Lock device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9500012-B2
Application number	US-201214125473-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 15, 2012
Priority date	Jun 16, 2011
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An outer peripheral portion of a hook in a lock device is formed with a recess, which is formed to extend inwardly from a peripheral surface, and a first face, which is formed at a side of a rotation direction toward the unlock position of the hook than the recess and intersects the rotation direction of the hook, and a pawl is formed with a protrusion, which is detachably engaged with the recess of the hook, and a second face, against which the first face of the hook is capable of abutting.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lock device, comprising:
a striker, which is provided to one of a movable structure and a stationary structure;
a hook, which is provided to another of the movable structure and the stationary structure and formed with a groove into which the striker is capable of entering, wherein the hook is rotatable from an unlock position, at which the striker is capable of entering into the groove, to a lock position, at which the striker is restricted from being released from the groove;
a pawl, which is provided to be rotatable and is engaged with the hook located at the lock position to restrict the hook from rotating; and
a biasing unit, by which the hook and the pawl are biased in an engaging direction,
wherein an outer peripheral portion of the hook is formed with a recess, which is formed to extend inwardly from a peripheral surface, and a first face, which is formed between the recess and the groove and intersects a rotation direction of the hook,
wherein the pawl is formed with a protrusion, which is detachably engaged with the recess of the hook, and a second face, against which the first face of the hook is capable of abutting,
wherein the recess of the hook is formed so that a width of the recess in a rotary plane of the hook is inwardly narrowed,
wherein the recess includes a bottom surface and two wall surfaces, the two wall surfaces facing each other,
wherein the protrusion of the pawl abuts the two wall surfaces of the recess, at the lock position, and
wherein, when the hook is located at the lock position, a gap is formed by the first face of the hook and the second face of the pawl, and the gap is located between the first face of the hook and the second face of the pawl.

2. The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the first face of the hook includes a planar face, and the second face of the pawl includes a curved face.

3. The lock device according to claim 2 , wherein the curved surface includes a circular arc face.

4. The lock device according to claim 3 , wherein a center of the circular arc face is located on a rotary center axis of the pawl.

5. The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the width of the recess decreases between the two wall surfaces as the two wall surfaces extend toward the bottom surface.

6. The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom surface extends between edges of the two wall surfaces.

7. The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein the protrusion of the pawl abuts the two wall surfaces of the recess on opposing sides of the bottom surface.

8. The lock device according to claim 1 , wherein a stopper is provided in said another of the movable structure and the stationary structure, and
wherein a periphery of the hook includes a lock stopper surface that is configured to abut against the stopper when the hook is located at the lock position.

9. The lock device according to claim 8 , wherein the periphery of the hook further includes an unlock stopper surface that is configured to abut against the stopper when the hook is located at the unlock position.

Assignees

• Yamazaki Takuji
• Shiroki Corp

Inventors

• Yamazaki Takuji

Classifications

• E05B85/24

  Bolts rotating about an axis · CPC title

• B60N2/01583 Primary

  locking on transversal elements on the vehicle floor or rail, e.g. transversal rods · CPC title

• E05B77/36

  Noise prevention; Anti-rattling means · CPC title

• Y10T292/0926

  Spring projected · CPC title

• E05B85/26

  Cooperation between bolts and detents · CPC title