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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1991
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1990
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lock device for a vehicle in accordance with the present invention comprises a synthetic resin body; a recess formed on the surface side of the body and storing a latch meshing switch a striker; a swell portion formed on the back side of the body, having a C-shaped sectional shape and partitioning by its inner wall a guide groove of the striker; an enclosure wall formed integrally with the body at a position above the upper wall of the swell portion on the back side of the body; and a box defined between the lower surface of the enclosure wall and the upper wall of the swell portion. A switch for detecting the rotating position of the latch is stored inside the box. A metallic back plate is fixed to the back side of the body and a cover for covering the back side of the box is formed integrally with the metallic back plate. A protuberance projecting into the box is provided to the latch. The switch has a plurality of contact surfaces connected to cords, a rotary contact for short-circuiting the contact surfaces with one another and a spring for pushing the rotary contact to the contact surfaces.