CN214035183U - Lock device and automobile - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a lock device, including: the lock body component comprises a pawl, a lock tongue, an unlocking rod and a self-absorption mechanism; and the actuator assembly can drive the self-priming mechanism to enable the lock tongue to be driven to at least one locking position by the self-priming mechanism, the pawl can keep the lock tongue at the at least one locking position, and the actuator assembly can drive the unlocking rod to enable the pawl to be driven by the unlocking rod to unlock the lock tongue. The present disclosure also provides an automobile.

Description

Lock device and automobile

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the vehicle lock, this disclosure especially relates to a lock device and car.

Background

With the increasing requirements of users on the convenience and comfort of automobile use, the requirements of electric opening and electric locking of automobile doors (including side doors, tail doors, trunk lids and the like) are increasing.

The door lock with electric self-sucking (locking) function is the core component of the electric door system.

In order to realize the functions of electric unlocking and electric self-suction, an electric self-suction (locking) door lock in the prior art is usually driven by two actuators respectively, so that the electric self-suction door lock system is complex in structure, difficult to arrange and high in cost.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to solve at least one of the above technical problems, the present disclosure provides a lock device and an automobile.

The lock device and the automobile are realized through the following technical scheme.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a lock device including:

the lock body assembly comprises a pawl, a lock tongue, an unlocking rod and a self-priming mechanism; and the actuator assembly can drive the self-priming mechanism so that the lock tongue is driven to at least one locking position by the self-priming mechanism, the pawl can keep the lock tongue in the at least one locking position, and the actuator assembly can drive the unlocking rod so that the pawl is driven by the unlocking rod to unlock the lock tongue.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the actuator assembly includes a motor unit and a slider, the motor unit can output power to the slider, and the actuator assembly drives the self-priming mechanism and the lock release lever through the slider.

In accordance with at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the actuator assembly further includes a deadbolt switch actuable by the deadbolt to indicate a position of the deadbolt, a pawl switch actuable by the pawl to indicate a position of the pawl, and a neutral switch actuable by the slider to indicate a position of the slider.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the at least one lock position includes a first lock position and a second lock position.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pawl includes a pawl switch trigger portion by which the pawl triggers the pawl switch.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pawl includes a pawl boss portion, and the lock release lever includes a release lever arc surface portion, and the release lever pushes the pawl boss portion through the release lever arc surface portion so that the pawl releases the holding of the lock tongue.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the pawl includes a pawl through-hole portion through which an external force can be applied by a tool other than the lock device, so that the pawl releases the holding of the latch bolt.

According to this disclosed at least one embodiment's lock device, the spring bolt includes spring bolt main part and spring bolt switch trigger part, the spring bolt main part with the coaxial setting of spring bolt switch trigger part, just the spring bolt switch trigger part with can rotate predetermined angle relatively between the spring bolt main part, spring bolt switch trigger part includes spring bolt switch trigger part, spring bolt switch trigger part passes through spring bolt switch trigger part is right the spring bolt switch triggers.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the latch switch trigger part has a boss, the latch body has a sliding groove, and when the latch switch trigger part and the latch body rotate relatively, the boss moves in the sliding groove.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the locking process of the lock tongue, after the lock tongue switch trigger part of the lock tongue switch trigger part is separated from the lock tongue switch, the lock tongue continues to be locked, and the boss of the lock tongue switch trigger part slides in the sliding groove, so that the lock tongue switch trigger part does not follow the lock tongue to continue to move, so as to reduce the movement angle of the lock tongue switch trigger part.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the unlocking process of the lock tongue 103, the sliding groove of the lock tongue main body of the lock tongue drives the lock tongue switch triggering portion to trigger the lock tongue switch through the boss.

