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US 6,637,783 B2Granted
Opening and closing device of vehicle lock apparatus
AssigneeOhi Seisakusho Co., Ltd.
InventorNoboru Takamura
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Abstract
In a state where a rotary member has stopped at a position other than a neutral position, an actuating lever can be returned to the neutral position by an urging device, and retained in the neutral position, by shifting a switching member from a connecting state to a disconnecting state. When the rotary member which has been at the position other than the neutral position is returned to the neutral position, the switching member staying in the disconnecting state is shifted to the connecting state to establish a coupling between the rotary member and the actuating lever.
Claims9
An opening and closing device of a vehicle lock apparatus comprising:
- a lock device actuated by a motor to be opened, and to be shifted from a half latched state to a fully latched state;
- a rotary member rotatable from a neutral position in two of a normal direction and reverse direction by said motor;
- an actuating lever linked to said rotary member, said actuating lever rotatable from a neutral position in an opening direction thereby to open said lock device, and being rotated in a closing direction opposite to the opening direction thereby to shift said lock device from the half latched state to the fully latched state;
- an opening lever rotatable from a waiting position to an operating position by a rotation of said actuating lever in the opening direction thereby to open said lock device;
- a switching member for connecting said rotary member and said actuating lever;
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- an urging device for urging said actuating lever to the neutral position independently of said rotary member;
- wherein said switching member is configured to be shifted between
- a disconnecting state where said switching member disconnects a coupling between said rotary member and said actuating lever so that said actuating lever is rotated to said neutral position of said rotary member from a stopping position of said rotary member which is not said neutral position of said rotary member, and
- a connecting state where said rotary member in said stop position is rotated to the neutral position of said rotary member and said switching member is retained to said actuating member which is in the neutral position of said actuating member thereby to establish the coupling between said rotary member and said actuating lever.
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An opening and closing device of a vehicle lock apparatus comprising:
- a lock device actuated by a motor to be opened, and to be shifted from a half latched state to a fully latched state;
- a rotary member rotatable from a neutral position in two of a normal direction and reverse direction by said motor;
- an actuating lever linked to said rotary member, said actuating lever rotatable from a neutral position in an opening direction thereby to open said lock device, and being rotated in a closing direction opposite to the opening direction thereby to shift said lock device from the half latched state to the fully latched state;
- a switching member movable in a connecting state where said rotary member and said actuating lever are coupled through said switching member and a disconnecting state where said switching member disconnects a coupling between said rotary member and said actuating lever;
- an urging device for urging said switching member from the disconnecting state to the connecting state;
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- a canceling lever having a canceling arm portion adapted to be abutted against said switching member;
- wherein said switching member is shifted from the connecting state to the disconnecting state by a rotation of said canceling lever from a waiting position to a canceling position, and
- said canceling arm portion is moved apart from said switching member by a rotation of said canceling lever from the canceling position to the waiting position.
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An opening and closing device of a vehicle lock apparatus comprising:
- a lock device actuated by a motor to be opened, and to be shifted from a half latched state to a fully latched state;
- a rotary member rotatable from a neutral position in two of a normal direction and reverse direction by said motor;
- an actuating lever linked to said rotary member, said actuating lever rotatable from a neutral position in an opening direction thereby to open said lock device, and being rotated in a closing direction opposite to the opening direction thereby to shift said lock device from the half latched state to the fully latched state;
- a switching member movable in a connecting state where said rotary member and said actuating lever are coupled through said switching member and a disconnecting state where said switching member disconnects a coupling between said rotary member and an actuating lever;
- an urging device for urging said switching member from the disconnecting state to the connecting state;
- a canceling lever having a canceling arm portion adapted to be abutted against said switching member;
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- a guide device for guiding said canceling arm portion so as to move along a moving direction of said switching member, and so as not to move in a direction intersecting the moving direction;
- wherein said switching member is shifted from the connecting state to the disconnecting state by a rotation of said canceling lever from a waiting position to a canceling position, and
- said switching member is moved apart from said switching member by a rotation of said canceling lever from the canceling position to the waiting position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.