US 6,145,354 AGranted

Door lock system

AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsIchiro Kondo, Hiroshi Ishihara, Toshitsugu Oda

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Abstract

A door lock system has a closing mechanism for bringing an ajar condition of a door into a fully closed condition. The fully closed condition of the door is locked for the sake of safety by the locking operation of a locking-and-unlocking mechanism. The locked condition of the door is released by an unlocking operation of the locking-and-unlocking mechanism. Moreover, by actuating a double lock mechanism, the door under the locked condition is further brought into a double-looked condition under which the unlocking operation of the locking-and-unlocking mechanism cannot be established. The closing mechanism, the locking and-unlocking mechanism, and the double lock mechanism are driven by a common electric motor thus allowing the door lock mechanism to be reduced in size and manufactured less expensively.

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Dependent claims

A door lock system comprising:

a closing mechanism for bringing a door from a half latched condition to a fully latched condition;
a locking-and-unlocking mechanism for bringing the door into a locked condition from an unlocked condition and vice-versa subject to the door being in the fully latched condition;
a double lock mechanism for disabling at least one of an opening of the door and an unlocking operation of the locking-and unlocking mechanism;
and
a driving mechanism including a common motor for driving the closing mechanism and the double lock mechanism, the driving mechanism including a first output lever linked to the double lock mechanism and movable between a remaining position for disabling operation of the double lock mechanism and a releasing position for enabling operation of the double lock mechanism, a second output lever linked to the closing mechanism and movable from an initial position to an operation position for bringing the door from the half latched condition to the full latched condition, and a rotation member for rotating both the first output lever and the second output lever.

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A door lock system comprising:

a closing mechanism for bringing a door from a half latched condition to a fully latched condition;
a locking-and-unlocking mechanism for bringing the door into a locked condition from an unlocked condition and vice-versa subject to the door being in the fully latched condition;
a double lock mechanism for disabling at least one of an opening of the door and an unlocking operation of the locking-and unlocking mechanism;
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a driving mechanism driving the locking-and-unlocking mechanism and including a common motor for driving the closing mechanism and the double lock mechanism, the driving mechanism also including a first-output lever linked to the double lock mechanism and movable between a remaining position for disabling operation of the double lock mechanism and a releasing position enabling operation of the double lock mechanism, and a second output lever linked to the closing mechanism and movable from an initial position to an operation position to bring the door from the half latched condition to the full latched condition, a third output lever linked to the locking-and-unlocking mechanism and movable between a locking position to bring the door into the locked condition of the door and an unlocking position to bring the door into the unlocked condition of the door, and a rotation member for rotating the first output lever, the second output lever, and the third output lever.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.