According to the locking device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, from inhaling the mechanism including from inhaling the actuating lever and inhaling the actuating lever from inhaling, from inhaling the actuating lever with from inhaling the actuating lever and can rotating relatively, the executor subassembly passes through the slider is right from inhaling the mechanism from inhaling the actuating lever and driving, from the action drive of inhaling the actuating lever from inhaling the action of actuating lever, from inhaling the actuating lever can be driven with the actuation the spring bolt, and can drive the spring bolt extremely at least one locking position.

According to the locking device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, from inhaling actuating lever has first cambered surface portion, the spring bolt main part of spring bolt has actuation interlock portion, from inhaling actuating lever through first cambered surface portion with the cooperation of actuation interlock portion with the spring bolt actuation.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first arc surface portion and the attraction bite portion have matching shapes.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the self-priming drive rod has a flanged portion, and the actuator assembly drives the self-priming drive rod of the self-priming mechanism by driving of the flanged portion by the slider.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the actuator assembly further includes a release lever having a second arc portion, the release lever being operable to drive the second arc portion of the self-priming actuation lever such that the self-priming actuation lever disengages from the latch bolt.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the separation lever has a separation lever boss through which the separation lever drives the second arc portion of the self-priming execution lever.

According to the locking device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, from inhaling the actuating lever has the first hole portion of actuating lever, actuating lever second hole portion and actuating lever cambered surface portion, from inhaling the actuating lever has actuating lever hole portion and actuating lever convex part, through actuating lever hole portion with the first hole portion of actuating lever, from inhaling the actuating lever with from inhaling the actuating lever rotation and connecting for from inhaling the actuating lever and can rotate round from inhaling the actuating lever, from inhaling the actuating lever and passing through actuating lever cambered surface portion with the cooperation of the actuating lever convex part of inhaling the actuating lever is with the restriction from inhaling the actuating lever with from inhaling the relative rotation of actuating lever.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the motor unit has a worm, the motor unit outputs rotational power through the worm, the actuator assembly further includes a gear shaft having a gear and a lead screw, the worm of the motor unit is engaged with the gear of the gear shaft to transmit the rotational power of the motor unit to the gear shaft, and the lead screw is engaged with the slider to convert the rotational motion of the gear shaft into the reciprocating motion of the slider.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the lead screw of the gear shaft is integrally formed with or fixedly connected to the gear.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the slider has a slider boss portion, and the position of the slider is indicated by cooperation of the slider boss portion and the neutral switch.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, one shaft end of the gear shaft is provided with a bearing to improve the bearing capacity of the gear shaft.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of this disclosure, the lock body subassembly still includes bottom plate and lock body casing, pawl, spring bolt, unblock pole and from inhaling the mechanism setting in the accommodation space that bottom plate and lock body casing formed.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the actuator assembly further includes an actuator housing and an actuator cover plate, and the motor unit, the slider, the latch switch, the pawl switch, the neutral switch, the gear shaft and the release lever are disposed in an accommodating space formed by the actuator housing and the actuator cover plate.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a housing through hole is provided on the lock body housing, and the pawl can be toggled through the housing through hole to achieve mechanical unlocking.

According to the lock device of at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, a latch part is provided on the lock body housing, and the latch part is provided with a flexible buffer part to absorb shock between the lock device and the shackle.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an automobile including: the lock device of any of the above.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a lock body assembly of a lock device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a schematic view of the actuator assembly of the lock device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figures 3-5 are schematic structural views of a pawl of a lock body assembly and a release mechanism including a pawl, a slider, a release lever, and a pawl switch according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figures 6-8 are schematic structural views of the deadbolt mechanism of the lock body assembly of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 9-13 are schematic structural views of a self-priming mechanism of a lock body assembly of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figure 14 is a schematic structural view of the lock body housing of the lock body assembly of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 15 is a schematic structural view of an actuator assembly according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 16-18 are schematic structural views of an actuator assembly according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Figures 19-21 are schematic structural views of a lock body assembly of one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 22 to 25 are schematic views of a self-priming process of a lock device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 26 to 27 are schematic views illustrating an unlocking process of the lock device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Fig. 28 to 31 are schematic views illustrating an emergency unlocking process of the lock apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Description of the reference numerals

