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US 8,894,107 B2Granted
Lock apparatus
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorsKiyohiko Kamata, Naoya Seto
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Abstract
A hook lever engages with a striker which enters as far as a deep side in an entering direction of the striker to hold the striker by moving from an opening position to an engagement position while being guided by a hook shaft provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker, and a guide lever is guided by the hook shaft and is biased from the deep side to an entrance side in the entering direction of the striker to restrict the movement of the hook lever towards the engagement position, while the guide lever is pressed against by the striker when the striker enters in the entering direction so as to move the hook lever to the engagement position, in such a state that the guide lever is partially overlapped on the hook lever.
Claims17
A lock apparatus comprising:
- a hook lever configured to be brought into engagement with a striker which enters as far as a deep side in an entering direction of the striker to hold the striker by moving from an opening position to an engagement position while being guided by a hook shaft that is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker;
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- a guide lever configured to be guided by a guide shaft, which is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker, in a state where the guide lever is partially overlapped on the hook lever, and to be biased from the deep side to an entrance side in the entering direction of the striker so as to restrict the movement of the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position, wherein the guide lever is configured to, upon being pressed against by the striker when the striker enters as far as the deep side in the entering direction thereof, move the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position;
- wherein the guide shaft is the same shaft as the hook shaft.
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A lock apparatus comprising:
- a hook lever configured to be brought into engagement with a striker which enters as far as a deep side in an entering direction of the striker to hold the striker by moving from an opening position to an engagement position while being guided by a hook shaft that is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker;
- a guide lever configured to be guided by a guide shaft, which is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker, in a state where the guide lever is partially overlapped on the hook lever, and to be biased from the deep side to an entrance side in the entering direction of the striker so as to restrict the movement of the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position, wherein the guide lever is configured to, upon being pressed against by the striker when the striker enters as far as the deep side in the entering direction thereof, move the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position;
- a case, which is configured to accommodate the hook lever and the guide lever which is configured to be mounted on a mount member, and which comprises an entrance groove which the striker enters;
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- a fastening member configured to fasten the case to the mount member such that the case is movable relative to the striker, the fastening member being provided within a range defined by projecting an area on the case, the area having a radius with centering at the striker being in engagement with the hook lever and extending to an outermost position of the hook lever being in engagement with the striker.
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A lock apparatus comprising:
- a hook lever configured to be brought into engagement with a striker which enters as far as a deep side in an entering direction of the striker to hold the striker by moving from an opening position to an engagement position while being guided by a hook shaft that is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker;
- a guide lever configured to be guided by a guide shaft, which is provided on the deep side in the entering direction of the striker, in a state where the guide lever is partially overlapped on the hook lever, and to be biased from the deep side to an entrance side in the entering direction of the striker so as to restrict the movement of the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position, wherein the guide lever is configured to, upon being pressed against by the striker when the striker enters as far as the deep side in the entering direction thereof, move the hook lever from the opening position to the engagement position;
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- a hook spring, one end of which is locked on the hook lever and the other end of which is locked on the guide lever, wherein the hook spring is configured to bias the guide lever from the deep side towards the entrance side in the entering direction of the striker and to bias the hook lever from the opening position towards the engagement position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.