JP2519637Y2 - Housing for door lock device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a housing for a door lock device of a vehicle.

(Prior Art) A door lock device has a latch and a pole rotatably held in a pressed metal housing so as to face each other, and a latch that is engageable with a striker on the body side of the vehicle is The pawl is spring biased in the disengagement direction and the pole is spring biased in the latch engagement direction.

When you operate the outside or inside handle,
An open lever that interlocks with the handle pushes the pole of the pole, disengages the pole from the latch against the biasing force of the spring, and allows the door to open. On the other hand, when the door is closed from the door open state, the striker comes into contact with the latch, and the latch rotates while lifting the pole, and when it reaches a predetermined position, the latch and the pole are in an engaged state and the return rotation of the latch does not occur. It is blocked and can be locked.

When the lock operation is performed with the key cylinder or the lock knob in the locked state where the latch and the pole are engaged, the above-mentioned facing relationship between the open link and the pole is released, and the so-called locked state is set, and the outside or inside handle is operated. But the door doesn't open. When the key cylinder or the lock knob is operated in the unlocking direction, the above-mentioned open link is opposed to the pole of the pole to create an unlocked state. Therefore, when the outside or inside handle is operated, the engagement relationship between the latch and the pole is released, and the door can be opened.

In this way, the pawl receives and is biased by the spring and is disengaged from the latch to open and close the door, lock,
It plays an important role in enabling unlocking. This pole is rotatably fitted to a support column in the housing, and further receives a biasing force of a spring whose one end abuts on the side wall of the housing and the other end abuts on the pole.

(Problems to be Solved by the Present Invention) As described above, the pole and the spring for imparting a biasing force to the pole perform important functions for door operation, but in particular, the spring is mounted in the housing and its mounting. Since the work is difficult, the direction of the biasing force on the pole is uneven, and the stability of the pole movement is often lacking. Further, the positions of both ends of the coil spring are unstable, the spring is tilted, and play is generated between the pole and the end of the spring, which deteriorates the responsiveness to the movement of the latch of the pole.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the present invention basically provides a rising wall facing a support column that pivotally supports a pole,
A means is used in which one end of a coil spring that winds the support column is carried by a support portion of the rising wall, and the other end is in contact with a guide wall of the rising wall and is locked to the pole.

(Operation) When the pole moves, the end portion of the spring strongly abuts the supporting portion to sufficiently transmit the biasing force of the spring to the pole. Further, when attaching the spring, it is sufficient to bring the respective ends of the spring into contact with the rising wall and the guide wall, and therefore the position setting thereof is easy.

(Embodiment) The housing 1 made of synthetic resin is a lower open type, and the metal plate 2 is fixed to the housing 1 in this open part.
The latch 4 is used in the housing 1 by using the latch pin 3.
The pole 6 is rotatably arranged with respect to the pins 3 and 5 by using the pole pin 5. The latch 4 is biased by the spring 7 in the counterclockwise direction as seen in FIG. The latch 4 has contact surfaces 8 and 9 that engage with the pawl 6 when the door is opened and closed.

The pawl 6 is biased counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 1 by a spring to be described later, and can be engaged with and disengaged from the latch 4. When the pillar 10 provided on the pole 6 projects to the outside from the long hole 11 formed in the housing 1 and is pushed along the long hole 11 against the biasing force of the spring by an open lever (not shown), the pole 6 and the latch 4 are released. Is in a leaving state.

The housing 1 and the plate 2 form a groove 12 for inserting and removing a striker (not shown). The striker enters the groove, enters the receiving portion 13 of the latch 4, and further enters, the latch 4 rotates around the pin 3 When turned to the locked state shown in FIG.

A cylindrical column 13 that pivotally supports the pole pin 5 is projected to the outside of the housing 1. The center of the hole 14 into which the pole pin 5 is inserted is displaced from the center of the column 13. A rising wall 15 defining a groove 12 is formed in the center of the housing 1, and a side surface 16 of the rising wall 15 faces the column 13. The pillar 13 is thick on the side surface 16 side. A locking portion (17) extending toward the side surface (16) is provided on the top surface of the column (13). The amount of protrusion of the locking portion 17 to the side surface 16 is somewhat larger than the wire diameter of the spring described later. Also, the gap 18 between the locking portion 17 and the side surface 16 is set to be slightly larger than the wire diameter of the spring. A supporting portion 19 is formed at one end of the side surface 16 so as to project at least by the wire diameter of the spring, and an inclined guide surface 20 and a supporting surface 21 following the guide surface 20 are formed at the other end. The amount of protrusion from the side surface 16 of the support surface 21 gives a slight load to the spring due to the contact of the end of the spring described later with the pole 10 of the pole, and the end of the spring and the pole of the pole.
No play is made between 10 and.

