A latching mechanism for facilitating opening and closing of a closure panel of a vehicle, the latch mechanism comprising: a first latch mounted in a first location to one of a body of the vehicle and the closure panel, the first location positioned on a first side of the vehicle, the first latch coupling the closure panel to the body of the vehicle when engaged with a corresponding first mating latch component; a second latch mounted in a second location to one of the body and the closure panel, the second location positioned on a second side of the vehicle, the second latch coupling the closure panel to the body of the vehicle when engaged with a corresponding second mating latch component; wherein one of the first latch and the second latch is maintained in a latched state and the other of the first latch and the second latch is in an unlatched state when the closure panel is moved between an open position and a closed position.
LATCHING MECHANISM FOR A CLOSURE PANEL USING MULTIPLE LATCHES
2021-11-18
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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