Door locking device for truck

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9506277-B2
Application number	US-201314097110-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2013
Priority date	Aug 14, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A device is capable of preventing a door and a user from being damaged by automatically locking the door during a cab tilting of a truck. An automatic door locking device having a new shape in which a locked state of the door can be forcibly maintained in a cab tilted state by an associated operation between a weight and a key lever when the cab is tilted, is implemented so that door unlocking when the cab is tilted cannot be performed and thus damage of the cab caused by opening of the door and user injury can be prevented.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door locking device for a vehicle, the door locking device comprising:
a key lever having an aperture and locking or unlocking a door according to an operation of a key load;
a lock lever, coaxially supported with the key lever, and rotatable with respect to the key lever;
a weight member coupled to a first side of the lock lever and rotating the lock lever using a weight of the weight member when the weight member is tilted,
wherein an end of the key load is selectively inserted into and engaged to the aperture of the key lever, and the end of the key load is configured to escape from the aperture by the lock lever rotated by the weight member, thereby a combined state between the key lever and the key load is released, and an interlocking relationship between the key load and the key lever is ended through the weight member and the lock lever during the tilting of the weigh member so that opening of the door is prevented.

2. The door locking device of claim 1 , wherein a stopper that is able to be hung in the lock lever in a state in which the lock lever and the key load contact each other, is provided at a rear side of the key lever so that the lock lever and the key lever are together rotated in a state in which combination between the key lever and the key load is released and the key lever is placed in a locked state.

3. The door locking device of claim 2 , wherein the stopper provided at the key lever is a pocket accommodating a part of the lock lever.

4. The door locking device of claim 1 , further comprising a return spring interposed between axial parts of the key lever and the lock lever, having a first end supported at the key lever and a second end configured to be supported at a vehicle body and is configured to restore the key lever when the vehicle body is tilted down.

5. The door locking device of claim 1 , wherein the key load is configured to interlock together with the key lever and to be supported by a key load clip and a key load spring that are movable along a slide groove of the key lever.

6. The door locking device of claim 1 , further comprising a lever guide, a first side of which is connected to a part in which the weight member is coupled to the lock lever through a slot and a second side of which is coupled to a latch assembly in a pin structure and which guides a rotation trajectory of the lock lever while being together rotated when the lock lever is rotated.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyun Woo

Classifications

• E05C3/16 Primary

  with operating handle or equivalent member moving otherwise than rigidly with the latch {(E05C3/122 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E05B77/52

  Locking one wing by shutting another · CPC title

• E05B15/0093 Primary

  Weight arrangements in locks; gravity activated lock parts (E05B65/5292, E05B77/06 take precedence) · CPC title

• E05B77/54

  Automatic securing or unlocking of bolts triggered by certain vehicle parameters, e.g. exceeding a speed threshold (triggered by vehicle collision E05B77/12) · CPC title

• Y10T292/1064

  Operating means · CPC title