IP Library Granted Patent US 12,071,792
Granted Patent B2
US 12,071,792 · App. 17/618,813 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Door latch device

Inventors: Osamu Kawanobe (Kanagawa, JP); Shintaro Okawa (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuyuki Watanabe (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
E05B81/68E05B81/06E05B81/14E05B81/90H01H1/14
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Patent No.
US 12,071,792
App. No.
17/618,813
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door latch device includes: a first position switch and a second position switch, each including a first contact hole, a second contact hole, and a common contact hole; a common pin configured to be electrically conducted to the common contact hole of the first position switch and the first contact hole of the second position switch by being inserted therein; a first signal pin configured to be electrically conducted to the first contact hole of the first position switch by being inserted therein; and a second signal pin configured to be electrically conducted to the common contact of the second position switch by being inserted therein, wherein the first position switch and the second position switch are configured to perform a switch operation at a same timing of an operation of a predetermined operation detection target.

Claims (29)

1. A door latch device comprising:

a first position switch and a second position switch, each of the first position switch and the second position switch including

a first contact hole connected to one of a normally open contact or a normally closed contact,

a second contact hole connected to a contact having a reverse format of the first contact hole, and

a common contact hole connected to a common contact, wherein

the first contact hole, the second contact hole and the common contact hole are arranged on a straight line,

the first position switch and the second position switch are disposed at positions shifted from each other along the straight line and stacked in a piercing direction of the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the common contact;

a common pin configured to be electrically conducted to the common contact hole of the first position switch and the first contact hole of the second position switch by being inserted therein;

a first signal pin configured to be electrically conducted to the first contact hole of the first position switch by being inserted therein; and

a second signal pin configured to be electrically conducted to the common contact of the second position switch by being inserted therein, wherein

the first position switch and the second position switch are configured to perform a switch operation at a same timing of an operation of a predetermined operation detection target.

2. The door latch device according to claim 1 , further comprising a circuit board, wherein

each of the common pin, the first signal pin and the second signal pin is erected from the circuit board.

3. The door latch device according to claim 2 , wherein

a space in which the circuit board is disposed and a space in which the first position switch and the second position switch are disposed are partitioned with a partition plate, and

the first signal pin, the second signal pin and the common pin are configured to pierce pin holes formed on the partition plate and project from one of the spaces to another one of the spaces.

4. The door latch device according to claim 3 , wherein, in the space in which the circuit board is disposed, waterproof treatment is applied to the space in which the first position switch and the second position switch are disposed, around the pin holes.

5. The door latch device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operation detection target includes

a first cam configured to act on an actuator of the first position switch, and

a second cam configured to act on an actuator of the second position switch, and

the first cam and the second cam are shifted from each other in a stacking direction of the first position switch and the second position switch, and are disposed at positions shifted from each other along the straight line.

6. The door latch device according to claim 1 , comprising:

a latch mechanism configured to hold a door of a vehicle in a closed state;

an electric release unit configured to release the latch mechanism by power of a motor;

a manual release unit configured to release the latch mechanism by manual operation force; and

a lock mechanism configured to switch between a locked state for disabling a function of the manual release unit and an unlocked state for enabling the same, wherein

the operation detection target is a component whose position is switched depending on whether the lock mechanism is in the locked state or the unlocked state, and

the first position switch and the second position switch are configured to detect whether the operation detection target is in the locked state or the unlocked state.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
To: HI-LEX ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074954/0366 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CORRECT SPELLING OF THE 3RD INVENTOR IS YASUYUKI WATANABE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 058733 FRAME: 0359. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Feb 7, 2022
From: KAWANOBE, OSAMU; OKAWA, SHINTARO; WATANABE, YASUYUKI
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058960/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: KAWANOBE, OSAMU; OKAWA, SHINTARO; WATANABE, YASAYUKI
To: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058733/0359 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-141668 · Jul 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220235588A1 · Jul 28, 2022
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