the surface of the inner tooth disc has evenly spaced holes allowing for elastic deformation. The outer diameter of the internal gear disc features a braking head wedged into the internal tooth grooves evenly spaced along the inner diameter of the rotary sliding tooth disc; while the end of the linkage is pivotally attached to the first pin located at the top of the rotary sliding tooth disc, the second pin at the top of the rotary sliding gear disk is inserted into the sliding hole of the small locking tongue.

A vehicle latch, including: a drive assembly, wherein the drive assembly includes a power release gear, a reset lever secured to one side of the power release gear and a gear lock lever located on an opposite side of the power release gear, the gear lock lever rotatably mounted to the power release gear and the reset lever; a switch link operably coupled to the gear lock lever; a clutch mechanism operably coupling the switch link to the reset lever; and a motor operably coupled to the drive assembly via a worm secured to a shaft of the motor, wherein rotation of the drive assembly by the worm performs one of a locking function and a power release of the vehicle latch.

The utility model provides a car door lock suction and interruption mechanism and a car door lock, the car door lock suction and interruption mechanism comprises a pawl assembly, a ratchet assembly, a self-priming push rod, a first drive device and a release-related rod, the pawl assembly, the ratchet assembly, the self-priming push rod and the first drive device form a self-priming function and have working conditions of unlocking state, semi-locking state and full-locking state, the release-related rod can drive the self-priming interruption connecting rod to slide under the action of the interruption assembly, and the self-priming interruption connecting rod separates the self-priming push rod from the ratchet assembly during the sliding process to achieve self-priming interruption. The car door lock suction and interruption mechanism described in the utility model realizes the automatic closing and locking of the car door and the self-priming interruption function in an emergency situation through a simple mechanical structure, has a compact structure, reliable operation, and improves the safety, reliability and convenience of the car door lock.

The utility model provides a lock device with power output. The lock device comprises a lock tongue component and a power output component, a pawl member; a driving device; a drive gear member; a pawl driving rod; the power output rod is provided with a fifth rotating axis, and the power output rod can be driven by the driving gear component so that power can be output outwards through the power output rod; when the driving gear component rotates in the first direction, the driving gear component can drive the spring bolt component to rotate, and the lock device with the power output is locked. When the driving gear part rotates in the second direction, the driving gear part can drive the pawl driving rod and the power output piece at the same time, so that the lock device with power output provides power outwards while unlocking is conducted.

The utility model belongs to the technical field of automobiles, and discloses an automobile door lock structure and an automobile, the automobile door lock structure comprises a locking assembly, a sector gear, a driving assembly, a linkage mechanism and a manual unlocking mechanism, the locking assembly comprises a ratchet wheel and a pawl, and the ratchet wheel and the pawl are selectively attracted; the driving assembly is connected with the sector gear; the linkage mechanism comprises a suction connecting rod, an unlocking rod and a transmission pin, and the sector gear and the suction connecting rod selectively and synchronously rotate through the transmission pin; and the manual unlocking mechanism is connected with the transmission pin. Thus, under the action of the driving piece, the ratchet wheel and the pawl are selectively meshed, the vehicle door can be automatically switched to the locking state in the semi-locking state, the transmission pin is driven to move through the manual unlocking mechanism, and the sector gear and the suction connecting rod are selectively and synchronously rotated; when the driving assembly is abnormal, the pull-in connecting rod can rotate independently to unlock the vehicle door, and safety is improved.

An actuating apparatus (1) for opening and closing a cover in or on a vehicle, having a locking and / or arresting kinematics that cooperate with the cover. The actuating apparatus includes a housing (2) and an actuating part (3) received in the housing (2) and movably supported relative to the housing (2). The actuating part (3) cooperates with the cover in such a way that the actuating part (3) performs a movement relative to the housing (2) between a first position and a second position upon a movement of the cover between a closed position and an open position, wherein, in the first position, the actuating part (3) is in a locked state. The actuating apparatus (1) further includes an elastically deformable spring system (4) associated with the actuating part (3), in particular having a progressive spring characteristic.

A closure latch assembly for a vehicle closure panel having a dual stage power release mechanism with a release lever configured for movement in a first direction and an opposite second direction. A first actuation of an actuator causes a first stage actuation, whereat the release lever is moved in the first direction to move closure latch assembly from a fully latched state to a partially latched state. A second actuation of the actuator causes a second stage actuation, whereat the release lever is moved in the second direction to move closure latch assembly from the partially latched state to an open state.

The utility model relates to an automobile door lock mechanism capable of moving bidirectionally, which is characterized in that a driving motor drives a worm to rotate, the worm drives a gear to rotate, the gear drives an electric opening release lever to rotate, and an arc surface is arranged on the electric opening release lever; the gear rotates to drive the first protrusion to rotate, the first protrusion pushes the driven wheel to rotate in the notch of the driven wheel, and therefore the safety rod is driven by the swing arm to rotate, and the safety rod drives the safety pull rod to move. When the safety pull rod moves, the coupling rod is driven to rotate, so that a third convex column on the coupling rod coincides with or is staggered from the arc surface, safety is released when the third convex column coincides with the arc surface, and safety is loaded when the third convex column is staggered; in the unlocking state, the gear continuously rotates in the upper insurance rotating direction, and the upper insurance and unlocking functions are sequentially completed; when the gear completes the safety function or completes the safety function and the unlocking function at the same time, the gear rotates in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the safety function, and the safety unlocking function is completed. Electric unlocking and electric safety locking and unlocking can be achieved at the same time, and space is saved.

