Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation

Toshio Takenaka

Shunsuke Tamura

Shintaro Okawa

A lock deviceincludes a latchthat locks a striker, a ratchetthat is brought into engagement with the latchto prevent the movement of the latch, a leverthat moves the ratchetto a releasing position where the ratchetreleases the latch, an actuatorthat includes a motorthat operates the lever, a basethat supports the latch, the ratchet, the leverand the actuator, and a casethat is fixed to the baseand accommodates at least the actuatorbetween the baseand the case, and an attaching portion, to which an operating memberthat is connected to the leverso as to enable the leverto be operated manually is attachable, is provided integrally on the case

Lock device

The present invention aims to reduce the operation noise of a latch device for a vehicle trunk lid when the lid is opened. A latch device for a vehicle trunk lid includes: latchthat is engaged with a striker; ratchetthat is engaged with latch; opening leverthat causes ratchetto rotate in a direction in which ratchetis disengaged from latch; output memberthat rotates opening leverin the release direction. Opening leveris rotatable between an unblocked position where it is rotatable in the release direction and a blocked position where it is prevented from rotating in the release direction by colliding with the output member. When driven and rotated, output memberabuts against opening leverthat is in the unblocked position and rotates opening leverin the release direction to the blocked position, and opening leveris further rotated a predetermined angle by colliding with output memberin the blocked position.

Latch device for vehicle trunk lid

In an opening control device that controls the opening of an access panel door, a movable member of a detecting portion, which is pushed in by a main door that is in a closed state, is brought into direct abutment with a connection lever to move the connection lever, wherein the connection lever connects a drive lever, which is linked to operate with an opening operation of the door, and a driven lever, which releases the locking by locking portions, wherein the connection lever has a displacement area which includes a connecting position and in which maintains the connection of the drive lever with the driven lever, the connection lever is moved toward a disconnecting position within the displacement area when the movable member staying in a protruding position and is moved to the disconnecting position as the movable member is pushed into the pushed-in position.

Opening control device

An upper door latch device for a vehicle is provided which satisfies the requirements of strength and is lightweight. A reinforcement flange section () extends downward from an extension section of a striker entry groove (), into which a striker enters, and bent forward at a right angle, or at substantially at a right angle, is provided at a side edge of a front base plate (), which faces outside of the vehicle. A front mounting section () is provided continuous with the lower part of the reinforcement flange section ().

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Yokohama, Japan

Toshio Takenaka