Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Tyco Electronics Amp K.k.

Yukinobu Kunimatsu

Makoto Suzumura

Akira Muramatsu

Katsutoshi Fukunaga

Sigeru Tanabe

Shigehiro Oya

Ryuichi Komiyama

Sadayuki Makino

Kazuhisa Hidaka

Yoshinori Hitomi

Norio Konomoto

Atsushi Kamiya

Kazutaka Kojima

Masamichi Morita

Haruyasu Hasegawa

Yuusaku Miki

Futoshi Harada

Shigeru Tanabe

An inside handle support member for a vehicle door includes: a base member that is a frame having an opened vehicle interior side end portion, in which the base member is detachably mounted to a trim constituting a vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle door through an aperture formed in the trim, and rotatably supports an inside handle configured to operate a lock device provided in the vehicle door; and a bezel that is a frame detachably mounted to a peripheral edge of the vehicle interior side end portion of the base member, in which the bezel includes: an engagement hole; and an engagement hole forming portion that defines a vehicle exterior side edge of the engagement hole, and the base member includes: an engagement claw protruding on an outer peripheral surface of the base member; and a guide protrusion having a guide surface.

Inside handle support member for vehicle door

An electric motorand a worm gearwere housed in a case, an output shaftof the electric motorand a fitting holeC of the worm gearwere fitted so as to be capable of freely transmitting torque and of freely moving relatively in a direction of an axis X, and a tip of the output shaftand an inner end of the fitting holeC set a gap D of separation in the direction of the axis X. Furthermore, a support sectionmaking contact with an end section of a shaft sectionA of the worm gearat the side of the electric motorthereof was provided inside the case, and a thrust force resulting from dynamic inertia of the wheel gearupon stopping of the electric motorand acting on the worm gearwas borne by the support section

Automobile door-lock drive device

The present invention provides a support structure for a latch actuating lever and a lock actuating lever, which realizes a small and compact door lock apparatus for vehicles. The door lock apparatus includes a latch mechanism for maintaining a vehicle door in a closed state relative to a vehicle body, a latch actuating link coupled to the latch mechanism and actuating the latch mechanism to place the vehicle door in an openable state relative to the vehicle body, a lock actuating link for connecting or disconnecting the latch actuating link to or from the latch mechanism and thus making the latch mechanism operable or inoperable when the latch actuating link is actuated, and a base unit for supporting the latch actuating link and the lock actuating link. The base unit includes an annular support and a support shaft held in the annular support. At least one latch actuating lever, constituting the latch actuating link, is rotatablely supported on either one of the annular support and the support shaft, and at least one lock actuating lever, constituting the lock actuating link, is rotatablely supported on the other one of the annular support and the support shaft.

Door lock apparatus for vehicles

A door lock apparatus includes a housing for accommodating a latch mechanism for holding a vehicle door to a vehicle body, a lever mechanism actuated when a door handle is operated, a link mechanism for connecting the lever mechanism to the latch mechanism, the link mechanism having a first position for transmitting operational force from the lever mechanism to the latch mechanism and a second position for preventing transmission of the operational force from the lever mechanism to the latch mechanism, and a motor drive mechanism for changing the first and second positions of the link mechanism. The housing includes a first accommodating space for accommodating the motor drive mechanism and a second accommodating space adjacently provided to the first accommodating space for accommodating the latch mechanism and a water preventing portion is provided for preventing water from entering the first accommodating space from outside the housing.

Door lock apparatus

A door lock apparatus includes: a link member interposed between a latch mechanism and an open lever and selectively operated between an unlock position and a lock position, the unlock position in which an operation of the open lever is transmitted to the latch mechanism, and the lock position in which the operation is not transmitted to the latch mechanism; and a lock operation lever including an active lever and a sub lever, the sub lever configured to operate integrally with the active lever when the link member is switched to the lock position and to cooperate with the active lever via a biasing member when the link member is switched to the unlock position. The lock operation lever is an assembly containing the active lever, the sub lever and the biasing member.

Door lock apparatus for a vehicle

The present invention relates to a connector holding structure in which a connector is held in a door frame, the connector being mated with a mating connector attached to a fulcrum end of a door handle and pivotally held in the door frame. The connector holding structure according to the present invention allows the connector to be smoothly mated with the mating connector while permitting a change in the orientation of the connector caused by a pivoting motion of the door handle. The connector has two projections arranged on each side in a horizontal direction. A door frame has a guide groove extending along a horizontal direction in association with a direction in which the two projections are arranged, and two grooves extending downward from the guide groove in association with the two projections to permit pivoting motion of the connector.

Connector holder structure

A vehicle door lock device includes a base member on which a pivot shaft is supported, a first lever rotatably supported on the pivot shaft, a second lever rotatably supported on the pivot shaft and operated in association with a door handle, an engaging member including an engaging pin for engaging the first lever and the second lever with each other in a predetermined engaging position and disengaging from each other in a predetermined release position, and an operating bringing the engaging pin to operate between the engaging position and the release position. The first lever, the second lever, the engaging member, and the operating member are arranged on one side of the base member. The base member includes a restricting projection portion on the one side for restricting a movement of the engaging pin as in the release position in a peripheral direction relative to the pivot shaft.

Vehicle door lock device

A door lock device for vehicle includes a latch mechanism adapted to be a vehicle door at an inner space of the vehicle door for holding the vehicle door in closing condition against a vehicle body and sifted between an engaging condition and a disengaging condition, a link mechanism for shifts the latch mechanism from the engaging condition to the disengaging condition by an operation of a door handle mechanism which includes a handle member and a frame member arranged in the inner space of the vehicle door for supports the handle member to the vehicle door and connection means for detachably connected with the frame member of the door handle mechanism.

Door lock device and door lock module

A door lock device includes a latch mechanism selectively engaging with a striker, an open unit operating at a plane surface perpendicular to one direction for transmitting an opening operational force from a vehicle inside and from a vehicle outside to operate the latch mechanism from an engaged state with the striker to the disengaged state from the striker, and a lock unit operating at a plane surface perpendicular to said one direction for transmitting an operational force to the open unit for operating the open unit to be an unlocked state for transmitting the opening operational force to the latch mechanism and a locked state not for transmitting the opening operational force to the latch mechanism.

Door lock device

A latch mechanism includes a first base plate, a second base plate facing to the first base plate and having a first base portion, a second base portion, and a recess provided between the first base portion and the second base portion. The latch mechanism further includes a latch rotating relative to a first shaft supported by the first base plate and the first base portion and including an arm portion extending from the first base portion side toward the second base portion side when positioned in a predetermined rotating position thereof, a pawl rotating relative to a second shaft supported by the first base plate and the second base plate, and engaging with the arm portion when the latch is in the predetermined rotating position, and a connecting member connecting the first base plate with the second base plate, and provided at the second shaft side relative to a base line extending along the arm portion when the latch is in the predetermined rotating position.

Latch mechanism

A handle device includes a handle grip member including a front arm portion, a transmitting connector fixed to the front arm portion, a receiving connector to be connected to the transmitting connector, a handle frame member to be assembled to the handle grip member, the front arm portion to be positioned inside the handle frame member, a position-determining projection portion formed on a side of a front end portion of the front arm portion, a fixing groove formed on each of top and bottom surfaces of a front end of the front arm portion, a direction determining projection portion formed on each of top and bottom surfaces of the handle frame member, a slot formed on the handle frame member, a guide formed inside the slot, a guide projection portion formed inside the handle frame member, and a fixing projection portion to be fixed to the fixing groove.

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Toyoake, Japan

Yukinobu Kunimatsu