The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
May. 03, 2005
Masahiko Harada, Miyazaki, JP;
Hidetoshi Ijuin, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Kozou Munezane, Saitama, JP;
Naoki Katsumata, Saitama, JP;
Masahiko Harada, Miyazaki, JP;
Hidetoshi Ijuin, Saitama, JP;
Nobuyuki Kishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Kozou Munezane, Saitama, JP;
Naoki Katsumata, Saitama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Miyazaki, JP;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door includes a cylinder lock having a rotor, a door lock mechanism including a key operation input shaft which rotates to switch a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a torque cable for transmitting rotation of the rotor to the key operation input shaft. One end of the torque cable is connected to the rotor via a gear transmission mechanism accommodated in a gear case. The gear transmission mechanism is constructed by a face gear coaxially connected to the rotor, and a pinion gear which has an axial line perpendicular to an axial line of the face gear, is connected to the torque cable, and is meshed with the face gear. The pinion gear is accommodated in the gear case to be capable of being displaced in an axial direction in a limited range while keeping a meshed state with the face gear. Therefore, even if a variation occurs to the mounting position of the cylinder lock and the door lock mechanism to the door, reduction in the ease of assembling the torque cable to the door lock mechanism can be avoided.