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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Masashi Ishikawa, Kariya, JP;
Atsutaka Mitsuhashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Masashi Ishikawa, Kariya, JP;
Atsutaka Mitsuhashi, Miyoshi, JP;
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A hook that constitutes a locking device is pushed and rotated in accordance with movement of a striker that moves into a recessed portion of a base plate, and the striker S is sandwiched between the hook and the recessed portion. As the hook rotates, a pole rotates under bias force to a position at which the pole is engaged with the hook, so as to restrict rotation of the hook for returning to the initial position. The hook, when placed in the initial position, is held in a condition in which a corner portion of the hook is pressed under bias force against a stopper face of the pole, such that the hook is inhibited from rotating. The stopper face is curved in the shape of an arc drawn about a first support shaft that supports the pole.