Abstract: Mechanism for pulling an opened compartment panel closed and engaging a latch with a striker includes a slide member mounted on the body for horizontal reciprocating movement and having a cam slot which receives a cam follower carried by the striker so that horizontal reciprocating movement of the slide member vertically reciprocates the striker. The cam slot includes an inclined cam surface effective to provide the vertical reciprocation of the striker. The cam slot also includes a horizontal dwell surface at the end of the inclined surface to define the retracted position of the striker in which the compartment panel is closed so that the load imposed on the compartment lid in the direction to pry open the compartment panel is prevented from urging the slide member in a direction which would permit the striker to extend.

Abstract: A vehicle closure latch includes a housing member provided with a slot opening to opposite sides thereof. A pair of latch bolt members are pivoted to the housing member within the slot in scissors fashion for movement inwardly and outwardly of the slot between latched and unlatched positions.

Abstract: A solenoid activated locking system primarily for hood and trunk manual release systems for vehicles. The solenoid is connected to a cable tied to the latch of a conventional hood or trunk release system. Unless activated, the solenoid prevents manual release of the trunk or hood lids to prevent access to the truck or engine compartment to someone who has obtained unauthorized access to the vehicle interior. The solenoid is automatically actuated for a preselected period of time whenever the ignition is turned on or off or when a reset switch is closed for more than a minimum and less than a maximum period of time. In addition, the solenoid is activated automatically during closure of the hood or trunk lid to permit secure engagement of the corresponding latch mechanism. An emergency release cable, hidden in an obscure location external of the vehicle, is provided for enabling manual release of the solenoid in the event of vehicle battery failure or other otherwise disabling event.

Abstract: An electrically operable device for actuating vehicle doors and the like from a central panel location is disclosed, especially for doors having an individual lock, and having electromechanical actuation including an actuating rod adapted to be reciprocatingly displaced, as well as being adapted to assume an unlocked position, a locked position, and an antitheft position. The actuating rod is further adapted to operate the respective control rod operatively connected to the respective door lock. The device includes a reversible electric motor, a transmission, and an actuating mechanism for the drive rod. The device also includes exterior ridges on a spindle-nut and projecting formations which can be overridden, upon completion of the locking stroke, as well as on completion of the unlocking stroke, as well as for carrying out of an antitheft stroke.

Abstract: The portable door opening device comprises an elongated tubular member having an integral hook like means above the center of the tubular member. At the lower end of the tubular member is positioned a foot pedal member when operated by foot pressure in a down vertical motion causes a clamping collar or door knob grip to rotate and releases a conventional door latch mechanism.

Abstract: The door lock assembly, the inside door handle, the power lock actuator, the various bell crank levers, and the connecting rods acting therebetween are assembled upon a module frame off the assembly line to enable construction of a preassembled and tested door lock and handle module for subsequent mounting on the vehicle door. The module frame has a longitudinal extending stiffening flange along the upper margin thereof. A molded plastic cover fits over the assembled module and cooperates with the module frame and its stiffening flange to enclose the door lock rod in order to prevent unauthorized entry into the vehicle body by the insertion of a tool between the door outer panel and the window glass to actuate the door lock rod.

Abstract: A latch release arrangement for vehicle bodies which includes drive and driven members interconnected by a flexible cable for conjoint rotation. A key operated member releases the first latch directly or actuates the drive member to release the second latch through the driven member. An actuator can also operate the drive member to release the second latch through the driven member.

Abstract: Disclosed is a lid lock structure for a hinged lid of a recess which is made in a car body to conceal a fueling port. The lid lock structure includes a latch housing containing a bolt and having a plate spring at its head. The bolt catches a catch leg extending from the back of the hinged lid when closed, whereas the plate spring is yieldingly bent to constantly apply pressure to the lid while it is closed. When the bolt is retracted, the lid is unlatched to snap open. The built-in spring structure facilitates assembly work.

Abstract: The central locking installation for motor vehicle door locks blocks the locking element of the door lock by means of an additional, separately controllable blocking member. The locking element and the blocking member are driven by separate electrical drives which are connected into mutually parallel-connected current paths of one common drive current circuit. The drive direction of the two drives is controlled by common switches of a pole-changing circuit which reverses the current direction. Into the current path of the drives of the blocking member there is connected a control switch by way of which these drives can be switched on selectively. In the unlocking direction and the unblocking or releasing direction a time control system controllable by means of the door key in the unlocking of the door switches on the drives of the locking element and of the blocking member simultaneously. In the locking of the door lock only the drive of the locking element is switched on in its locking direction.

Abstract: A release arrangement for releasing the detent of a latch for an exterior vehicle body closure from the inside of the body. The release arrangement includes a manually operable pivotal handle connected by a cable to an auxiliary release lever for the detent and a pull handle also connected to the release lever by another cable. The pivotal handle is mounted to a support within the body and the pull handle is releasably stored on the support. Separate housings of a common sheath house the cables.

Abstract: A lid locking device of a simple construction is fastened strongly to a panel by a simple procedure comprising the steps of setting a stopper energized with a spring in a cylindrical case provided with a contact flange formed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylinder surrounding an opening thereof, inserting the cylindrical case into an opening formed in a panel containing an inlet to the gasoline tank in an automobile and bringing the contact flange against the rear side of the panel, and fastening a cap to the flange on the front side of the panel.

