JP4156815B2 - Keyless locking device in vehicle door locking device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention uses a key from outside the vehicle by operating a lock knob provided on the inside of the door while operating the outside handle provided on the outside of the door when the door is open. The present invention relates to a keyless lock device in a vehicle door lock device that can be locked without being locked.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a keyless lock device in the vehicle door lock device as described above, for example, there is a device disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-43868.
[0003]
In this device, when the door is open, the lock knob is operated to lock, and the sub-lever (the operating lever in the publication) is locked via the locking / unlocking lever (the locking lever in the Japanese Patent Publication No. 2-343868). Although the keyless lock engaging piece provided on the sub-lever faces the protrusion provided on the engaging member (in the same publication, ratchet), the sub-lever cannot be moved to the locked position even if it is moved to the position. When the lock knob is locked in the state where the outside handle is opened and the sub lever is operated to release, the protrusion of the engaging member passes through the gap provided on the side of the keyless lock engaging piece, The sub-lever is moved to the locked position, enabling keyless locking.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional apparatus as described above, when the keyless lock is performed, the protrusion of the engaging member is passed through the gap, and the sub lever is disengaged so that the keyless lock engaging piece moves from the front side to the back side of the protrusion. Since the door lock device must be moved largely in the locking direction, the size of the door lock device is increased, and there is a problem that it cannot be applied to a door lock device having a configuration in which the sub lever cannot be moved greatly in the locking / unlocking direction. .
[0005]
In view of the above problems of the prior art, the present invention aims to reduce the size of the door lock device and to the door lock device having a configuration in which the sub lever cannot be moved greatly in the locking and unlocking direction. An object of the present invention is to provide a keyless lock device in a vehicle door lock device that can be applied.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to the present invention, the above problem is solved as follows.
(1) A latch that can be engaged with and disengaged from a striker when the door is opened and closed, an engagement position that engages with an engagement claw provided on the latch, and a position where the latch is restrained, and a release position that is disengaged from the engagement claw An engagement member that can be moved to the outside, an outside lever that can be operated based on an opening operation of an outside handle provided on the outside of the door, and an operation that follows the operation of a lock knob provided on the inside of the door. The lock lever and the unlocking lever can be operated to move to the unlocking position and the locking position, and the outside lever can be operated to move from the non-operating position to the release direction. When in the lock position, the engagement member is moved to the disengagement position by moving from the non-operation position to the release direction, and when in the lock position, the engagement member is moved even when moved from the non-operation position to the release direction. Parts A sub-lever can not be moved to the off position when said engaging member is in the disengaged position, the engagement member or the engagement member and are integrally and blocking portion provided on a movable open lever abuts wherein prevents movement from the unlocking position of the sub-lever in the locking position, in a state in which the sub-lever is moved to the release direction is turned and the blocking portion abutting impossible, movement to the locked position from the unlocked position of the sub-lever in the keyless lock system of the vehicle door lock device and a keyless locking means for enabling, said keyless lock unit, while supported on the sub-lever, the stop position and abuts against the stopper provided in the sub-lever, and stop and movable structure situated in the keyless locking position moved toward the release direction of the sub-lever, the engagement When the material is in the disengaged position, the sub-lever is moved from the unlocked position to the locked position while being moved in the release direction, and then the sub-lever is moved from the state moved in the release direction to the non-operating position. The keyless lock means is in a non-operating position while abutting against a contact portion provided on the engagement member or the open lever so as not to prevent the movement from the state in which the sub lever is moved in the releasing direction to the non-operating position. Then, when the engagement member moves to the engagement position, the keyless lock means returns from the keyless lock position to the stop position so that the keyless lock can be performed .
[0007]
(2) In the above item (1), the engagement member in a disengaged position is moved to the engaged position, keyless locking means, by a biasing means to return to the stop position from the keyless locking position.
[0008]
(3) In the above item (1) or (2), the keyless lock means is pivotally mounted in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the sub lever with the outside lever.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the front side of the page in FIG. 1 is “front”, and the back side of the page is “back”.
[0010]
The door lock device (1) is disposed inside a synthetic resin body (2) fixed to a side panel of a door of a vehicle with a plurality of bolts (not shown) (behind the base plate (2a) shown in FIG. 1). A striker (3) fixed to the vehicle body side, a latch (4) that can be engaged and disengaged, and an engaging member (5) that can be engaged and disengaged with the latch (4) are provided.
[0011]
The latch (4) is pivotally attached to the body (2) with a shaft (6) facing in the front-rear direction, and is urged in a door opening direction (clockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3) by a spring (not shown). When the door is closed, the striker (3) that has entered the back of the entry groove (24a) in the cover plate (24) of the body (2) engages with the engagement groove (4a), and the door closing position shown in FIG. When the door is opened, as shown in FIG. 2, the striker (3) is released from the engaging groove (4a) and rotated to the door opening position reaching the entrance of the entrance groove (24a). It is supposed to be.
[0012]
The engaging member (5) is pivotally attached to the body (2) with a shaft (7), and is biased in an engaging direction (counterclockwise in FIGS. 2 and 3) by a spring (not shown), and An engagement position shown in FIG. 3 that engages with an engagement claw (4b) provided on the latch (4) in the door closing position and restricts the rotation of the latch (4) in the door opening direction, and the door opening position. 2 is brought into contact with the convex cam portion (4c) provided on the outer peripheral edge of the latch (4) in FIG. 2 and rotated by a predetermined amount from the engagement position in the release direction (clockwise in FIG. 3). It can be moved to the position.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 1, on the front surface of the base plate (2a) of the body (2), there is an open lever (8) that can rotate integrally with the engaging member (5) via a shaft (7), and a door. An outside lever (9) connected to an outside handle (not shown) that is operated when the door is opened, a key cylinder (not shown) provided on the outside of the door, and the vehicle A locking / unlocking lever (10) connected to a lock knob (not shown) provided on the inside, a sub-lever (11) installed between the outside lever (9) and the locking / unlocking lever (10), and a sub-lever (11) And keyless lock means (12) supported by the head.
