Title:
LOW VOLTAGE BACKUP ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC LATCH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/160069
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A door handle and actuation assembly for opening a door of a vehicle includes a striker and a latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a latch biased to engage the striker to secure the vehicle door in a closed position. A first latch actuator is configured to receive an electronic signal for disengaging the latch from the striker. A second latch actuator is redundant to the first latch actuator and a power source is available for providing an electrical signal to the second latch actuator. The second latch actuator includes a shape memory alloy having a first configuration and a second configuration that different from the first configuration when subject to an electrical current. The second configuration is cooperable with the latch assembly for disengaging the latch from the striker.
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Inventors:
BINGLE ROBERT L (US)
BANTER CHARLES BRUCE (US)
MERIDETH MARCUS E (US)
BANTER CHARLES BRUCE (US)
MERIDETH MARCUS E (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2015/060257
Publication Date:
February 09, 2017
Filing Date:
November 12, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ADAC PLASTICS INC (US)
International Classes:
E05B1/00; E05B81/56; E05B81/76; E05B85/10; E05C3/12; E05C3/14
Foreign References:
| US20030155779A1 | 2003-08-21 | |||
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| US20160130843A1 | 2016-05-12 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
DEGRAZIA, Gregory D. et al. (US)
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