Door latch cover for automotive vehicle
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorBong-Chu Yi
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Abstract
A door latch cover for automotive vehicle, the door latch cover fixedly arranged to encompass a door latch connected by a door lock actuator to be locked and to be unlocked and so constructed as to prevent the door latch from being actuated from outside through a door glass and a weather strip, wherein the door latch cover is integrally formed with an extended for blocking an upper part of the door lock actuator and for preventing the door lock actuator from being actuated from outside, such that once a door is locked, the door latch and the door lock actuator are prevented from being forcibly unlocked from outside by odd object such as steel ruler or the like, thereby blocking an unlocking of the door and reducing the number of assembly process at the door latch assembly as well.
Claims4
A door latch cover for automotive vehicle, the door latch cover fixedly arranged to encompass a door latch connected by a door lock actuator to be locked and to be unlocked and so constructed as to prevent the door latch from being actuated from outside through a door glass and a weather strip, wherein the door latch cover is integrally formed with an extended for blocking an upper part of the door lock actuator and for preventing the door lock actuator from being actuated from outside, the door latch cover further comprising:
- a fitting unit formed at the door latch cover for a protruder formed at the door latch to be downwardly fitted;
- a fitting hole formed at an upper side of the door latch cover for a fitting piece formed above the door latch to be fitted;
- a coupling hole formed at the door latch;
- a through hole formed therethrough to correspond with the coupling hole when the door latch and the door latch cover are coupled;
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- a coupling member for passing through the through hole to be screwed to the coupling hole for fixation thereof in order to increase a coupling force.
A door latch and cover for an automobile comprising:
- a door latch;
- a door lock actuator coupled to the door latch;
- a protruding portion extending from the door latch;
- a fitting piece extending from the door latch;
- a cover covering the door latch;
- an extended extending from the cover, blocking at least a part of the door lock actuator and preventing actuation of the door lock actuator from the outside of the automobile;
- a fitting formed on the cover accommodating the protrusion;
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- a fitting hole formed on the cover accommodating the fitting piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.