100 lock body assembly

101 base plate

102 ratchet pawl

103 lock tongue

104 unlocking lever

105 self-priming mechanism

106 lock body shell

200 actuator assembly

201 actuator casing

202 motor unit

203 latch bolt switch

204 pawl switch

205 neutral position switch

206 Gear shaft

207 slide block

208 disconnecting lever

209 actuator cover plate

1031 tongue switch trigger part

1032 trigger lever spring

1041 unlocking lever arc surface part

1051 self-priming driving rod

1052 self-suction actuating rod

1061 casing through hole

1062 groove part

1063 Flexible buffer part

2021 Worm

2061 Gear

2062 lead screw

2063 bearing

2071 slide block boss part

2081 separation rod boss

10211 pawl switch trigger

10212 pawl through hole portion

10213 pawl boss portion

10301 suction engaging part

10302 sliding chute

10311 bolt switch trigger part

10312 boss

10511 edge turning part

10512 drive rod first hole part

10513 drive rod second hole part

10514 drive rod arc surface part

10521 second arc surface

10521 actuator rod bore

10523 actuator lever boss

10524 first arc surface portion.

Detailed Description

The present disclosure will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not to be construed as limitations of the present disclosure. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only the portions relevant to the present disclosure are shown in the drawings.

It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present disclosure may be combined with each other without conflict. Technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.

Unless otherwise indicated, the illustrated exemplary embodiments/examples are to be understood as providing exemplary features of various details of some ways in which the technical concepts of the present disclosure may be practiced. Accordingly, unless otherwise indicated, features of the various embodiments may be additionally combined, separated, interchanged, and/or rearranged without departing from the technical concept of the present disclosure.

The use of cross-hatching and/or shading in the drawings is generally used to clarify the boundaries between adjacent components. As such, unless otherwise noted, the presence or absence of cross-hatching or shading does not convey or indicate any preference or requirement for a particular material, material property, size, proportion, commonality between the illustrated components and/or any other characteristic, attribute, property, etc., of a component. Further, in the drawings, the size and relative sizes of components may be exaggerated for clarity and/or descriptive purposes. While example embodiments may be practiced differently, the specific process sequence may be performed in a different order than that described. For example, two processes described consecutively may be performed substantially simultaneously or in reverse order to that described. In addition, like reference numerals denote like parts.

When an element is referred to as being "on" or "on," "connected to" or "coupled to" another element, it can be directly on, connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. However, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," "directly connected to" or "directly coupled to" another element, there are no intervening elements present. For purposes of this disclosure, the term "connected" may refer to physically, electrically, etc., and may or may not have intermediate components.

For descriptive purposes, the present disclosure may use spatially relative terms such as "below … …," below … …, "" below … …, "" below, "" above … …, "" above, "" … …, "" higher, "and" side (e.g., "in the sidewall") to describe one component's relationship to another (other) component as illustrated in the figures. Spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use, operation, and/or manufacture in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" or "beneath" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "below … …" can encompass both an orientation of "above" and "below". Further, the devices may be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Furthermore, when the terms "comprises" and/or "comprising" and variations thereof are used in this specification, the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof are stated but does not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof. It is also noted that, as used herein, the terms "substantially," "about," and other similar terms are used as approximate terms and not as degree terms, and as such, are used to interpret inherent deviations in measured values, calculated values, and/or provided values that would be recognized by one of ordinary skill in the art.

As shown in fig. 1 to 31, a lock device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a lock body assembly 100, the lock body assembly 100 comprising a pawl 102, a bolt 103, an unlocking lever 104 and a self-priming mechanism 105; and an actuator assembly 200, the actuator assembly 200 being capable of driving the self-priming mechanism 105 such that the latch bolt 103 is driven to at least one locking position by the self-priming mechanism 105, the pawl 102 being capable of holding the latch bolt 103 in at least one locking position, the actuator assembly 200 being capable of driving the unlatching lever 104 such that the pawl 102 is driven by the unlatching lever 104 to unlatch the latch bolt 103.

