Vehicle door latch apparatus
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorTomoharu NAGAOKA
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Abstract
A child lever includes an operation portion, which is supported slidably and rotatably on a cover fixed to a casing, and which passes through a panel hole provided in a door to be exposed to the outside. The child lever is allowed to move to an unlocking position, in which the child lever is allowed to rotate together with an inside lever so as to transmit rotation of the inside lever to an opening member, and a locking position, in which the child lever is not allowed to rotate together with the inside lever so as not to transmit rotation of the inside lever to the opening member.
Claims8
A vehicle door latch apparatus that enables a door to be opened by operating an opening member to release a latch in accordance with a door opening operation of an inside door handle provided inside a passenger compartment, the vehicle door latch apparatus comprising:
- an inside lever, which is pivotally supported by a first base member, and which is rotatable in accordance with the door opening operation of the inside door handle;
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- a child lever that comprises an operation portion, which is supported slidably and rotatably on a second base member, and which is adapted to pass through a panel hole provided in the door to be exposed to an outside, wherein the child lever is movable to:
- an unlocking position where the child lever is allowed to rotate together with the inside lever so as to transmit the rotation of the inside lever to the opening member;
- and
- a locking position where the child lever is not allowed to rotate together with the inside lever so as not to transmit the rotation of the inside lever to the opening member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.