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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2000
Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Masao Ohhashi, Kariya, JP;
Katsuhisa Yamada, Toyota, JP;
Takashi Saitoh, Toyota, JP;
Katsuyuki Ohtake, Yokosuka, JP;
Katsuhiro Suzuki, Nisshin, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A door closing apparatus that is adapted to be disposed on a vehicle door having a door inner panel and an indoor trim includes a door lock mechanism having a latch, a pawl and a latch lever fixedly secured to a rotary shaft of the latch, a bracket adapted to be supported in a fixed relationship with respect to the door panel, and a passive lever rotatably supported by the bracket and provided with a free end portion adapted to contact the latch lever, and a drive source which rotates the passive lever. A shaft portion rotatably supports the passive lever with respect to the bracket, and a nut threadedly engages the shaft portion and is removable from the shaft portion, with the nut being positioned at a side of the bracket facing the indoor trim. In the event the latch lever is unable to rotate (e.g., due to disconnection of an electrical wire or motor malfunction), the indoor trim of the vehicle door can be partially peeled off and the nut removed to manually move the passive lever.