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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Nakashima, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsunori Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihiro Kaneda, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kamikura, Tokyo, JP;
Riki Toyooka, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Tsukasa Kishida, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Masuda, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Nomura, Tokyo, JP;
HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door lock device for a door of a vehicle includes: a mechanical changeover mechanism switchable between a mechanical lock mode in which a motion of a door handle lever is not transmitted to a latch and a mechanical unlock mode in which the motion of the door handle lever is transmitted to the latch; an actuator capable of causing the mechanical changeover mechanism to switch from the mechanical unlock mode to the mechanical lock mode; and a controller configured to control the actuator. The controller is configured to, when the controller has determined that any one of a plurality of conditions for re-locking is met and the mechanical changeover mechanism has switched from the mechanical lock mode to the mechanical unlock mode, immediately activate the actuator to cause the mechanical changeover mechanism to switch from the mechanical unlock mode to the mechanical lock mode.