Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Aisin Kiko Co., Ltd.

Shigeru Hayakawa

Nozomu Torii

Ryoichi Fukumoto

Akira Muramatsu

Norio Konomoto

Katsutoshi Fukunaga

Yasuhiko Sono

Makoto Suzumura

Masao Ohhashi

Ryujiro Akizuki

Souichiro Okudaira

Hiroshi Ban

Norikazu Kobayashi

Kan Ichihara

Soichiro Okudaira

Takeshi Yasuda

Yuichi Murakami

Satoshi Suzuki

Kiyokazu Ieda

Daiichi Shiraishi

Eiji Mushiake

Nobuko Watanabe

Toshihiro Kitamura

Toshitsugu Oda

Motohiro Kokubo

Katsuaki Kadoike

Atsushi Katsurayama

Eiji Torii

Yoshihiro Shimizu

Yoshimasa Ishiguro

Tsutomu Kobayashi

Hisakazu Murakami

A door lock device for a vehicle includes an operating mechanism being selectable of a locked state where a latched state, between a latching member and a latched member, being unreleasable and an unlocked state where the latched state being releasable, an active lever being rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position thereof, and an open link disabling a transmission of an operational force of a handle to the latched member under the locked state and allowing a transmission of the operational force of the handle to the latched member under the unlocked state. The active lever, provided with an elongated bore, is supported by a housing which houses the operating mechanism to be rotatable. The open link is operatively connected to the handle to be slidably supported by the housing and is provided with an engaging portion which engages with the elongated bore to be slidable therein.

Door lock device for vehicle

A door closing apparatus includes a latch mechanism operated for opening or closing a door of a vehicle, a driving mechanism transmitting a driving force to the latch mechanism to operate the latch mechanism, a first lever rotatably disposed about a first rotational axis and rotating in one direction in response to transmission of an operation force of a door handle to the first lever so that the latch mechanism is controlled at the unlatched state, a second lever having an engaging portion which engages with the first lever and rotatably disposed about a second rotational axis being different from the first rotational axis. The second lever rotates in the one direction about the second rotational axis in response to a rotation in the one direction of the first lever to interrupt transmission of the driving force from the driving mechanism to the latch mechanism.

Door closing apparatus

A door lock device includes a latch mechanism, a lift lever, an open lever, a lock lever, an open member including a link member having an operation input portion connected to the open lever and an acting portion engageable with the lift lever, and an elastic member connecting the link member and the lock lever. When the open member is in the unlocked position, the open member engages with the lift lever by an operation of the open lever in one direction thereby allowing an operation of the lift lever. When the open member is in the locked position, the open member idly engages with the lift lever by the operation of the open lever and then becomes engaged with the lift lever in the other direction thereby prohibiting the operation of the lift lever when the open member is switched to the unlocked position from the locked position.

Door lock device

A door lock device includes a latch mechanism, a lift lever, an open lever, a lock lever including a main lever and a sub lever mounted on the main lever so as to relatively rotate thereto, a biasing member disposed between the main lever and the sub lever, and an open member. When the open member is in the unlocked position, the open member engages with the lift lever by an operation of the open lever in one direction thereby allowing the lift lever operable. When the open member is in the locked position, the open member idly engages with the lift lever by the operation of the open lever and then becomes engaged with the lift lever in the other direction thereby prohibiting the lift lever operable when the open member is switched to the unlocked position from the locked position.

A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, a link mechanism and a housing. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The link mechanism includes an electric driving source and a plurality of lever members for selectively locking and unlocking the latch mechanism. The housing accommodates the latch mechanism and the link mechanism.

Door lock system for vehicle

A door lock system for a vehicle includes a) a latch mechanism which is adapted to a vehicle door and which holds the vehicle door to a vehicle body, b) an open link which is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism, c) a swing lever which is connected to the open link, d) an electric driving source having a gear member, and e) a rotary gear member which is arranged between the swing lever and the electric driving source so as to be meshed with the gear member of the electric driving source. The rotary gear member is directly and engagably connected to the swing lever.

A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a lever mechanism directly connected with a key cylinder provided at the outside door handle for locking and unlocking the vehicle door in response to rotation operation of the key cylinder. The lever mechanism is provided with a key rotor directly connected with the key cylinder, and a key lever directly connected with the key rotor. An input shaft of the lever mechanism formed by the key rotor is inclinable relative to an output shaft of the lever mechanism formed by the key lever, and this inclination is absorbed through the connection between the key rotor and the key lever.

