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Door locking device for vehicles

US4948183A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 21, 1989
Grant dateAug 14, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/1082
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In the door locking device for vehicles according to the present invention, a motor type actuator for switching the locking device from a locked state to an unlocked state, and vice versa is modularized. A locking lever in this locking device has a first fan-shaped gear portion. The actuator has a motor, reduction gears, a one-way clutch and an output shaft which are supported on a frame. The actuator is set on a mounting portion of a device body and thereafter sealed with a case. The output shaft is provided in parallel with a central shaft of the locking lever, and extends through the case to project beyond the rear surface of the device body. A second fan-shaped gear portion meshed with the first fan-shaped gear portion is mounted fixedly on this projecting portion of the output shaft.

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