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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2014
Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kohei Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A driving device includes: a neutral switch switches over from ON to OFF when an automatic closing function by a motor is operated and a first cam surface is released from a contact with the neutral switch; and a gear detection switch switches over from ON to OFF when an automatic closing function by the motor is operated and a second cam surface is released from a contact with the gear detection switch, wherein the operation of the automatic closing function by the motor is configured to be initiated by switch-over of a ratchet switch of the door latch unit from OFF to ON and ended by switch-over of the neutral switch from OFF to ON, and the gear detection switch is configured to switch over from OFF to ON by coming into contact with the second cam surface when the automatic releasing function by the motor is operated.