Wherein the at least one locking position comprises a first locking position and a second locking position. The first and second lock positions are shown in fig. 6.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, the actuator assembly 200 of the lock device includes a motor unit 202 and a slider 207, the motor unit 202 can output power to the slider 207, and the actuator assembly 200 drives the self-priming mechanism 105 and the unlocking lever 104 through the slider 207. Fig. 2 illustrates a schematic structural view of an actuator assembly 200 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Preferably, the actuator assembly 200 of the lock device further comprises a deadbolt switch 203, a pawl switch 204, and a neutral switch 205, the deadbolt switch 203 being actuable by the deadbolt 103 to indicate the position of the deadbolt 103, the pawl switch 204 being actuable by the pawl 102 to indicate the position of the pawl 102, and the neutral switch 205 being actuable by the slider 207 to indicate the position of the slider 207.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 3-5, the pawl 102 includes a pawl switch trigger 10211, and the pawl 102 triggers the pawl switch 204 via the pawl switch trigger 10211.

Preferably, the pawl 102 of the lock device includes a pawl boss part 10213, the release lever 104 includes a release lever arc part 1041, and the release lever 104 pushes the pawl boss part 10213 through the release lever arc part 1041 to release the pawl 102 from holding the latch tongue 103.

Preferably, the pawl 102 includes a pawl through hole portion 10212, and the pawl 102 can apply an external force through the pawl through hole portion 10212 by a tool other than the locking device, so that the pawl 102 releases the holding of the latch bolt 103.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 6 to 8, the latch 103 of the lock device includes a latch body and a latch switch triggering part 1031, the latch body and the latch switch triggering part 1031 are coaxially disposed, and the latch switch triggering part 1031 and the latch body can relatively rotate by a predetermined angle, the latch switch triggering part 1031 includes a latch switch triggering part 10311, and the latch switch triggering part 1031 triggers the latch switch 203 through the latch switch triggering part 10311.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to reduce the requirement of the rotation space of the deadbolt switch trigger 10311, the deadbolt switch trigger 10311 is designed as a separate part switch trigger lever, and a trigger lever spring 1032 is added.

Preferably, the latch switch triggering part 1031 has a boss 10312, and the latch body has a slide groove 10302, and the boss 10312 moves in the slide groove 10302 when the latch switch triggering part 1031 and the latch body rotate relatively.

Preferably, in the locking process of the latch bolt 103, the latch bolt switch triggering part 10311 of the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 is limited after being separated from the latch bolt switch 203, the latch bolt 103 continues to be locked, and the boss 10312 of the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 slides in the sliding groove 10302 to enable the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 not to follow the latch bolt 103 to continue to move, so that the movement angle of the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 is reduced, the movement space of the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 is reduced, and the size of the lock body assembly 100 is reduced.

Preferably, in the unlocking process of the latch bolt 103, the slide groove 10302 of the latch bolt main body of the latch bolt 103 drives the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 to trigger the latch bolt switch 203 through the boss 10312, and the latch bolt switch triggering part 1031 reaches the fully open position.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 9 to 11, the self-priming mechanism 105 includes a self-priming driving rod 1051 and a self-priming actuator 1052, the self-priming driving rod 1051 and the self-priming actuator 1052 can rotate relatively, the actuator assembly 200 drives the self-priming driving rod 1051 of the self-priming mechanism 105 through the slider 207, the self-priming driving rod 1051 drives the self-priming actuator 1052, the self-priming actuator 1052 can be driven to attract the latch tongue 103, and can drive the latch tongue 103 to at least one latching position.

