IP Library Granted Patent US 12,084,896
Granted Patent B2
US 12,084,896 · App. 17/442,565 · Granted Sep 10, 2024

Vehicular door lock device

Inventor: Takao Taga (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
E05B81/54E05B79/08E05B81/00E05B81/16E05B85/02H01R43/16
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Patent No.
US 12,084,896
App. No.
17/442,565
Granted
Sep 10, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular door lock device includes: a housing; an electrical component that is arranged on the housing; a terminal that is electrically connected to the electrical component and made of a conductive thin plate including a connecting portion configured to connect adjacent conductive portions; and an electrical circuit related to the electrical component, the electrical circuit being formed by dividing the conductive portions from each other by shearing off the connecting portion, wherein the housing includes engagement grooves that are opened at right angles with respect to mounting portions on which the conductive portions of the terminal are mounted, the terminal includes the conductive portions and pins that are arranged at end portions of the conductive portions, bent at right angles, and configured to engage with the engagement grooves, and the pins are formed by folded portions that are obtained by folding end portions of the terminal at 180 degrees.

Claims (16)

1. A vehicular door lock device comprising:

a housing;

an electrical component that is arranged on the housing;

a terminal that is

electrically connected to the electrical component and

made of a conductive thin plate including a connecting portion configured to connect adjacent conductive portions; and

an electrical circuit related to the electrical component, the electrical circuit being formed by dividing the conductive portions from each other by shearing off the connecting portion, wherein

the housing includes engagement grooves that are opened at right angles with respect to mounting portions on which the conductive portions of the terminal are mounted,

the terminal includes

the conductive portions and

pins that are

arranged at end portions of the conductive portions,

bent at right angles, and

configured to engage with the engagement grooves, and

the pins are formed by folded portions that are obtained by folding end portions of the terminal at 180 degrees.

2. The vehicular door lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the folded portions are obtained by folding the end portions of the terminal at 180 degrees along a longitudinal direction and include bent portions that serve as boundaries between the pins and conductive portions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
To: HI-LEX ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074954/0366 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2022
From: TAGA, TAKAO
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059987/0618 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-059814 · Mar 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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