US Patent Issued to Magna Closures on July 1 for "Closure latch assembly equipped with a power cinch mechanism having a cinch pawl" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,077, issued on July 1, was assigned to Magna Closures Inc. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Closure latch assembly equipped with a power cinch mechanism having a cinch pawl" was invented by Francesco Cumbo (Newmarket, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch assembly for a vehicle includes a latch housing, a ratchet, a main pawl, and a cinch mechanism including a cinch pawl and a cinch link lever. When the ratchet moves to a secondary striker capture position, the cinch pawl moves into a blocking position to hold the ratchet. The cinch pawl is actuatable by a cinch lever to move the ratchet to a cinched striker capture position and the main...