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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Patrick J Dowling, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
292201 ; 292216 ; 29234116 ; 292D / ; 292D / ;
Abstract
A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch assembly fixed to a vehicle back door and a motorized closure assembly attached to the latch assembly. The latch assembly includes a housing, a latch accommodated in the housing by a latch shaft, and a ratchet accomodated in the housing by a ratchet shaft. The motorized closure assembly has an electric motor and a rotating lever for displacing the latch from a half-latched position to a full-latched position. The latch has a latch arm which substantially extends toward an outer panel of the door and overlaps with a rotating locus of the rotating lever.