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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2005
Hayami Nakagawa, Anjo, JP;
Yasuji Akiyoshi, Nagoya, JP;
Takashi Shibata, Okazaki, JP;
Mitsubishi Jidosha Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A door latch device includes a striker, a fork, a pawl lever that locks rotation of the fork, the fork having a first locking part which locks the striker when the fork is shifted from an open state though a half-grasped state to a full-grasped state and a second locking part which is locked with the pawl lever in the half-grasped state, a stopper member which restricts rotation of the pawl lever, and a sound adjusting unit that makes a first striking sound which occurs when the striker strikes the first locking part larger than a third striking sound which occurs when the pawl lever strikes the stopper member is in the full-grasped state of the fork, and that makes a second striking sound which occurs when the pawl lever strikes the second locking part larger than the third striking sound.