Door lock mechanism
Abstract
Abstract A DOOR LOCK MECHANISM COMPRISING A BASE MEMBER FIXEDLY MOUNTED ON A DOOR OF AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE, A RECESS FORMED ON THE BASE MEMBER AND HAVING AN ARCSHAPED PERIPHERY DEFINING PART OF THE CONFIGURATION OF THE RECESS, A SECTOR LATCH MEMBER PIVOTABLY MOUNTED IN THE RECESS, THE LATCH MEMBER FORMED WITH AN ARC-SHAPED PERIPHERAL PART HAVING THE SAME RADIUS AS THAT OF THE ARCSHAPED PERIPHERY OF THE RECESS. A SPRING URGING THE LATCH MEMBER TO ROTATE IN ONE DIRECTION WITH A CHECKER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE BASE, A SECOND SPRING URGING THE CHECKER TO ROTATE IN A DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THE ONE DIRECTION. A FIRST AND A SECOND TOOTH IS FORMED ON THE LATCH MEMBER FOR COOPERATING IN SUCCESSION WITH THE FIRST AND SECOND TOOTH TO KEEP THE LATCH MEMBER IN ITS SAFETY LATCH AND FULL LATCH POSITION, AND A SECOND AND SUBSTANTIALLY RADIALLY DIRECTING RECESS FOR COOPERATING RECEIVING A STRIKER IS MOUNTED ON A STATIONARY PART OF THE VEHICLE WHEN THE DOOR IS OPERATED IN ITS CLOSING DIRECTION.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenichi Kazaoka
- 👤 Takashi Jindo
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