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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
May. 15, 2002
Fumio Kobayashi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ryoji Shimura, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ohi Seisakusho Co., Ltd., Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Abstract
A door locking apparatus for a vehicle including: a first locking/unlocking mechanism driven by a first driving mechanism operable by a knob inside a car and a control switch, and switchable between an unlocked state where operations of inside and outside handles respectively provided inside and outside the car are effective, and a locked state where the operation of the outside handle is ineffective while that of the inside handle being effective; a second locking/unlocking mechanism driven by a second driving mechanism operable by the control switch, and switchable between an unlocked state where the operation of the inside handle is effective, and a locked state where the operation thereof is ineffective; and a third locking/unlocking mechanism switchable between an unlocked state for enabling a transmission of an unlocking force from the knob to the first locking/unlocking mechanism, and a locked state for disabling the transmission thereof.