Door latch device for vehicle and method of assembling door latch device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9464466-B2
Application number	US-201514805215-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 21, 2015
Priority date	Oct 29, 2014
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

A door latch device for a vehicle includes: a body having a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker arranged on a vehicle body advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door; a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker to be rotatable; a pole configured to rotate interlocking with the rotation of the latch and engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position; a lever configured to rotate based on an opening operation of a handle arranged on the door to rotate the interlocking pole; and a spring configured to urge the lever. The lever has a shaft hole. The body includes a spring accommodating part that accommodates the spring, and a pivot that is inserted to the shaft hole of the lever to rotatably support the lever.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door latch device for a vehicle comprising:
a body that is arranged on any one of a door or a vehicle body and has a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door, the striker being arranged on the other one of the door and the vehicle body;
a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker so as to be rotatable from an open position to a latch position;
a pole configured to rotate from a release position at which the pole is disengaged from the latch to an engaging position at which the pole is capable of engaging with the latch at the latch position interlocking with rotation of the latch and be engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position;
a lever configured to rotate from a disengaging position to a standby position based on an opening operation of a handle to rotate the interlocking pole from the release position to the engaging position, the handle being arranged on the door or the vehicle body;
a spring configured to urge the lever to rotate from the disengaging position to the standby position;
a cover plate mounted on a surface of the body on which the striker advancing groove is formed; and
a back plate fixed to the cover plate with the body interposed therebetween, wherein
the lever has a shaft hole,
the body comprises:
a spring accommodating part that accommodates the spring; and
a pivot that is inserted into the shaft hole of the lever to rotatably support the lever,

a distal end of the pivot of the body is a projection, and
the back plate has a hole into which the projection is inserted.

2. The door latch device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lever is an outside lever configured to rotate from the disengaging position to the standby position based on an opening operation of an outside handle arranged on the door for opening the door from the outside of the vehicle body.

3. The door latch device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein
the projection is a cross-shaped projection, and
the hole is a cross-shaped hole into which the cross-shaped projection is inserted.

4. The door latch device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the lever has a two-split structure including a first lever that has a shaft hole to which the pivot of the body is inserted, and a second lever that has a shaft hole to which the pivot of the body is inserted, and overlaps with the first lever.

5. The door latch device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the body comprises:
a hooked part to which one end of the spring is hooked; and a projection that is brought into contact with the lever at the standby position,
the spring is mounted in a state in which one end thereof is hooked to the hooked part of the body, and the other end thereof is brought into contact with the projection of the body,
the lever is caused to be in a temporary mounted state in which the pivot of the body is inserted into the shaft hole of the lever, and a surface of the lever on the body side is brought into contact with the projection of the body, and
the lever is pressed toward the body side to be rotated in a direction against an urging force from the spring, and the lever is tightly inserted between the other end of the spring and the projection of the body to be mounted.

6. A method of assembling a door latch device for a vehicle, the door latch device for a vehicle comprising:
a body that is arranged on any one of a door or a vehicle body and has a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door, the striker being arranged on the other one of the door and the vehicle body;
a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker to be rotatable from an open position to a latch position;
a pole configured to rotate from a release position at which the pole is disengaged from the latch to an engaging position at which the pole is capable of engaging with the latch at the latch position interlocking with rotation of the latch and be engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position;
a lever configured to rotate from a disengaging position to a standby position based on an opening operation of a handle to rotate the interlocking pole from the release position to the engaging position, the handle being arranged on the door or the vehicle body;
a spring configured to urge the lever to rotate from the disengaging position to the standby position;
a cover plate mounted on a surface of the body on which the striker advancing groove is formed; and
a back plate fixed to the cover plate with the body interposed therebetween, wherein
the lever has a shaft hole,
the body comprises:
a spring accommodating part that accommodates the spring;
a pivot that is inserted into the shaft hole of the lever to rotatably support the lever;
a hooked part to which one end of the spring is hooked; and
a projection that is brought into contact with the lever at the standby position;

a distal end of the pivot of the body is a projection, and
the back plate has a hole into which the projection is inserted, the method comprising:
a mounting process of the spring for causing one end of the spring to be hooked to the hooked part, and causing the other end of the spring to be brought into contact with the projection of the body;
a temporary mounting process of the lever for inserting the pivot of the body into the shaft hole of the lever, and causing a surface of the lever on the body side to be brought into contact with the projection of the body; and
a mounting process of the lever for pressing the lever toward the body side to rotate in a direction against an urging force from the spring, and tightly inserting the lever between the other end of the spring and the projection of the body.

7. A door latch device for a vehicle manufactured by using the method of assembling the door latch device for a vehicle according to claim 6 .

Assignees

• Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corp

Inventors

• Nozawa Hideaki
• Nagaoka Tomoharu

Classifications

• E05B85/24

  Bolts rotating about an axis · CPC title

• E05B79/08

  Mounting of individual lock elements in the lock, e.g. levers · CPC title

• E05B81/16

  operating on locking elements for locking or unlocking action · CPC title

• E05B85/243 Primary

  with a bifurcated bolt · CPC title

• E05B81/06

  using rotary motors · CPC title