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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090285 | Automotive door assembly A door assembly is provided having an ergonomic egress handle. The egress handle includes a door release lever that is pivotally connected to an automotive vehicle door about an axis that is generally perpendicular to the door for unlatching the door so that the doo... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078640 | Opening switch for an opening and closing body An opening switch for an opening and closing body includes a switch base having a first substrate and a second substrate which are put together in a manner such that inner faces of the substrates face each other and outer faces of the substrates are outer faces of t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 6951355 | Door lock system for vehicle A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, a link mechanism and a housing. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The link mechanism includes an electric driving source and a plurality of le... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945574 | Door lock system for vehicle A door lock system for a vehicle includes a) a latch mechanism which is adapted to a vehicle door and which holds the vehicle door to a vehicle body, b) an open link which is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism, c) a swing lever which is connected to... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6837461 | Balance load actuator The present invention provides a balance load actuator for effecting motion between a first part and a second part. An embodiment of the present invention comprises a main housing; a shaft; a motion transfer assembly; and a load balancing assembly. The balance load ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6142540 | Motor vehicle door lock A motor vehicle door lock is provided. An inside connecting device is connected at one end to an inside door opening element and at another end to an inside opening lever. The inside opening lever pivots about a first pin via the inside connecting device ... | 11/07/2000 |
| 5893593 | Latch device used in vehicle door A relay assembly for a vehicle sliding door comprises an outer opening lever mounted on a base plate for releasing a latch unit by operation of an outside open handle, a locking lever mounted on the base plate and having an unlocked position and a locked ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5865481 | Impact-safe motor-vehicle door latch A motor-vehicle door latch has a latch housing formed with a recess open in an acceleration direction the latch is displaced in during a collision and, immediately adjacent the recess, with a blocking formation directed in the direction. A latching elemen... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5171048 | Vehicle door lock assembly A door lock assembly includes a housing-carried set of interactive operating components for mounting on a closure for releasingly engaging a keeper that is carried by structure located adjacent to an opening through which access is controlled by positioni... | 12/15/1992 |
| 4781407 | Latch mechanism for the glove compartment cover of a vehicle A latch mechanism for the hingedly mounted glove compartment cover of a vehicle glove compartment includes a pair of latching members reciprocably mounted in the glove compartment cover and having a locking rod at the outer end thereof adapted for introdu... | 11/01/1988 |
