LOCK DEVICE HAVING A MULTI-PART PAWL

摘要

A lock unit for a vehicle includes a rotatable catch biased in an opening direction about a catch rotation axis toward an open position of the lock unit in which a first recess of the catch is configured to receive a striker of the vehicle. Additionally, the catch includes a second recess disposed before the first recess in the opening direction. A pawl rotatable about a fixed pawl pivot axis is biased toward the catch. The pawl includes a blocking arm which extends into the second recess of the catch when the lock unit is in a secondary latched position. A blocking lever abuts the blocking arm of the pawl against the catch in a primary latched position of the lock unit preventing rotation of the pawl away from the catch. A rocker lever intersects both the path of the catch and the blocking lever. When the lock unit is forced from the secondary latched position to the primary latched position, the rocker is displaced by the catch and shifts the blocking lever away from the pawl.