(19)
(11) EP 0 806 532 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
17.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
12.11.1997 Bulletin 1997/46

(21) Application number: 97303132.1

(22) Date of filing: 08.05.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: E05B 65/19
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR IT SE

(30) Priority: 09.05.1996 GB 9609662
06.06.1996 GB 9611805

(71) Applicant: Bloxwich Engineering Limited
Bloxwich Walsall West Midlands, WS3 2JR (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Taylor, Colin Jeffrey
    Walsall, West Midlands WS3 5BT (GB)
  • Joycey, Nicholas
    Walsall, West Midlands WS3 3TT (GB)

(74) Representative: Spall, Christopher John 
BARKER, BRETTELL & DUNCAN 138 Hagley Road
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW
Edgbaston Birmingham B16 9PW (GB)

   


(54) Latch assemblies for vehicle hoods


(57) A latch assembly for a vehicle hood comprises a latch (2) for receiving and releasably retaining a striker pin (3) by the co-operation of a latching member in the latch (2) with a head (4) on the pin (3). The latch (2) comprises a body (10,11) having a bore (13) in which the striker pin (3) is adapted to be received, and the latch member comprises a resilient member (23) which is chordal to the bore (13) at least in a retaining position in which the member (23) co-operates within the head (4) to retain the striker pin (3) in the latch (2).
A release ring (15) rotatable about the axis of the bore (13) carries abutment means (24,25) for co-operation with the member (23) to move it away from the bore (13) and release it from the striker pin (3).






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