Preferably, the self-priming actuator 1052 has a first cambered surface 10524, the latch body of the latch 103 has a suction engagement portion 10301, and the self-priming actuator 1052 cooperates with the suction engagement portion 10301 through the first cambered surface 10524 to engage with the latch 103.

Preferably, the first cambered surface 10524 and the suction bite 10301 have matching shapes.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 9, the self-priming drive rod 1051 has a cuff 10511, and the actuator assembly 200 drives the self-priming drive rod 1051 of the self-priming mechanism 105 through the driving of the cuff 10511 by the slider 207.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 12 to 13, the actuator assembly 200 further includes a detaching lever 208, the self-priming actuator lever 1052 has a second arc 10521, and the detaching lever 208 can be operated to drive the second arc 10521 of the self-priming actuator lever 1052 so that the self-priming actuator lever 1052 is disengaged from the latch bolt 103.

Preferably, the separation rod 208 has a separation rod boss 2081, and the separation rod 208 drives the second arc 10521 of the self-priming actuator rod 1052 through the separation rod boss 2081.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 9 to 11, the self-priming drive rod 1051 has a first drive rod hole 10512, a second drive rod hole 10513 and a curved drive rod surface 10514, the self-priming actuator rod 1052 has an actuator rod hole 10521 and an actuator rod protrusion 10523, the self-priming actuator rod 1052 is rotatably connected to the self-priming drive rod 1051 through the actuator rod hole 10521 and the first drive rod hole 10512, so that the self-priming actuator rod 1052 can rotate around the self-priming drive rod 1051, and the self-priming drive rod 1051 limits the relative rotation of the self-priming drive rod 1051 and the self-priming actuator rod 1052 through the cooperation of the curved drive rod surface 10514 and the actuator rod protrusion 10523 of the self-priming actuator rod 1052.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2 and 15, the motor unit 202 has a worm 2021, the motor unit 202 outputs a rotational power through the worm 2021, the actuator assembly 200 further includes a gear shaft 206, the gear shaft 206 has a gear 2061 and a lead screw 2062, the worm 2021 of the motor unit 202 is engaged with the gear of the gear shaft 206 to transmit the rotational power of the motor unit 202 to the gear shaft 206, and the lead screw 2062 is engaged with the slider 207 to convert the rotational motion of the gear shaft 206 into the reciprocating motion of the slider 207.

Preferably, the lead screw 2062 of the gear shaft 206 is integrally formed with or fixedly connected to the gear 2061.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 15, the slider 207 has a slider boss portion 2071, and the position of the slider 207 is indicated by cooperation of the slider boss portion 2071 and the neutral switch 205.

Preferably, as shown in fig. 15, one shaft end of the gear shaft 206 is provided with a bearing 2063 to improve the load-bearing capacity of the gear shaft 206.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 1 and 19 to 21, the lock body assembly 100 further includes a bottom plate 101 and a lock body housing 106, and the pawl 102, the locking tongue 103, the unlocking lever 104 and the self-priming mechanism 105 are disposed in an accommodating space formed by the bottom plate 101 and the lock body housing 106.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 2 and 16, the actuator assembly 200 further includes an actuator housing 201 and an actuator cover plate 209, and the motor unit 202, the slider 207, the latch switch 203, the pawl switch 204, the neutral switch 205, the gear shaft 206 and the release lever 208 are disposed in a receiving space formed by the actuator housing 201 and the actuator cover plate 209.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 31, the lock body housing 106 is provided with a housing through hole 1061, and the pawl 102 can be toggled through the housing through hole 1061 to achieve mechanical unlocking.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, as shown in fig. 14 and 31, a catch portion 1062 is provided on the lock body housing 106, and the catch portion 1062 is provided with a flexible buffer portion 1063 to absorb shock between the lock device and the shackle.

The operation of the lock device of the present disclosure will be described with reference to fig. 22 to 31 again.

