Lid lock apparatus

A lid lock apparatus, comprising:

• a locking pin configured to engage with and detach from a lid;
• a cable configured to operate the locking pin;
• a linking member configured to transmit to the locking pin an operating force applied to the cable;
• a housing configured to house the locking pin and the linking member;
• a mating and fixing part configured to fix the housing to a fixed target by mating to the fixed target and being rotated;
• and
• a coil spring configured to bias the locking pin in a direction in which the locking pin is pushed out of the housing;
• the locking pin being disposed in the housing such that the locking pin can protrude from a protruding hole of the housing,
• the linking member including a locking pin connecting part connected to the lock pin, and a cable connecting part connected to a cable end of the cable;
• the puling operation of the cable allowing the linking member to move in a direction in which the locking pin is stored in the housing, and, releasing of the pulling operation of the cable allows the locking pin to move, by a biasing force of the coil spring, in a direction in which the locking pin protrudes from the housing,
• the linking member being disposed in the housing such that an actuation plane, wherein the linking member is actuated in order to operate the locking pin, is parallel to the axis of the locking pin;
• and
• the housing including a locking pin housing part, which houses the locking pin, and a link housing part, which houses the linking member;
• a space is formed interposed between the locking pin housing part and the link housing part;
• and when the housing is rotated and fixed to the fixed target, the link housing part is, at a fixed ending period, positioned into a space which has been defined at a fixed starting period.