Vehicle door lock apparatus

A control method for a door lock device performs an unlocking operation of a lock mechanism of a vehicle door by energizing and actuating an actuator in response to an unlocking command from a vehicle user. The method has: a first time period (T1) for energizing the actuator in accordance with the unlocking command by the user; a second time period (T2) for returning an operation portion provided on a vehicle from an operated position to a normal position; and a third time period (T3) during which the actuator starts the unlocking operation and complete the unlocking of the lock mechanism. The first time period is determined to be equal to or longer than a sum of the second time period and the third time period.

Door lock device and control method thereof

A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a first body and a second body integrated so as to be adapted to be integrally assembled to the door. The vehicle door lock apparatus further includes guide projections formed at one of the first and second bodies, and guide grooves formed at the other of the first and second bodies. In addition, a stopper is provided for preventing the separation of integrated first and second bodies by the engagement between the guide projections and the guide grooves.

A door lock system for a vehicle includes a latch mechanism, an open link, an inside lever and a cancel lever. The latch mechanism is adapted to a vehicle door and latches the vehicle door to a vehicle body. The open link is engagable and disengagable with the latch mechanism. The inside lever is adapted to an inside handle of the vehicle door and is engagable with the open link. The cancel lever is connected to the open link and is arranged between the inside lever and the open link so as to be engagable with the inside lever when the open link is disengaged from the latch mechanism.

A door lock device includes a base plate,having horizontal wall,connected to a door lock body,and vertical wall,perpendicular to the horizontal wall,, a rotation lever,rotatably supported to the vertical wall,, a key lever,rotatably supported to a housing,of an actuator,which is secured to the vertical wall,, and a connecting lever,having one end and the other end, one end being coupled to the rotation lever,after rotation of one end to the rotation lever,, the other being coupled to the key lever,after rotation of the other end to the key lever,, the connecting lever,being in parallel and close to the connecting vertical wall,of the base plate

Door lock device for vehicles

There is disclosed a vehicle door lock assembly performing one-motion opening function and one-step locking function with a lift lever that is not split into parts. The lock assembly has an inside lever 46 connected to an inside handle. The inside lever can engage with the lift lever 41 and with locking members 43, 47, and 52.

Door lock assembly for automotive vehicles

A door lock assembly has a slide pin (9) slidably supported to an door opening lever (4), a first oblong hole (52) formed in a locking lever (5) and inserting the slide pin (9), and a window like opening (31) formed in the lift lever (3), inserting the slide pin (9) and provided with a projection (31a) capable of restricting a slide motion of the slide pin (9), wherein a position of the slide pin (9) with respect to the opening (31) is changed in correspondence to an operation of the door opening lever (4) and the locking lever (5), thereby engaging and disengaging the pawl (7) with the latch (6), and engaging and disengaging a connection between the door opening lever (4) with the lift lever (3).

A door lock assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a base secured inside a vehicle door, a latch mechanism provided on the base and free to engage with and disengage from the body side of the vehicle, an opening lever provided on the base for operating the latch mechanism via a linking member, a locking lever provided on the base for manipulating the linking member to engage and disengage a transmission path from the opening lever to the latch mechanism, and a protective cover for covering the locking lever and the linking member. The protective cover has an opening and the opening lever has a connecting portion extending outwardly of the protective cover from the opening in offset relation to the opening, wherein the connecting portion is linked to an operating member.

A vehicle door lock apparatus includes a base member for being fixed on a vehicle door, a latch mechanism mounted on the base member for engaging with and disengaging from a vehicle body, an open lever mounted on the base member for operating the latch mechanism through a connecting member, a locking lever mounted on the base member for operating the connecting member so as to connect and disconnect the open lever and the latch mechanism, a protect cover fixed on the base member which covers the locking lever and the connecting member and which includes an opening, a sub-open lever mounted on the base member so as to be located out of the protect cover and which is connected with the open lever through the opening and connecting portion for being connected with an operation member located at an outside of the vehicle which is disposed on the sub-open lever so as to be distant from the opening.

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Chiryu, Japan

Shigeru Hayakawa