Door lock system
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorKatsuyuki Ishiguro
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Abstract
A door lock system includes a ratchet, a latch, a ratchet lever that disengages the ratchet from the latch when a disengaging operation is performed, a first link lever that moves to and from a transmitting position and a non-transmitting position, wherein when the first link lever is at the transmitting position, the ratchet lever is allowed to disengage the ratchet from the latch, and when the first link lever is at the non-transmitting position, the ratchet lever is inhibited from disengaging the ratchet from the latch, a second link lever that is pivotally coupled to a base end of the first link lever at a base end of the second link lever and that moves in response to a locking operation and an unlocking operation. A distal end of the first link lever and a distal end of the second link lever constantly overlap each other.
Claims4
A door lock system comprising:
- a ratchet;
- a latch;
- a ratchet lever that integrally rotates with the ratchet and includes a pressure-receiving portion;
- a handle lever that is rotatably disposed at a rotational axis and is connected with an outside handle;
- a locking lever that is rotatably disposed on a locking lever shaft and includes a first engaging pin;
- a first link lever that is rotatably disposed and connected with the handle lever at a first-link-lever shaft hole and includes a pressing portion;
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- a second link lever that is connected to the locking lever by slidably housing the first engaging pin in a second slide slot, and that is connected to the first link lever by inserting a second-link-lever shaft portion into a shaft insertion hole;
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- a panic spring that is interposed between the first link lever and the second link lever, wherein the panic spring transmits, when an unlocking operation is performed, a motion of the second link lever to the first link lever using a resilient force of the panic spring to move the first link lever to a transmitting position,
- wherein the pressure-receiving portion and the pressing portion are positioned to face each other so as to abut and press the pressure-receiving portion with the pressing portion when the handle lever is rotated for opening action and the first link lever is moved down if the locking lever is in an unlock position,
- wherein the first link lever is configured to be rotated via the second link lever accompanied by the locking lever rotation to a lock position so as to move the pressing portion away from the pressure-receiving portion, and
- a distal end of the first link lever and a distal end of the second link lever constantly overlap each other in a radial direction of the second link lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.