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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2010
Ryujiro Akizuki, Novi, MI (US);
Takashi Nishio, Kariya, JP;
Nobuko Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Yasuhiko Sono, Hekinan, JP;
Kazunori Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Ryujiro Akizuki, Novi, MI (US);
Takashi Nishio, Kariya, JP;
Nobuko Watanabe, Anjo, JP;
Yasuhiko Sono, Hekinan, JP;
Kazunori Kojima, Aichi-ken, JP;
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya-Shi, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an automotive door latch device, including: a latch pushed to rotate by a striker; a latch return spring for biasing the latch toward a return position thereof; a pawl engageable with the latch to inhibit the latch to pivot in a door opening direction (return position); and a pawl return spring for biasing the pawl toward a return position thereof. A housing part of a body, which houses the latch and the pawl, is opened downward at a position below the pawl on one side of the body. The pawl return spring is assembled to a spring mounting part formed on another side of the body at a position spaced downward from a rotational support part of the pawl, and includes a pawl-side end part that engages with the pawl through a through hole provided in the body. Thus, dust or the like entering the housing part of the body, which houses the latch and the pawl, can be discharged out of the body with higher efficiency.