A lid opening and closing device includes a base, a lid, an arm that has a pivoting part and an engagement portion and is movable between a retracted position and an advanced position, a rotating body that moves the arm by a driving force received from a drive source, a locking member that is rotatable between a lock position and an unlock position when the arm is in the retracted position, a cam that rotates the locking member toward the unlock position when the arm is moved to the advanced position, and a differential mechanism that starts rotating the pivoting part after a delay from the start of rotation of the rotating body when the arm is moved to the advanced position.

An electric driving device with an emergency disengagement function is characterized by comprising a shell, a worm gear, a worm, a disengagement base, a disengagement arm and a secondary gear, the disengagement base is arranged on a first shaft in a sleeving mode and located at the upper end of the worm gear, and the upper end of the disengagement base is provided with a spiral first inclined face; the disengagement arm is arranged on the first shaft in a sleeved mode and located at the upper end of the disengagement base, the disengagement arm is provided with a wrenching part extending out of the shell, the lower end of the disengagement arm is provided with a spiral second inclined face, and when the disengagement arm is in a rotating state, the second inclined face and the first inclined face are matched to drive the disengagement base to move downwards, and then the worm wheel is driven to move downwards. A clutch structure matched with a disengagement base and a disengagement arm is arranged in the device, emergency disengagement of the device is completed, and the self-locking characteristic of a worm gear and a worm can be achieved; in addition, after emergency disengagement is completed, self-resetting can be achieved, and normal work can be achieved after recovery.

In one embodiment, a system for an aerial application aircraft includes a hopper cover, an electric actuator coupled to the hopper cover, a latch sequencing mechanism, a spring, and a dual latch mechanism. The latch sequencing mechanism includes a latch rod coupled to the electric actuator that moves the latch rod between a latched position and an unlatched position. The spring is coupled to the latch sequencing mechanism and the latch rod, and the spring exerts linear mechanical force based on the latch rod being in the latched or unlatched position. The dual latch mechanism is coupled to the latch rod and includes a first latch pin that engages a first latch box and a second latch pin that engages a second latch box opposite the first latch box.

A detachable roof panel assembly for a vehicle has a locking structure that can be easily locked to secure the roof panel assembly upon mounting the assembly to a roof of the vehicle. The detachable roof panel assembly includes a plurality of roof panels detachably installed on the roof of the vehicle and a locking unit installed on the roof of the vehicle to lock the plurality of roof panels at predetermined positions.

The invention discloses a vehicle door mode switching device, a vehicle and a control method, and belongs to the technical field of automobile spare parts, the device comprises a vehicle door part, a vehicle body part and a rotating part, one end of the rotating part is rotationally connected with the vehicle door part, and the other end of the rotating part is rotationally connected with the vehicle body part. The automobile door lock stop is connected with the automobile door part, and the automobile body lock stop is connected with the automobile body part; the mode switching lock comprises a fixing plate, a driving piece, a lock rod, a scissor door lock catch and a side hung door lock catch. The fixed plate is connected with the rotating part, the scissor door lock catch and the side hung door lock catch are fixed to the two ends of the lock rod, the driving part is connected with the lock rod, the lock rod is connected with the fixed plate, and the driving part can drive the lock rod to move along the fixed plate so as to drive the scissor door lock catch to be matched with a vehicle body lock stop and drive the side hung door lock catch to be disconnected from the vehicle door lock stop. The switching device is in a vertical hinged door mode; or the scissor door lock catch is driven to be disconnected from the vehicle body lock stop, and the vertical hinged door lock catch is driven to be matched with the vehicle door lock stop, so that the switching device is in a scissor door mode. And stable switching between a scissor door mode and a side hung door mode is achieved.

The utility model relates to the technical field of vehicle engineering, in particular to an automobile front cover lock which comprises a ratchet wheel, a pawl, a manual module and a suction module, the manual module comprises a manual pull rod and a manual shifting rod driven by the manual pull rod, the manual pull rod and the pawl are coaxial, the manual pull rod limits the pawl in a one-way mode, and when the front cover lock is unlocked, the ratchet wheel is driven by the manual shifting rod to rotate. The manual pull rod pulls the pawl through the limiting part so as to enable the pawl to release limiting of the ratchet wheel, the attraction module comprises an active attraction rod, when the front cover lock needs to be attracted, the active attraction rod is driven by the electric actuator to push the ratchet wheel, the pushed ratchet wheel enters the limiting of the pawl, and when the front cover lock is unlocked, the ratchet wheel is driven to move back and forth. When the manual pull rod pulls the pawl through the limiting part, the manual shifting rod is driven by the manual pull rod to push the driving suction rod aside, and therefore interference of the driving suction rod on the ratchet wheel is relieved. The technical problem that in the prior art, an automobile front cover lock cannot achieve the functions of electric opening, electric suction and manual release at the same time is solved.

A device (200) for controlling a lock (102) of a vehicle flap (105) is described. The device (200) comprises an operating element (106) which can be actuated by a user in order to close a circuit and to thereby cause the lock (102) of the vehicle flap (105) to open. The device (200) further comprises a disconnector (204) which is designed to prevent closing of the circuit by the operating element (106) when a vehicle door (108) of the vehicle (100) is closed, and to allow closing of the circuit by the operating element (106) when the vehicle door (108) of the vehicle (100) is open.

A cinch power actuator for a closure latch assembly of a vehicle closure member includes a motor, an output gear configured to be driven in response to energization of the motor, a cam fixed to output gear for eccentric rotation about a rotational axis of output gear, a cycloid disk configure to be driven in eccentric fashion by the cam, and an output disk configured to be driven about the rotational axis of output gear by the cycloid disk, wherein the output disk is configured to drive a cable to move a ratchet of the closure latch assembly from a secondary striker capture position to a primary striker capture position.