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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2014
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A door latch device includes: a meshing mechanism configured to be meshable with a striker; a locking/unlocking mechanism configured to be movable to an unlock position where an opening operation of an operation handle provided at the door is enabled and where meshing of the meshing mechanism is releasable, and to be movable to a lock position where the opening operation of the operation handle provided at the door is disabled and where meshing of the meshing mechanism is unreleasable; a smart lever configured to be operable in linking with the opening operation of the operation handle when the locking/unlocking mechanism is in the unlock position, and to be inoperable in linking with the opening operation of the operation handle when the locking/unlocking mechanism is in the lock position; and a smart lever detection switch configured to be detectable an operation of the smart lever.