Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Hiroyuki Mizushima

Norikazu Kobayashi

Hiroshi Ishihara

Tomoaki Imaizumi

Eiji Itami

Ryujiro Akizuki

Ryujiro Akizauki

A door closer device includes an active lever which, when it is in an abnormal state-with respect to a latch lever, automatically returns a door to a normal state by means of a door closing operation. An active latch which is pivotably supported by an active lever is freely rotatable in one direction, but is rotation regulated by an arm of an active pawl, i.e. a cancel lever, in the other direction. This prevents the latch lever from jumping over the active latch and causing an abnormal state in which the active latch swings wide with respect to the latch lever.

Door closing apparatus

An apparatus for perfectly closing a door of a vehicle basically comprising a latch, a pawl, a motor, an active lever, a latch lever, a pawl switch, and a latch switch. The door closing begins with the action of the latch moving from the door half-closed to the closed position an shown by the switching off of the pawl switch with the latch switch turning on. The electric motor activates upon detecting the door half-closed position and stops when the closed position is reached.

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Aichi-ken, Japan

Hiroyuki Mizushima