Locks – Special application – For automotive vehicles
Patent
1999-03-31
1999-12-07
Boucher, Darnell M.
Locks
Special application
For automotive vehicles
2923363, 292DIG23, 292DIG27, B60R 2500
Patent
active
059963816
ABSTRACT:
An automotive door lock device comprises an open lever pivotal between a door latch position and a door unlatch position. The open lever has an engaging lug. A lock/unlock lever is pivotal between lock and unlock positions. A release lever is pivotal between first and second positions. A first sub-lever has one end pivotally connected to the release lever and the other end pivotally connected to the lock/unlock lever. A second sub-lever has one end pivotally connected to the first sub-lever and the other end formed with an actuating arm. The actuating arm is engageable with the engaging lug of the open lever. A spring is used for biasing the second sub-lever toward the first sub-lever. When the lock/unlock lever assumes the unlock position, the pivoting of the release lever from the first position to the second position induces an abutment of the actuating arm with the engaging lug of the open lever thereby to pivot the stopper pawl toward the door unlatch position, and when the lock/unlock lever assumes the lock position, the pivoting of the release lever from the first position to the second position fails to induce such engagement. Furthermore, when, with the actuating arm being abnormally engaged with the engaging lug, the lock/unlock lever is pivoted from the lock position to the unlock position, only the first sub-lever is permitted to move toward its unlock position against the force of the basing means keeping the abnormal engagement of the actuating arm with the engaging lug.
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Boucher Darnell M.
Ohi Seisakusho Co. Ltd.
Vaterlaus Clifford B
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