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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Shinsuke Takayanagi, Okazaki, JP;
Toshio Machida, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Yasutaka Shinoda, Anjo, JP;
Shinsuke Takayanagi, Okazaki, JP;
Toshio Machida, Toyota, JP;
Keisuke Matsumoto, Anjo, JP;
Yasutaka Shinoda, Anjo, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A vehicle door operating mechanism includes a ratchet interlocking lever, a handle interlocking lever, a motor power transmitting lever, and a force relaying member movable between a normal unlocking position, at which a force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, and a locking position, at which the force is not transmittable from the handle interlocking lever and the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, wherein an emergency unlocking position, at which the force is transmittable from the handle interlocking lever to the ratchet interlocking lever and the force is not transmittable from the motor power transmitting lever to the ratchet interlocking lever, is set within a moving range of the force relaying member, and the motor power transmitting lever includes a guide portion for retaining the force relaying member at the emergency unlocking position.