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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2000
Hirofumi Watanabe, Yamanashi-ken, JP;
Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door latch device comprises an open lever ( ) for connection to an outside open handle ( ), a lock lever ( ) for connection to an inside lock button ( ) through a rod ( ), an over-center spring ( ) for elastically keeping the lock lever ( ) in one of an unlocked position (U) and a locked position (L), a double action mechanism ( ) for connection to an inside open handle ( ), and an antitheft mechanism ( ) having an antitheft spring ( ) with elasticity weaker than elasticity of the over-center spring ( ). The antitheft spring ( ) is arranged to be compressed without displacing the lock lever ( ) from the locked position (L) to the unlocked position (U) when the rod ( ) is moved in an unlocking direction by an illegal access while the lock lever ( ) is being in the locked position (L).