Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation

Gecom Corporation

Shigekazu Sugo

Shintaro Okawa

Katsuyuki Ishiguro

A vehicle door latch device comprises an engagement mechanism housing having a striker entering groove into which a striker can enter, a cover member occluding an opening of the engagement mechanism housing, a latch pivotally mounted in the engagement mechanism housing and capable of engaging with the striker which has entered the striker entering groove, a ratchet pivotally mounted in the engagement mechanism housing and capable of engaging with the latch, and movable elements relating to the operation of the ratchet. The housing has a guide path through which the invasion fluid can be guided to an outside direction of a region that the movable elements are disposed.

Vehicle door latch device

In a motor-vehicle door latch device, a latch engages with a striker of a vehicle body when a door is closed. The latch comprises a half-latch engaging portion for incompletely engaging the latch with the striker and a full-latch engaging portion for fully engaging the latch with the striker. A half-latch avoiding member has a half-latch avoiding guide path which engages with a connecting member, thereby preventing the engagement member from engaging the half-latch portion of the latch.

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Yokohama, Japan

Shigekazu Sugo