Lid lock apparatus
AssigneeHi-Lex Corporation
InventorsHironari Ishihara, Yoichiro Moriyama
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Abstract
A lid lock apparatus having a housing to be fixed to a vehicle body with limited space. The lid lock apparatus includes a locking pin, a cable, a linking member, a housing, a mating and fixing part, and a coil spring. The housing includes a locking pin housing part, which houses the locking pin, and a link housing part, which houses the linking member. The housing further includes a space that is interposed between the locking pin housing part and the link housing part is formed, and when the housing is rotated and thereby fixed to a fixed target, the link housing part is, at a fixed ending period, moved into a position of the space which has been defined at a fixed starting period.
Claims3
A lid lock apparatus, comprising:
- a locking pin configured to engage with and detach from a lid;
- a cable configured to operate the locking pin;
- a linking member configured to transmit to the locking pin an operating force applied to the cable;
- a housing configured to house the locking pin and the linking member;
- a mating and fixing part configured to fix the housing to a fixed target by mating to the fixed target and being rotated;
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- a coil spring configured to bias the locking pin in a direction in which the locking pin is pushed out of the housing;
- the locking pin being disposed in the housing such that the locking pin can protrude from a protruding hole of the housing;
- the linking member including a locking pin connecting part connected to the locking pin, and a cable connecting part connected to a cable end of the cable;
- a pulling operation of the cable allowing the linking member to move in a direction in which the locking pin is stored in the housing, and, releasing of the pulling operation of the cable allows the locking pin to move, by a biasing force of the coil spring, in a direction in which the locking pin is pushed out of the housing;
- the linking member being disposed in the housing such that an actuation plane, wherein the linking member is actuated in order to operate the locking pin, is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the locking pin;
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- the housing including a locking pin housing part, which houses the locking pin, and a link housing part, which houses the linking member;
- wherein a space is formed interposed between the locking pin housing part and the link housing part;
- wherein when the housing is rotated and fixed to the fixed target, the space is defined at a fixed starting position and the housing is rotated around an axial direction of the locking pin such that the link housing part is, at a fixed ending position, positioned into the space which has been defined at the fixed starting position;
- and wherein an external shape of the locking pin housing part and the link housing part in a cross section orthogonal to the movement directions of the locking pin is substantially L shaped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.