The shin coil spring 22 that biases the pole 5 in one direction
The inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the column 13, and its height is
Is almost equal to the height of. Both ends 23, 24 of the spring 22 extend laterally outward substantially along the side surface 16.

When the coil spring 22 is attached to the support column 13, the coil spring 22 is arranged around the support column 13 via the gap 18 and the end 23 is slid along the guide surface 20. This end 23
When the slider slides on the guide surface 20 and reaches the support surface 21, the coil spring 22 has a shape in which the support column 13 is wound, and the other end 24 is seated on the support 19, and the end 24 further falls. None, and the abutment of the both ends 23, 24 on the side surface 16 and the supporting surface 21,
The coil spring 22 is pressed against the column 13 as shown in FIG. The end 23 of the coil spring 22 straddles the slot 11 of the housing 1, leaving a space for the pole post 10 to pass through the slot 11. Since the column 10 is passed through the slot 11 from this space and the end 23 of the spring 22 is pressed against the column 10, it is easy to mount the pole on the housing 1, and there is no play between the pole and the spring 22. No abnormal noise is generated.
Also, when the pole 10 of the pole comes into contact with the end 23 of the spring 22, the pole 10 releases the contact between the end 23 and the support surface 21 and there is no sliding contact between the two, so that the door is operated. There is no strange sound.

The open link (not shown) is the end 23 of the spring 22.
Since it abuts on the pole 10 from the side opposite to the contact surface between the pole and the pole 10, the movement of the open link is caused by the end portion 23 of the spring.
Does not interfere. When the lower end 23 of the coil spring 22 is pushed by the pillar 10, the other end 24 tries to move downward, but the movement is blocked by the support 19, and the coil spring 22 maintains the correct posture. .

The column 13, the support portion 19, and the support surface 21 are integrally formed with the housing 1.

(Effect) Since the spring that biases the pole is extended to the outside of the housing and is supported by the support pillar that is integral with the housing made of synthetic resin, there is no problem of rusting between metal members and large frictional force. You can maximize the output of the spring. Since the attachment of the spring to the housing is a simple work from one direction, the assembly can be made into a robot.

When the pole is attached, there is no sliding contact of the spring with the rising wall, so the door closing noise can be improved.

According to the present invention, one end of the spring is seated on the supporting portion and its downward movement is restricted. Therefore,
The other end of the spring moves upward and the open link does not abut the end of the spring. this is,
In particular, it is effective in preventing a malfunction that the lock is unexpectedly unlocked. When locked, it is necessary to move the open lever over the end of the spring (see FIG. 7) to prevent malfunction.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a bottom view of an example of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view thereof,
FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.
FIG. 5 is a side view thereof, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line V-V in FIG. 2, FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a side view which shows the state which operated the open lever. In the figure: 1 ... Housing, 4 ... Latch, 6 ... Pole,
12 …… Groove, 13 …… Post, 15 …… Rising wall, 16 …… Side,
17 …… Locking part, 18 …… Gap, 19 …… Supporting part, 21 …… Supporting surface, 22 …… Spring, 23,24 …… Spring ends.

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A groove for rotatably supporting a latch and a pole engageable with the latch, allowing a striker fixed to a body of a vehicle to come in and out and to engage the striker with the latch. A door lock device housing made of synthetic resin and fixed to a door of a vehicle, the housing supporting the pole, the pillar being integrally formed with the housing, the pillar facing the pillar, and the groove. A rising wall that defines a coil spring that is wound around the column, supports one end of the coil spring with a support portion provided on the side surface of the rising wall, and has the other end from the side surface of the rising wall. A housing for a door lock device, characterized in that it is brought into contact with a support surface continuous with a guide surface extending to the column side, and the other end of the coil spring is locked to the pole.