Door lock apparatus
AssigneeGecom Corporation
InventorYoshiaki YOKOTA
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Abstract
A door lock apparatus has a lock mechanism for holding a vehicle door in a closed state, an assisting mechanism for assisting in closing and/or opening the vehicle door, and a driving portion for operating the assisting mechanism, and the driving portion has a plurality of motors in which output shafts are disposed parallel to each other and pinion gears are provided individually on the output shafts, a rotational shaft which is disposed parallel to the respective output shafts of the plurality of motors, an internal ring gear which is fixed to a first end portion of the rotational shaft and which meshes with the respective pinion gears of the plurality of motors, and a worm which is fixed to a second end portion of the rotational shaft and which is configured to transmit power to the assisting mechanism.
Claims8
A door lock apparatus configured to be provided on a vehicle door, comprising:
- a lock mechanism configured to hold the vehicle door in a closed state;
- an assisting mechanism configured to assist in closing and/or opening the vehicle door;
- and
- a driving portion configured to operate the assisting mechanism,
- wherein the driving portion comprises:
- a plurality of drive sources, in which output shafts are disposed parallel to each other and pinion gears are provided individually on the output shafts;
- a rotational shaft that is disposed parallel to the respective output shafts of the plurality of drive sources;
- an internal ring gear, which is fixed to a first end portion of the rotational shaft, and which meshes with the respective pinion gears of the plurality of drive sources;
- and
- an output gear, which is fixed to a second end portion of the rotational shaft, and which is configured to transmit power to the assisting mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.