Vehicle door latch device
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorIan Bruce
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Abstract
A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch body, a latch provided in a recess of a latch body, and a ratchet provided in the recess. The latch body has a tongue part which comes into contact with an outer peripheral part of the latch, and a contact pin which comes into contact with the latch. The tongue part applies a first external force in an anti-rotational direction of the latch to the latch by contact with the outer peripheral part of the latch, and the contact pin applies a second external force in a axial direction of the latch shaft to the latch by contact with the latch. The tongue part comes into contact with the outer peripheral part when the latch is over-rotated exceeding a full-latched position.
Claims6
A vehicle door latch device comprising:
- a latch body having a recess at a front side thereof;
- a latch rotatably supported by a latch shaft in the recess and engageable with a striker fixed to a vehicle body;
- a ratchet rotatably supported by a ratchet shaft in the recess for keeping an engagement between the latch and the striker by being engaged with the latch;
- a tongue part provided to the latch body and arranged to come into contact with an outer peripheral part of the latch;
- a contact pin provided to the latch body and arranged to come into contact with the latch;
- said tongue part applying a first external force in an anti-rotational direction of the latch to the latch by coming into contact with the outer peripheral part of the latch;
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- said contact pin applying a second external force in a axial direction of the latch shaft to the latch by coming into contact with the latch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.