Abstract: A remote control door-lock device connected to front and rear door lock devices for an automotive vehicle used to lock/unlock the front and rear vehicle doors from a position near a driver seat comprises one or two guide plates having a slot formed therein and one or two actuation members having projection pins on one side thereof and an opening on the other side thereof. The guide plates are controlled by a remote control lever via a cable, and the slots thereof engage the pins so that the guide plates control the position of the actuation members, but with some mutual free travel. The actuation members also engage with front and rear door lock members, usable by passengers, so that if the remote control lever is actuated, the door lock members are in turn actuated to lock the respective doors, and to disable the door lock members. That is, the door lock members can be actuated either directly or by the remote control lever.

Abstract: A fuel tank filler door mounts a striker which is engageable by a latch member of a lock on the body to lock the filler door against movement to open position. The lock is released by a shiftable cable controlled by a power actuator or a mechanical actuator within the vehicle trunk.

Abstract: A central door-lock system has a plurality of door latches each including a detent displaceable between an open position securing the respective door to the respective doorpost and a closed position permitting the respective door to separate from the respective doorpost, a manual door-opening handle, mechanism including a primary latch member connected to the handle and connectable to the detent and movable between a lock position preventing this handle from displacing the detent between its open and closed positions and an unlock position permitting the handle to displace the detent between the open and closed positions, and a secondary latch member displaceable between a lock position urging the primary latch member into the respective lock position while permitting the primary latch member to move into the respective unlock position, an unlock position permitting the primary latch member to move freely between the respective lock and unlock positions, and an antitheft position positively holding the primar

Abstract: A central door-lock system has a plurality of door latches each of which is provided with a detent displaceable between open and closed positions for allowing the door to open and for holding it closed. This detent can be acted on by a manual door-opening handle through mechanism including a primary latch member which is connected to the handle and connectable to the detent and which is movable between a lock position preventing the handle from displacing the detent between the open and closed positions and an unlock position permitting the handle to displace the detent between the open and closed positions. A secondary latch member is displaceable between a lock position urging the primary latch member into the respective lock position, an unlock position permitting the primary latch member to move freely between the respective lock and unlock positions, and an antitheft position positively holding the primary member in the respective lock position.

Abstract: A central vehicle door-lock system has several door latches each including a detent movable between a lock position securing the door closed and an unlock position allowing the door to be opened by means of a mechanism inside the door latch. Each of these latches is associated with a servoactuator having an actuator that is engaged via this mechanism with the respective detent and that is in turn moved by an operator. This operator, therefore, can move the actuator and with it the latch detent between lock and unlock positions, and the operator itself is movable by a servomotor into an antitheft position. A lock pawl on the actuator can, in the lock position of the actuator and in the antitheft position of the operator, move from a freeing position permitting displacement of the actuator from the lock to the unlock position into a blocking position preventing such displacement to lock up the entire latch.

Abstract: A device comprising a lock with a rotating knob and incorporated bolt, capable of being blocked by the release of the rotating-knob unlocking control. The release results from the shifting of a blocking lever 13, 113 of the plate of the lock. The lever is operated by either a remote-controlled driving organ, or directly by the cylinder bolt. The blocking lever can, in addition, be inhibited by a locking lever 55, 155 operated from inside the trunk so as to neutralize the remote control.

Abstract: A lock remote control device comprises a lock assembly and a manipulatable unit positioned spaced a distance from the lock assembly. The lock assembly includes a latch lever for selectively locking and unlocking a movable structural element, a first biasing spring for bringing the latch lever in position to lock the movable structural element. The manipulatable unit includes a movable member connected through a latch cable to the latch lever and movable between projected and retracted position, and an actuator operable to permit the movable member to move from the retracted position towards the projected position to bringing the latch lever against the first biasing spring in position to unlock the movable structural element when an external pushing force is applied thereto, but to block the movement of the movable member in the retracted position during the absence of the external pushing force. This movable member is normally biased to assume the projected position by a second biasing spring.

Abstract: A lock assembly for locking or unlocking the door of a truck or trailer body from a handle located inside the cab of the tractor. The tractor cab is fitted with a pivotable handle lever mounted on about fixed rachet gear engaged by a pivotable tooth on the handle lever, with the handle lever linked by a lock rod that extends under the floor of an attached truck or trailer body to a latch fixed on the door of the truck or trailer body. The lock rod may be fitted with coupling means for separation into a tractor section and a trailer section for use when the trailer section is detached from the tractor. The door latch is in the form of a bolt slidable axially through an eye member fixed to the truck door or alternately the bolt is bent at an angle to rotate about a fixed bracket on the door, with the bolt coupled to the lock rod by helical-slotted collar that translates reciprocal axial motion of the lock rod into rotary motion of the bolt.

Abstract: A motor vehicle has a luggage compartment with a lid secured closed by a lock operable both by a key, and by a knob disposed in the passenger compartment.

Abstract: This mechanical control system for vehicle door closure locks incorporates a remote interior handle, supported by a vehicle door, manually movable in a first plane for effecting the locking function of the door lock mechanism and manually movable in a second plane for effecting the latching function of the lock mechanism. The system encompasses the interconnection of remote handles for spaced doors so that the handle of either door may be selectively used to control the locking function of both door locks.

Abstract: A door latch mechanism for a tractor cab with a door having inside and outside wall and having one end pivotally attached to the cab. The mechanism includes a catch mounted on the door opposite the pivotal door attachment with the catch including a pivotally mounted engagement bias disengagement arm, an external handle mounted on the outside wall of the door between the latch and pivotal door attachment with the handle incorporating a pivotal activator for disengaging the catch while pivoting the door and a push lever driven by the activator to operate the catch, an internal handle mounted on the inside wall between the external handle and the catch for operating the catch from within the cab, and a rod assembly connecting the external handle, the catch, and the internal handle, with the rod assembly including a rod pivotally connected to the push lever and the catch and a one way lever connecting the rod and the internal handle.