IP Library Granted Patent US 11,719,023
Granted Patent B2
US 11,719,023 · App. 17/115,043 · Granted Aug 8, 2023

Vehicular door lock device and vehicular door lock system

Inventors: Toshitsugu Oda (Kariya, JP); Shinsuke Takayanagi (Kariya, JP); Masayuki Uchitsunemi (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: AISIN CORPORATION
E05B81/16E05B81/04E05B81/18E05B81/32
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Patent No.
US 11,719,023
App. No.
17/115,043
Granted
Aug 8, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lower lock device includes a base being fixed to a slide door, a first hook and a second hook each including a base end portion being rotatably supported by the base, and a driving link that is rotatably supported by the base, and drives the first hook and the second hook. The first hook and the second hook rotate between an engaged position of sandwiching a lower striker by tip portions being close to each other and a retracted position in which the tip portions are separated from each other. The driving link is displaced between a first position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the engaged position and a second position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the retracted position.

Claims (25)

1. A vehicular door lock device that is provided on one of a door and a vehicle body, and restrains the door to the vehicle body by engaging with a striker provided on another of the door and the vehicle body, the vehicular door lock device comprising:

a base being fixed to one of the door and the vehicle body;

a first hook and a second hook each including a base end portion being rotatably supported by the base; and

a driving body that is rotatably supported by the base, and drives the first hook and the second hook, wherein

the first hook and the second hook rotate between an engaged position of sandwiching the striker by tip portions being close to each other and a retracted position in which the tip portions are separated from each other,

the driving body is displaced between a first position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the engaged position and a second position in which the first hook and the second hook are disposed in the retracted position,

the driving body is biased in a direction from the first position toward the second position, and

the vehicular door lock device further comprises a pawl that restricts displacement of the driving body to the second position by engaging with the driving body disposed in the first position.

2. The vehicular door lock device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a first link that transmits power of the driving body to the first hook, and constitutes a first link mechanism together with the driving body and the first hook; and

a second link that transmits power of the driving body to the second hook, and constitutes a second link mechanism together with the driving body and the second hook.

3. The vehicular door lock device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first hook and the second hook are biased in a direction from the engaged position toward the retracted position,

the pawl is a first pawl, and

the vehicular door lock device further comprises a second pawl that, along with the first pawl, respectively restrict rotation of the first hook and the second hook to the retracted position by engaging with the first hook and the second hook disposed in the engaged position, respectively.

4. The vehicular door lock device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a support shaft that rotatably supports both of the first hook and the second hook.

5. A vehicular door lock system, comprising:

the vehicular door lock device according to claim 1 ; and

the striker, wherein

the striker is provided on a lower end of a door opening to be opened and closed by the door in a state where a portion sandwiched between the first hook and the second hook extends in a vehicle front-rear direction, and

the vehicular door lock device is provided on the door in a state where a rotational shaft line of the first hook and a rotational shaft line of the second hook extend in the vehicle front-rear direction.

6. The vehicular door lock system according to claim 5 , further comprising

a covering plate that covers the striker, wherein

the covering plate includes a slit that exposes the striker.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: AISIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058746/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2020
From: ODA, TOSHITSUGU; TAKAYANAGI, SHINSUKE; UCHITSUNEMI, MASAYUKI
To: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 054578/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-226257 · Dec 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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