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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoharu Nagaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Nozawa, Yokohama, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door latch apparatus is provided that shortens the time to switch the locking lever between the locked position and the unlocked position. A vehicle door latch apparatus according to the present invention comprises a latch that is engaged with a striker in order to keep a vehicle door in a half-latched state or a full-latched state; a ratchet that is engaged with the latch in order to keep the latch engaged with the striker; an opening linkthat abuts against the ratchet in order to release the ratchet from the latch when the opening link is moved in a door opening direction in an door opening operation of an outer door opening handle; a locking leverthat can be switched between a locked position that prevents the ratchet from being released by the opening link and an unlocked position that allows the ratchet to be released; and a locking actuatorthat switches the locking lever between the locked position and the unlocked position. The locking actuator includes a motorand an output wheelthat is driven by the motor, and the output wheel has a protruding or recessed first connecting partand the locking lever has a recessed or protruding second connecting partthat is connected to the first connecting part.