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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
May. 24, 2006
Mikio Ichinose, Yamanashi, JP;
Etsuo Yamamoto, Yamanashi, JP;
Michio Ohashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To accurately control opening and closing of a door, a device includes an opening/closing switch lever arranged at an opening end of a striker receiving groove, and configured to shift between a retreated position and an advanced position. When a striker is positioned in an engagement groove of a latch, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the retreated position, and when the striker is removed from the engagement groove and then from a receiving groove, the opening/closing switch lever is positioned at the advanced position. The device further includes an opening/closing switch that performs a switching operation when the opening/closing switch lever that has been positioned at the advanced position shifts toward the retreated position.