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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2019
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Okawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hirotaka Nishijima, Kanagawa, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A latch device including: a latch mechanism configured to hold a door at a closing position; an electric releasing mechanism configured to release meshing of the latch mechanism; a manual releasing mechanism configured to release meshing of the latch mechanism; and a lock configured to switch between a locked state of the manual releasing mechanism and an unlocked state, wherein the electric releasing mechanism is configured to switch the lock from the locked state to the unlocked state by releasing meshing of the latch mechanism and switch the lock from the unlocked state to the locked state when a rotating cam returns to a reference position by a biasing force of a spring, when the lock is in the locked state and the rotating cam rotates by a predetermined angle in a first direction from the reference position by power of a motor against a biasing force of the spring.