Fig. 22 to 25 are schematic views illustrating a self-priming process (i.e., a locking process) of the lock device according to the present disclosure.

Fig. 22 shows the lock device in the fully open position. The deadbolt switch 203, the pawl switch 204, and the neutral switch 205 are all triggered.

When the latch bolt 103 is pushed until the latch bolt switch 203 is triggered, the motor unit 202 is powered on, the gear shaft 206 drives the slide block 207 to move rightwards, so that the middle switch 205 is released, and simultaneously the slide block 207 pushes the self-priming mechanism 105, so that the first cambered surface 10524 on the self-priming mechanism 105 is meshed with the attraction meshing part 10301 on the latch bolt 103, as shown in fig. 23.

As the slider 207 continues to move to the right, the self-priming mechanism 105 will gradually push the deadbolt 103 to the full lock position, as shown in fig. 24, at which point the pawl 102 will lock into the deadbolt 103 and hold it in the full lock position while releasing the pawl switch 204, as shown in fig. 24.

Subsequently, the motor unit 202 is powered reversely, the gear shaft 206 drives the slider 207 to move leftwards, until the neutral switch 205 is triggered again, and at the same time, the self-priming mechanism 105 is released, and the self-priming mechanism 105 returns to the initial position under the action of the return spring, as shown in fig. 25, so that the whole attracting process is completed.

Fig. 26 to 27 are schematic views illustrating an unlocking process of the lock device of the present disclosure.

As shown in fig. 26 to 27, when the automobile control system receives an unlocking signal, the motor unit 202 is energized, the gear shaft 206 drives the slider 207 to move leftward, so that the neutral position switch 205 is released, and simultaneously the slider 207 pushes the unlocking lever 104 to rotate, the unlocking lever 104 pushes the pawl 102 to the unlocking position, and the pawl switch 204 is triggered, as shown in fig. 26, at this time, the latch bolt 103 will rotate to the fully open position, and after the latch bolt 103 triggers the latch bolt switch 203, the motor unit 202 is energized in the reverse direction, and the gear shaft 206 drives the slider 207 to move rightward until the neutral position switch 205 is triggered, as shown in fig. 27, so that the whole unlocking process is completed.

Fig. 28 to 31 are schematic views illustrating an emergency unlocking process of the lock device of the present disclosure.

When the lock device of the present disclosure is powered off unexpectedly during or after the self-priming process is completed, as shown in fig. 28, the separating rod 208 may be pushed by an external machine or manually, so as to push the self-priming actuating rod 1052 in the self-priming mechanism 105 to rotate, such that the first cambered surface 10524 on the self-priming actuating rod 1052 is separated from the suction engaging part 10301 on the latch tongue 103, and thus the latch tongue 103 can rotate in the fully open direction, as shown in fig. 29.

Meanwhile, a cylindrical maintenance tool (e.g., a round rod inserted into the pawl through hole portion 10212 in fig. 30) can be inserted into the pawl through hole portion 10212 of the pawl 102 through the housing through hole 1061 of the lock body housing 106, and the pawl 102 is turned to the unlocking position, so that the latch tongue 103 is completely released, as shown in fig. 30 and 31, thereby completing the emergency unlocking of the lock device.

The lock device of the present disclosure may be used as a self-priming back door lock for automobiles. The lock device can be used as an electric self-absorption tail door lock of an automobile, and the lock device skillfully realizes the conversion of the rotary motion of a motor into the bidirectional reciprocating motion of a sliding block through the series connection of a worm gear system and a lead screw sliding block system, thereby realizing the functions of electric unlocking and electric locking by a single motor.

The lock device has the advantages of simple mechanism, stable transmission, low noise, low cost and the like, and can be widely applied to various automobile electric door systems.

The electric suction and the electric opening of the lock device such as a back door lock are realized by using one motor, the lock device such as the back door lock can be matched with other executing parts of an electric lifting door system to realize the electric opening and closing of the back door of the automobile, the manual operation is not needed, the use is convenient, and the overall value of the automobile is improved.

