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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Okawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Kakumae, Kanagawa, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A motor-vehicle door latch device includes: a main body; a latch that engages with a striker on a vehicle body side when a door is closed, and is capable of moving from an open position to a fully-latched position; a ratchet provided with a pawl that blocks the latch from rotating to an opening direction by respectively engaging with a half-latched engagement portion and a fully-latched engagement portion of the latch; and a third latch lever that engages with a third engagement portion provided on the latch when the latch is in a third latch position between a half-latched position and the open position of the latch so that the third latch lever is capable of blocking the latch from rotating in the opening direction from the third latch position.