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Door lock device for a vehicle

US6964438B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 18, 2004
Grant dateNov 15, 2005
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2024

Classification

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

Abstract

A vehicle door lock device includes a latch being rotatable between an open position in which the latch is disengageable from a strikes and a lock position in which the latch is prohibited to disengage from the striker, and an actuator for rotating the latch toward the lock position and including an operating portion engageable with an operated portion formed at the latch and a drive mechanism for moving the operating portion being in an engaged state with the operated portion along a predetermined path. The drive mechanism. includes a guide wall face arranged so as to face the operating portion and a biasing member for biasing the operating portion to be pressed against the guide wall face. The operating portion can be separated from the guide wall face by an external force greater than a biasing force of the biasing member.

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