Lock device
AssigneeHI-LEX ACT Corporation
InventorsYoshiaki YOKOTA, Koji OGASAWARA
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Abstract
A door lock device includes a meshing mechanism having a latch and a pawl, a latch detector detecting a position of the latch by coming into contact with a detected portion rotating integrally with the latch, and an electric driving mechanism performing a closing operation for electrically shifting the meshing mechanism to an engaged state based on a detection result of the latch detector. The meshing mechanism is provided with a latch lead-in portion that receives a driving force of a motor when the electric driving mechanism performs the closing operation, and the latch lead-in portion and the latch detector are arranged at positions different from each other in an axial direction of the latch, and where at least parts thereof overlap each other as viewed from the axial direction.
Claims9
A lock device configured to be engaged with a striker provided in a vehicle to hold an opening and closing body of the vehicle in a closed state, the lock device comprising:
- a meshing mechanism including a latch configured to be engaged with the striker, and a pawl configured to maintain an engaged state in which the striker and the latch are engaged with each other;
- a latch detector configured to detect a position of the latch by coming into contact with a detected portion that rotates integrally with the latch;
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- an electric driving mechanism including a motor and a driving force transmission portion configured to transmit a driving force of the motor, the electric driving mechanism being configured to perform a closing operation for electrically shifting the meshing mechanism to the engaged state based on a detection result of the latch detector, wherein
- the meshing mechanism is provided with a latch lead-in portion provided in conjunction with the latch and configured to receive a driving force of the motor transmitted from the driving force transmission portion in a case where the electric driving mechanism performs the closing operation, and
- the latch lead-in portion and the latch detector are arranged at positions different from each other in an axial direction of the latch, and where at least parts of the latch lead-in portion and the latch detector overlap each other as viewed from the axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.