IP Library Granted Patent US 9,903,143
Granted Patent B2
US 9,903,143 · App. 14/584,433 · Granted Feb 27, 2018

Switch assembly of vehicle door latch device

Inventor: Shigenori Hiramoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
E05B81/20E05B81/66E05B81/68E05B81/14
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Patent No.
US 9,903,143
App. No.
14/584,433
Granted
Feb 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A switch assembly of a vehicle door latch device, the switch assembly includes: a latch switch detecting a position of a latch, the latch being pivotally supported by a latch shaft to be engaged with a striker; a ratchet switch that detecting a position of a ratchet, the ratchet being pivotally supported by a ratchet shaft to be engaged with the latch and prevented reverse rotation of the latch; and a one common switch case that the latch switch and the ratchet switch are installed in the one common switch case. The latch shaft and the ratchet shaft are arranged to be isolated across a striker moving trajectory of the striker. The one common switch case is arranged on a latch body on one side of a striker moving trajectory.

Claims (16)

1. A switch assembly of a vehicle door latch device, the switch assembly comprising:

a first latch switch configured to detect a first position of a latch, the latch being pivotally supported by a latch shaft and engaged with a striker, the latch shaft being mounted on a latch body, the latch body including an advancement passage into which the striker relatively advances;

a ratchet switch configured to detect a position of a ratchet, the ratchet being pivotally supported by a ratchet shaft and engaged with the latch to prevent reverse rotation of the latch, the ratchet shaft being mounted on the latch body; and

one common switch case arranged on the latch body and accommodating the first latch switch and the ratchet switch, wherein

the latch and the ratchet are arranged on a front face side of the latch body,

the latch shaft is disposed on a first side of a striker moving trajectory of the striker, and

the ratchet shaft and the common switch case are disposed on a second side of the striker moving trajectory opposite to the first side.

2. The switch assembly of the vehicle door latch device according to claim 1 , wherein the one common switch case is configured to not overlap with a back face side bulged portion of the latch body.

3. The switch assembly of the vehicle door latch device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first latch switch is a half latch switch and the first position is a half latch position of the latch,

the switch assembly further comprises a second latch switch configured to detect a full latch position of the latch, and

the one common switch case accommodates the first latch switch, the second latch switch, and the ratchet switch.

4. The switch assembly of the vehicle door latch device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first latch switch is a full latch switch and the first position is a full latch position of the latch,

the switch assembly further comprises a second latch switch configured to detect a half latch position of the latch, and

the one common switch case accommodates the first latch switch, the second latch switch, and the ratchet switch.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074986/0415 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
To: HI-LEX ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074977/0251 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYING PARTY'S EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 034594 FRAME: 0054. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Apr 15, 2015
From: HIRAMOTO, SHIGENORI
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035440/0512 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2014
From: HIRAMOTO, SHIGENORI
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034594/0054 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-178597 · Sep 2, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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