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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2001
OHI Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A latch detector for automotive door locks is provided. The latch detector includes a detector body having a recess , a latch rotating in the receiving recess , a detecting switch attached to the detector body , for detecting the latch being in its full-latching position or the opening position and a detecting member having a first arm extending into the recess to be engageable with a cam part of the latch and a second arm exposing on the other side of the detector body . The detecting switch is positioned on the other side of the detector body so as to be operated by the second arm of the detecting member . With this waterproof arrangement, it is unnecessary to construct the detecting switch by a waterproof and expensive element.