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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2016
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Gecom Corporation, Greensburg, IN (US);
Aaron Martin, Novi, MI (US);
Brian Kepler, Novi, MI (US);
Janani Viswanathan, Novi, MI (US);
Bryan Farris, Novi, MI (US);
Hiroki Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Gecom Corporation, Greensburg, IN (US);
Abstract
A vehicle door lock device includes a lock/unlock unit including a lock/unlock mechanism switching whether to transmit a door opening operation to a latch mechanism; and a transmission unit transmitting a lock/unlock operation to the lock/unlock unit. Further, the lock/unlock unit includes a main case housing the lock/unlock mechanism and supporting the latch mechanism, an input member having a rotation shaft passing through the main case, being coupled to the lock/unlock mechanism in the main case, and having an external coupling part outside the main case; and a cover closing an opening of the main case, the transmission unit includes a coupling member coupling a turned member to the external coupling part, and a sub case housing the coupling member, and the external coupling part protrudes from the main case in a vehicle outside direction in a state where the main case is attached to the door.