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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2024
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Yokohama, JP;
Shintaro Okawa, Yokohama, JP;
Keiichiro Okuyama, Yokohama, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch engaging with a striker on a vehicle body, a ratchet provided with a pawl which blocks the latch from pivoting by respectively engaging with a half-latched engagement portion and a fully-latched engagement portion of the latch, a holding lever blocking the pawl from pivoting in a releasing direction by abutting with the ratchet, and a third latch lever which engages with a third engagement portion provided on the latch when the latch is in a third latch position which is between a half-latched position and an open position to block the latch from pivoting from the third latch position, wherein a pivot shaft of the third latch lever is provided at a position close to a pivoting locus of the latch outside the pivoting locus.