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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2004
Tsuneyuki Koike, Anjo, JP;
Toshio Machida, Toyota, JP;
Toshitsugu Oda, Okazaki, JP;
Shinsuke Takayanagi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tsuneyuki Koike, Anjo, JP;
Toshio Machida, Toyota, JP;
Toshitsugu Oda, Okazaki, JP;
Shinsuke Takayanagi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Aisin Kiko Co., Ltd., Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door lock device includes a latch being rotatable between an open position in which the latch is disengageable from a strikes and a lock position in which the latch is prohibited to disengage from the striker, and an actuator for rotating the latch toward the lock position and including an operating portion engageable with an operated portion formed at the latch and a drive mechanism for moving the operating portion being in an engaged state with the operated portion along a predetermined path. The drive mechanism. includes a guide wall face arranged so as to face the operating portion and a biasing member for biasing the operating portion to be pressed against the guide wall face. The operating portion can be separated from the guide wall face by an external force greater than a biasing force of the biasing member.