Door lock assembly for automotive vehicles
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeru Hayakawa, Ryoichi Fukumoto, Nozomu Torii
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Abstract
A door lock assembly includes a door lock operating unit having a locking arm, and an actuator for driving the locking arm to a locked position and unlocked position. The actuator has an operating lever which rocks together with the locking arm, a neutral position restoration level which, when in a neutral position, is in a state non-engagable with the operating lever and, when displaced from the neutral position, drives the operating lever to the locked position and unlocked position, an output member which makes contact with and separates form the neutral position restoration lever for driving the neutral position restoration lever to the locked position and unlocked position, and a motor for driving the output member.
Claims14
A door lock assembly comprising:
- a door lock operating unit having a locking arm, and
- an actuator for driving said locking arm to a locked position and an unlocked position, said actuator including:
- an operating lever which rocks together with said locking arm;
- a neutral position restoration lever which, when in a neutral position, is in a state non-engagable with said operating lever and, when displaced from the neutral position, drives said operating lever to the locked position and unlocked position;
- an output member which makes contact with and separates from said neutral position restoration lever for driving said neutral position restoration lever to the locked position and unlocked position;
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- a motor for driving said output member.
A door lock assembly comprising:
- a base;
- a locking arm freely rockably supported on said base;
- a door lock operating unit driven by said locking arm;
- an actuator for driving said locking arm;
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- a shaft axially supported by said base for rocking together with said locking arm, said actuator being adapted to drive said locking arm via said shaft.
A door lock assembly comprising:
- a door lock operating unit having a locking arm, and
- an actuator for driving said locking arm to a locked position and an unlocked position, said actuator including:
- an operating lever which rocks together with said locking arm,
- an output member movable from an original position for making contact with and separating from said operating lever for driving said operating lever to the locked position and unlocked position,
- a motor for driving said output member, and
- a neutral position restoration member for restoring the output member to the original position after movement of said operating lever either to the locked or unlocked position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.