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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2008
Sang Hyun Lee, Jeju-do, KR;
Sang Bum Hur, Daegu, KR;
Takaya Kuriyama, Yokohama, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Arvinmeritor Japan K.K., Yokohama, JP;
Pyeong Hwa Automotive Co., Ltd., Daegu, KR;
Abstract
A door latch apparatus for vehicles includes a latch bracket, an outside handle lever pivotally coupled to the latch bracket, wherein one end of the outside handle lever is coupled to an outside handle, a pawl lift pivotally hinged to the other end of the outside handle lever and including a locking portion, a pawl including a pawl pin, wherein the pawl pin is pivotally movable on the latch bracket, the pawl pin and the pawl lift being coupled in a normal state, a latch fork connected to the pawl to lock or unlock a door depending on rotation of the pawl, and a balance weight mounted to the other end of the pawl lift to apply an inertia load to the pawl lift such that the locking portion of the pawl lift is released from the pawl pin when a vehicle collision occurs.