Locks – Special application – For automotive vehicles
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-08
2007-05-08
Gall, Lloyd A. (Department: 3676)
Locks
Special application
For automotive vehicles
C070S237000, C070SDIG042, C292S125000, C292S199000, C292S225000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11121306
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for locking and unlocking a vehicle door includes a cylinder lock having a rotor, a door lock mechanism including a key operation input shaft which rotates to switch a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a torque cable for transmitting rotation of the rotor to the key operation input shaft. One end of the torque cable is connected to the rotor via a gear transmission mechanism accommodated in a gear case. The gear transmission mechanism is constructed by a face gear coaxially connected to the rotor, and a pinion gear which has an axial line perpendicular to an axial line of the face gear, is connected to the torque cable, and is meshed with the face gear. The pinion gear is accommodated in the gear case to be capable of being displaced in an axial direction in a limited range while keeping a meshed state with the face gear. Therefore, even if a variation occurs to the mounting position of the cylinder lock and the door lock mechanism to the door, reduction in the ease of assembling the torque cable to the door lock mechanism can be avoided.
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Harada Masahiko
Ijuin Hidetoshi
Katsumata Naoki
Kishikawa Nobuyuki
Munezane Kozou
Blackman William D.
Carrier Joseph P.
Carrier Blackman & Associates P.C.
Gall Lloyd A.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd.
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