Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Kosuke Tsukamoto

Akira Muramatsu

Yoshiki Odaka

Yasuhiko Sono

Makoto Suzumura

Norio Konomoto

Sho Sannohe

Kimito Shimizu

Takeshi Tada

Kenji Okada

Eiji Torii

Takahiro Sogawa

Kenji Oriishi

A vehicle door lock device includes: a latch mechanism configured to enable a vehicle door to maintain a closed state in a vehicle body; and a lock mechanism configured to set an unlocked state or a locked state, wherein the lock mechanism includes an inside opening lever connected to an inside door handle, and capable of being operated so as to be rotatable around a lever support portion between an initial position and a maximum operation position, an opening link capable of switching between a first position and a second position, a lock operation lever capable of being operated so as to be rotatable around the lever support portion between an unlocking position and a locking position, and a lever actuating mechanism actuating the inside opening lever toward the initial position.

Vehicle door lock device

A fixing device for vehicle doors includes a door lock striker, a fixed member, and a movable member. The fixed member has two inclined surfaces that are movable relative to the door lock striker and located on opposite sides of the door lock striker. The movable member has two inclined surfaces arranged on opposite sides of the door lock striker and is urged such that each inclined surface is pushed against the corresponding inclined surface of the fixed member. The door lock striker includes a leg portion. The movable member includes two bodies forming the two inclined surfaces of the movable member, and a connecting portion that connects the bodies at the rear end portions of the bodies, which are pressed towards the fixed member and moved rearward. The connecting portion has an arched shape that protrudes in the protruding direction of the leg portion.

Fixing device for vehicle doors

A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a door lock striker configured to be provided at one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a door lock assembly configured to be provided at the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a latch mechanism, a wedge member, and a fastening member including a fastening member head portion configured to protrude from a panel surface, the fastening member fastening the door lock assembly, the fastening member head portion including a contact portion which comes in contact with an inclined surface of the wedge member in response to a closing operation of the vehicle door, wherein a vehicle door is fixed in a closed state in a case where the door lock striker engages with the latch mechanism in response to the closing operation of the vehicle door.

Vehicle door fixing apparatus and fastening member

A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a fixed wedge configured to be provided at one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, and a movable wedge configured to be provided at the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, wherein the movable wedge is configured to be assembled together with a base plate of a door lock striker or with a door lock assembly that is engageable with a shaft of the door lock striker, the movable wedge includes a strength member, the movable wedge includes a contact member fixedly attached to the strength member and configured to be in pressure contact with the fixed wedge, and the strength member includes a rigidity that is higher than a rigidity of the contact member.

Vehicle door fixing apparatus

A vehicle door fixing apparatus includes a fixed wedge configured to be fixed to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, and a wedge device configured to be fixed to the other of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, the fixed wedge including an attachment member configured to be attached to the vehicle body panel or the door panel, and a wedge member provided to be pressure contactable with the wedge device and being attachable and removable relative to the attachment member, the wedge member forming a design surface of the fixed wedge.

Vehicle door fixing apparatus and fixed wedge of same

A vehicle door locking apparatus is equipped with a movable wedge, a fixed wedge, and an elastic member. The movable wedge is movable in the open/close direction of the vehicle door towards the vehicle body opening. The elastic member impels the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge. A slanted surface on the movable wedge and a slanted surface on the fixed wedge are configured to come into contact when the door is closed. The movable wedge is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle body opening side along with the base plate of a door lock striker that is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle body opening side. The fixed wedge is immovably assembled on the mounting section of the end surface on the vehicle door side, which is involved in a door lock assembly that is assembled on the end surface on the vehicle door side.

Retaining device for vehicle door

A vehicle door fixing apparatus, a fixed wedge configured to be fixedly attached to one of a vehicle body panel and a door panel, a base plate configured to be fixedly attached to the other one of the vehicle body panel and the door panel, a movable wedge slidably provided at the base plate, a biasing member biasing the movable wedge toward the fixed wedge, and a cover fixedly attached to the base plate and covering around the biasing member.

A vehicle door latch device, comprising: a housing provided in a vehicle door; a latch rotatably supported by the housing, wherein a striker provided in the vehicle body can be fitted to the latch; a pawl having a shaft portion rotatably supported by the housing, wherein the pawl is engageable with the latch to restrict rotation of the latch; a helical torsion spring having a helical portion through which the shaft portion is passed, first and second engaging legs extending radially outward in relation to the helical portion, wherein the first engaging leg is engaged with the pawl, and the second engaging leg is engaged with the housing, the helical torsion spring always urging the pawl to rotate to an engagement position where the pawl can be engaged with the latch; and a projecting wall formed in the housing, the projecting wall contacting an outer circumferential surface of the helical portion.

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Chiryu, Japan

Kosuke Tsukamoto