The lock device disclosed by the invention has the functions of manual opening, manual door closing and manual resetting besides the functions of electric suction and electric opening, and can be used for opening and closing the door and resetting in a manual mode even if the electric quantity of the automobile storage battery is exhausted or the automobile storage battery fails, so that the safety and the reliability of the system are improved.

An automobile according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the lock device according to any one of the above embodiments.

In the description herein, reference to the description of the terms "one embodiment/mode," "some embodiments/modes," "example," "specific example" or "some examples" or the like means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment/mode or example is included in at least one embodiment/mode or example of the present disclosure. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to be the same embodiment/mode or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments/modes or examples. Furthermore, the various embodiments/aspects or examples and features of the various embodiments/aspects or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without conflicting therewith.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specifically limited otherwise.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing embodiments are merely for clarity of illustration of the disclosure and are not intended to limit the scope of the disclosure. Other variations or modifications may occur to those skilled in the art, based on the foregoing disclosure, and are still within the scope of the present disclosure.

Claims (27)

1. A lock device, comprising:

the lock body assembly comprises a pawl, a lock tongue, an unlocking rod and a self-priming mechanism; and

an actuator assembly capable of driving the self-priming mechanism such that the locking bolt is driven to at least one locking position by the self-priming mechanism, the pawl capable of holding the locking bolt in the at least one locking position, the actuator assembly capable of driving the unlatching lever such that the pawl is driven by the unlatching lever to unlatch the locking bolt.

2. The lock device of claim 1, wherein the actuator assembly includes a motor unit capable of outputting power to a slider, and a slider through which the actuator assembly drives the self-priming mechanism and the unlatching lever.

3. The lock apparatus of claim 2, wherein the actuator assembly further includes a deadbolt switch actuable by the deadbolt to indicate the position of the deadbolt, a pawl switch actuable by the pawl to indicate the position of the pawl, and a neutral switch actuable by the slider to indicate the position of the slider.

4. A lock device according to any one of claims 1-3, characterized in that the at least one locking position comprises a first locking position and a second locking position.

5. The lock device of claim 3, wherein said pawl includes a pawl switch trigger, said pawl triggering said pawl switch via said pawl switch trigger.

6. The lock device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pawl includes a pawl boss portion, and the unlocking lever includes an unlocking lever arc portion, and the unlocking lever pushes the pawl boss portion through the unlocking lever arc portion to cause the pawl to release the holding of the lock tongue.

7. The lock device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the pawl includes a pawl through-hole portion through which an external force can be applied by a tool other than the lock device so that the pawl releases the holding of the lock tongue.

8. The lock device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the latch bolt comprises a latch bolt main body and a latch bolt switch trigger part, the latch bolt main body and the latch bolt switch trigger part are coaxially arranged, the latch bolt switch trigger part and the latch bolt main body can relatively rotate for a predetermined angle, the latch bolt switch trigger part comprises a latch bolt switch trigger part, and the latch bolt switch trigger part triggers the latch bolt switch through the latch bolt switch trigger part.

9. The lock assembly of claim 8, wherein said deadbolt switch trigger portion has a boss and said deadbolt body has a slide slot, said boss moving within said slide slot upon relative rotation between said deadbolt switch trigger portion and said deadbolt body.

10. The lock device of claim 9, wherein during the locking process of the latch bolt, after the latch bolt switch trigger part of the latch bolt switch trigger part is separated from the latch bolt switch, the latch bolt continues to lock, and the boss of the latch bolt switch trigger part slides in the sliding groove, so that the latch bolt switch trigger part no longer follows the latch bolt to continue to move, thereby reducing the movement angle of the latch bolt switch trigger part.

11. The lock device according to claim 10, characterized in that, during the unlocking process of the bolt (103), the sliding groove of the bolt body of the bolt drives the bolt switch triggering part to trigger the bolt switch through the boss.

