Lock device for opening/closing body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9850691-B2
Application number	US-201314406742-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2013
Priority date	Jun 15, 2012
Publication date	Dec 26, 2017
Grant date	Dec 26, 2017

Abstract

A lock device is provided with a housing, a rotary member, a pair of link rods provided with a hook part, a spring for the rotary biasing of the rotary member, and an operative member mounted so as to be able to be inserted into the housing. A cam protrusions formed in the rotary member, and a wall part having a cam slope which abuts the cam protrusion is formed in the operative member. The configuration is such that by inserting the operative member, the rotary member resists the biasing force of the spring and rotates, and the hook part of the link rods slides in a position in which it does not engage with the lock part.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A locking device for an openable/closable body that is openably/closably mounted to an opening portion of a fixed body, the locking device including:
locking portions provided on both sides of one of the openable/closable body and the opening portion of the fixed body;
a housing mounted to the other one of the openable/closable body and the fixed body and including a cylinder-shaped shaft portion protruding from a back surface side of the housing;
a rotary member rotatably mounted on the back surface side of the housing around the shaft portion;
a pair of link rods configured to slidably move in synchronization with rotation of the rotary member to make hook portions formed at distal ends thereof engage and disengage the locking portions;
a spring arranged to bias the link rods in directions that the hook portions of the link rods engage the locking portions; and
a manipulation member pushably mounted on a front surface side of the housing and including a pressing portion configured to be pushed in from a front side of the pressing portion and a protrusion protruding from a back side of the pressing portion,
wherein one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a wall portion having a cam inclined surface, and the other one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a cam contact portion, so that a pushing force on the manipulation member is converted into a rotational force on the rotary member through contact between the cam contact portion and the cam inclined surface,
wherein, by pushing in the manipulation member, the rotary member is rotated against a biasing force of the spring, and the pair of link rods are made to slide to positions where the hook portions of the link rods disengage the locking portions,
wherein, in a state where the manipulation member is pushed in, the protrusion is movable within the shaft portion.

2. The locking device of claim 1 , wherein the cam contact portion is disposed in plurality on at least two positions at regular intervals in the circumferential direction with respect to a rotation center of the rotary member.

3. The locking device of claim 1 , wherein the wall portion has one of an arc shape and a circular cylindrical shape when seen in a rotation axis direction of the rotary member, and the cam inclined surface is formed by an end face of the wall portion which gradually becomes lower in height along the circumferential direction.

4. The locking device of claim 1 , wherein one of the housing and the rotary member includes:
a shaft portion protruding therefrom; and
a protrusion protruding from an outer circumference of a distal end portion of the shaft portion toward an outside diameter side of the shaft portion,
wherein the other one of the housing and the rotary member includes:
a shaft hole into which the shaft portion is inserted; and
a groove portion that communicates with the shaft hole and allows the protrusion to pass therethrough, and
wherein the rotary member is retained by
matching the protrusion to the groove portion,
inserting the shaft portion into the shaft hole,
in a state where the protrusion appears from the groove portion, rotating the rotary member in a given direction to thereby make the protrusion engage a circumference of the shaft hole.

5. The locking device of claim 4 , further including:
a coil spring provided to bias the manipulation member in a direction away from the housing,
wherein the shaft portion includes a supporting recess portion arranged to support one end of the coil spring.

6. The locking device of claim 1 , wherein the cam contact portion has an arc-shaped distal end face that is to be brought into contact with the cam inclined surface.

7. A locking device for an openable/closable body that is openably/closably mounted to an opening portion of a fixed body, the locking device including:
locking portions provided on both sides of one of the openable/closable body and the opening portion of the fixed body;
a housing mounted to the other one of the openable/closable body and the fixed body;
a rotary member rotatably mounted to the housing;
a pair of link rods configured to slidably move in synchronization with rotation of the rotary member to make hook portions formed at distal ends thereof engage and disengage the locking portions;
a spring arranged to bias the link rods in directions that the hook portions of the link rods engage the locking portions; and
a manipulation member pushably mounted to the housing,
wherein one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a wall portion having a cam inclined surface, while the other one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a cam contact portion, so that a pushing force on the manipulation member is converted into a rotational force on the rotary member through contact between the cam contact portion and the cam inclined surface,
wherein, by pushing in the manipulation member, the rotary member is rotated against a biasing force of the spring, and the pair of link rods are made to slide to positions where the hook portions of the link rods disengage the locking portions, and
wherein the housing defines a pit portion having a square frame shape, and the rotary member is rotatably mounted within the pit portion so as to be interposed between the housing and the manipulation member.

8. The locking device of claim 7 , wherein the wall portion having the cam inclined surface is provided on the manipulation member while the cam contact portion is provided on the rotary member.

9. A locking device for an openable/closable body that is openably/closably mounted to an opening portion of a fixed body, the locking device including:
locking portions provided on both sides of one of the openable/closable body and the opening portion of the fixed body;
a housing mounted to the other one of the openable/closable body and the fixed body;
a rotary member rotatably mounted to the housing;
a pair of link rods configured to slidably move in synchronization with rotation of the rotary member to make hook portions formed at distal ends thereof engage and disengage the locking portions;
a spring arranged to bias the link rods in directions that the hook portions of the link rods engage the locking portions; and
a manipulation member pushably mounted to the housing,
wherein one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a wall portion having a cam inclined surface, while the other one of the rotary member and the manipulation member includes a cam contact portion, so that a pushing force on the manipulation member is converted into a rotational force on the rotary member through contact between the cam contact portion and the cam inclined surface,
wherein, by pushing in the manipulation member toward the housing, the rotary member is rotated against a biasing force of the spring, and the pair of link rods are made to slide to positions where the hook portions of the link rods disengage the locking portions,
wherein the pair of link rods are pivotally mounted to the rotary member at opposite positions around the outer circumference of the rotary member, and
wherein, in a state where the manipulation member is not pushed toward the housing, the cam contact portion abuts an upper part of the wall portion to thereby being limited from rotating due to the biasing force of the spring.

10. A locking device for an openable/closable body that is openably/closably mounted to an opening portion of a fixed body, the locking device comprising:
locking portions provided on both sides of one of the openable/closable body and the opening portion of the fixed body;
a housing mou

Assignees

• Piolax Inc

Inventors

• Nakasone Hisashi

Classifications

• E05C9/041

  with rack and pinion mechanism · CPC title

• E05C9/042

  with pins engaging slots · CPC title

• E05B83/30 Primary

  for glove compartments · CPC title

• E05B1/0038

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

• Y10T292/0977

  Cam · CPC title