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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2014
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Yoshichika Ito, Toyoake, JP;
Toshihiro Kitamura, Nagoya, JP;
Takumi Niwa, Kariya, JP;
Tatsuya Shimizu, Okazaki, JP;
Masayuki Nomura, Nagakute, JP;
AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Kariya-shi, JP;
Abstract
A lid lock device includes: a housing fixed to a vehicle; a lock member assembled to the housing and movable between a lock position and a lock releasing position; a motor assembled to the housing and driving the lock member; a worm gear and a worm wheel assembled to the housing and engaged with each other to transmit power of the motor to the lock member; a wheel sidewall provided in the worm wheel, formed by bending a band plate in an arc or circular shape, having a gear portion engaged with the worm gear on the wheel sidewall, and having a gear rear side surface facing a center side of the worm wheel on the wheel sidewall; and a deformation restriction protrusion provided in the housing, the deformation restriction protrusion restricting movement toward the inside of the wheel sidewall.