12. The lock apparatus of claim 2, wherein the self-priming mechanism comprises a self-priming driving rod and a self-priming executing rod, the self-priming driving rod and the self-priming executing rod can rotate relatively, the actuator assembly drives the self-priming driving rod of the self-priming mechanism through the slider, the self-priming driving rod drives the self-priming executing rod, and the self-priming executing rod can be driven to attract the lock tongue and drive the lock tongue to the at least one locking position.

13. The lock apparatus of claim 12, wherein the self-priming actuating lever has a first arc portion, the bolt body of the bolt has a suction engaging portion, and the self-priming actuating lever engages with the bolt through the first arc portion and the suction engaging portion.

14. The lock assembly as in claim 13, wherein said first arcuate surface portion and said engagement bite portion have mating shapes.

15. The lock apparatus of claim 13, wherein said self-priming drive lever has a flanged portion, said actuator assembly driving said self-priming drive lever of said self-priming mechanism by driving of said flanged portion by said slider.

16. The lock apparatus of claim 12, wherein the actuator assembly further comprises a release lever, the self-priming actuator lever having a second arcuate surface portion, the release lever operable to actuate the second arcuate surface portion of the self-priming actuator lever to disengage the self-priming actuator lever from the locking bolt.

17. The lock apparatus of claim 16, wherein the trip lever has a trip lever boss through which the trip lever drives the second cambered surface portion of the self-priming actuation lever.

18. The lock apparatus of claim 12, wherein the self-priming drive lever has a drive lever first hole portion, a drive lever second hole portion, and a drive lever arc portion, the self-priming actuator lever has an actuator lever hole portion and an actuator lever protrusion portion, the self-priming actuator lever is rotatably connected to the self-priming drive lever through the actuator lever hole portion and the drive lever first hole portion, such that the self-priming actuator lever can rotate around the self-priming drive lever, and the self-priming drive lever restricts relative rotation of the self-priming drive lever and the self-priming actuator lever through cooperation of the drive lever arc portion and the actuator lever protrusion portion of the self-priming actuator lever.

19. The lock apparatus as claimed in claim 2, wherein the motor unit has a worm, the motor unit outputs a rotational power through the worm, the actuator assembly further comprises a gear shaft having a gear and a lead screw, the worm of the motor unit is engaged with the gear of the gear shaft to transmit the rotational power of the motor unit to the gear shaft, and the lead screw is engaged with the slider to convert a rotational motion of the gear shaft into a reciprocating motion of the slider.

20. The lock apparatus as claimed in claim 19, wherein the lead screw of the gear shaft is integrally formed with or fixedly connected to the gear.

21. A lock device according to claim 3, wherein the slider has a slider boss portion, the position of the slider being indicated by the cooperation of the slider boss portion with the neutral switch.

22. A lock device according to claim 20, characterized in that one axial end of the gear shaft is provided with a bearing to increase the load-bearing capacity of the gear shaft.

23. The lock assembly of claim 20, wherein the lock body assembly further comprises a base plate and a lock body housing, and the pawl, locking bolt, unlocking rod and self-priming mechanism are disposed within a receiving space formed by the base plate and the lock body housing.

24. The lock apparatus of claim 20, wherein the actuator assembly further comprises an actuator housing and an actuator cover, the motor unit, the slider, the deadbolt switch, the pawl switch, the neutral switch, the gear shaft, and the trip lever being disposed within a receiving space formed by the actuator housing and the actuator cover.

25. The lock assembly of claim 23, wherein said lock body housing is provided with a housing through-hole through which said pawl can be dialed to effect mechanical unlocking.

26. The lock device of claim 25, wherein the lock body housing is provided with a keyway portion, the keyway portion being provided with a flexible bumper portion to absorb shock between the lock device and the shackle.

27. An automobile, comprising: the lock arrangement of any one of claims 1 to 26.

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