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US 12,590,479 B2Granted
Door latch device for vehicle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Pha Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyong Don Kim, Jinwoo Nam, Hyun Duk Cho, Ki-Ryun Ahn
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Abstract
A door latch device for a vehicle is disclosed. A door latch device for a vehicle is applied to a vehicle having no B-pillar. The door latch device includes a latch unit and a pop-up guide unit together with a locking unit including a locking claw, a locking claw link, a locking pawl, and a release lever rotatably mounted on the pop-up guide unit so that a striker is locked by the locking claw to prevent the door from rebounding during a swing closing operation of the door.
Claims11
A door latch apparatus for a vehicle, the door latch apparatus comprising:
- a striker fixed to a vehicle body to correspond to one lower side of a door which is opened or closed with a double motion including a pop-up operation and a swing operation through a hinge unit;
- a latch unit disposed on the one lower side of the door to restrain the striker or release the restraint of the striker through a claw lever and a pawl lever rotatably mounted on a body;
- a pop-up guide unit including a guide groove formed by a guider formed on one side of the body to guide the striker along the one lower side of the door during the pop-up operation of the door;
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- a locking unit including a locking claw, a locking claw link, a locking pawl, and a release lever rotatably mounted on the pop-up guide unit to lock the striker in a rebound direction through the locking claw when the striker enters the pop-up guide unit during a swing closing operation of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.