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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Takumi Niwa, Kariya, JP;
Toshihiro Kitamura, Okazaki, JP;
Takumi Niwa, Kariya, JP;
Toshihiro Kitamura, Okazaki, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A lid lock apparatus includes a housing formed by assembling a first body member and a second body member, a driving motor housed in the housing, an output gear, a movable member, a stopper member retained at one of the first body member and the output gear, a stopper wall formed at the other one of the first body member and the output gear and restricting the pivotal movement of the output gear by contacting the stopper member, and a stopper disengagement preventing portion formed on the other one of the first body member and the output gear, on which the stopper wall is formed, the stopper disengagement preventing portion restricting a disengagement of the stopper member in an axial direction of a rotational axis of the output gear by contacting the stopper member in the axial direction of the rotational axis of the output gear.