Lock device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12480341-B2
Application number	US-202118010679-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2021
Priority date	Jun 24, 2020
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

A lock device attached to a stationary body so that an opening and closing body is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body includes a driving member that is driven in response to movement of an operation member, and a rod movable in a longitudinal direction. The driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod. The rod includes a lock portion engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body, and a holding portion holding the coupling portion so that the coupling portion is slidable in a moving direction of the rod. When the rod is moved in a lock releasing direction in which lock of the lock portion is released by the driving member, the holding portion and the coupling portion move in the lock releasing direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A lock device attached to a stationary body having an opening so that an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body, the lock device comprising:
a driving member configured to be driven in response to movement of an operation member receiving an operation of a user; and a rod configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction, wherein the driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod, wherein the rod includes:
a lock portion configured to be engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body; and
a holding portion holding the coupling portion so that the coupling portion is slidable in a moving direction of the rod,
wherein when the rod is moved in a lock releasing direction in which lock of the lock portion is released by driving of the driving member in response to the operation of the user, the holding portion and the coupling portion are configured to move in the lock releasing direction, and wherein the holding portion is configured to slide with respect to the corresponding coupling portion while maintaining direct contact with the corresponding coupling portion.

2 . The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein when the lock portion comes into contact with the opening and closing body and moves in the lock releasing direction in closing the opening and closing body, the holding portion is configured to slide with respect to the corresponding coupling portion while maintaining contact with the corresponding coupling portion.

3 . The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the holding portion is located on an end portion side of the rod from a tip end of the lock portion in a longitudinal direction of the rod.

4 . The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the rod includes a receiving portion configured to receive an input from the driving member, and
the holding portion is located between the lock portion and the receiving portion in a moving direction of the rod.

5 . A lock device attached to a stationary body having an opening so that an opening and closing body configured to open and close the opening is locked in a closed state with respect to the stationary body, the lock device comprising:
a driving member configured to be driven in response to movement of an operation member receiving an operation of a user; and a rod configured to be movable in a longitudinal direction, wherein the driving member includes a coupling portion coupled to the rod, wherein the rod includes:
a lock portion configured to be engageable with and disengageable from a lock hole of the opening and closing body; and
a holding portion holding the coupling portion so that the coupling portion is slidable in a moving direction of the rod,
wherein when the rod is moved in a lock releasing direction in which lock of the lock portion is released by driving of the driving member in response to the operation of the user, the holding portion and the coupling portion are configured to move in the lock releasing direction, wherein the holding portion is configured to slide with respect to the corresponding coupling portion in a state of being coupled to the corresponding coupling portion, and wherein the lock portion protrudes from the rod in a direction different from a moving direction of the rod.

Assignees

• Piolax Inc

Inventors

• Saito Jun

Classifications

• B60R7/06 Primary

  mounted on or below dashboards · CPC title

• E05C21/00

  Arrangements or combinations of wing fastening, securing, or holding devices, not covered by a single preceding main group; {Locking kits} · CPC title

• E05B83/30 Primary

  for glove compartments · CPC title

• E05C9/04

  with two sliding bars moved in opposite directions when fastening or unfastening · CPC title

• E05B1/0038

  Sliding handles, e.g. push buttons (E05B13/105 takes precedence) · CPC title