[0014]
(13) is an inside lever connected to an inside handle (not shown) provided on the inner side of the door. It has a left-right axis (14) and is bent forward from the base plate (2a) of the body (2). It is pivotally attached to the piece (2b).
[0015]
The open lever (8) has an engagement piece (15) facing forward at the right end, and when the engagement member (5) is in the engagement position, it moves to the engagement position shown in FIGS. In addition, when the engaging member (5) is in the disengaged position, it moves to the disengaged position shown in FIGS.
[0016]
The outside lever (9) is pivotally attached to the lower part of the base plate (2a) of the body (2) with a shaft (16) pointing in the front-rear direction, and is urged clockwise by a spring (17) and is positioned at the right end. The connecting part (9a) formed in the part is connected to the outside handle via a cable (not shown), and the connecting part (9b) formed in the left end part is connected to the inside handle via the inside lever (13). When the outside handle or the inside handle is operated to open the door, the non-actuated position is in contact with the stopper (2c) provided on the base plate (2a) against the urging force of the spring (17). Thus, it can be rotated in the release direction (counterclockwise in FIG. 1).
[0017]
The locking / unlocking lever (10) is pivotally attached to the upper part of the body (2) with a shaft (18) pointing in the front-rear direction, and the unlocking position shown in FIGS. FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 are movable to the locking position, and the engagement between the tongue-like elastic piece (10a) formed at the lower end and the protrusion (2d) provided on the body (2) As a result, each position is elastically held.
[0018]
The sub-lever (11) has a lower end connected to the outside lever (9) so as to be pivotable in the left-right direction with a shaft (19) facing in the front-rear direction, and an upper portion via an elongated hole (11a) in the up-down direction. 4 and 5 interlocked with the locking / unlocking lever (10) by being slidably connected to the shaft-like protrusion (10b) provided on the locking / unlocking lever (10). It can be moved from the unlocked position to the locked position shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 7 rotated to the left about the shaft (19), and in conjunction with the release operation of the outside lever (9). 1, 4, 5 and 7 can be moved from the non-operating position in the releasing direction (downward in each figure) to the releasing position shown in FIG.
[0019]
The engagement piece (15) of the open lever (8) protrudes into the opening (20) provided in the vicinity of the shaft (19) in the sub lever (11). At the upper edge of the opening (20), an engaging portion (15b) of the open lever (8) and a releasing portion (11c) that can be engaged and disengaged are provided.
[0020]
The keyless locking means (12) is pivotally mounted with a shaft (21) facing in the front-rear direction in the vicinity of the connecting portion of the sub lever (11) with the outside lever (9), that is, in the vicinity of the shaft (19). (11) and a keyless lock means (12) are urged in a clockwise direction in each figure by a spring (22) that constitutes an urging means, and a stopper (normally provided on the right side of the sub lever (11) ( 11d) is held at the stop position and is rotated by a predetermined amount counterclockwise against the urging force of the spring (22) , in other words, the protrusion (23) described later is connected to the sub lever (11) . It can move to the keyless lock position shown in FIG. 7 which has moved a predetermined amount in the release direction (downward) .
[0021]
The urging force of the spring (22) that urges the keyless lock means (12) is set smaller than the urging force of the spring (17) that urges the outside lever (9).
[0022]
At the left end of the keyless lock means (12), it projects toward the open lever ( 8 ) , and when the keyless lock means (12) moves from the stop position to the keyless lock position , the sub lever (11) A protrusion (23) that is movable along the release direction is provided.
[0023]
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the protrusion (23) prevents the open lever (8) when the sub lever (11) is in the inoperative position and the open lever (8) is in the engaged position. When the sub-lever (11) is in the inoperative position and the open lever (8) is in the disengaged position as shown in FIG. 5, the open lever (8) is blocked. When the sub-lever (11) moves in the release direction and the open lever (8) is in the disengaged position, as shown in FIG. 6, the blocking portion (15a) It is designed to move downward.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 4, when the door is closed and the unlocking lever (10) and the sub lever (11) are in the unlocking position, the outside lever (9) is operated by operating the outside handle or the inside handle. Then, when the sub lever (11) is moved from the non-operating position to the release direction, the release portion (11c) of the sub lever (11) is engaged with the engagement portion (15b) of the open lever (8), and the open lever By rotating (8) in the release direction, the engagement member (5) can be detached from the engagement claw (4b) of the latch (4), and the door can be opened.
[0025]
When the lock knob is locked from the state shown in FIG. 4, the locking / unlocking lever (10) and the sub-lever (11) are moved to the locking position as shown in FIG. In this locked state, even if the outside handle and inside handle are operated to move the sub lever (11) in the releasing direction, the releasing portion (11c) of the sub lever (11) is engaged with the open lever (8). The door cannot be opened by swinging against the part (15b).
[0026]
As shown in FIG. 5, when the door is open, the lock knob is operated to lock the sub lever (11) in the unlocked position to move to the locked position. Since the end edge (23a) of (23) and the blocking portion (15a) of the open lever (8) are in contact with each other, the sub lever (11) cannot be moved to the locked position. When the sub lever (11) is moved in the release direction by operating the side handle, the protrusion (23) moves below the engagement piece (15) as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 11) can be moved to the locking position shown in FIG. The protrusion (23) of the keyless lock means (12) moves below the contact portion (15c) of the open lever (8) as the sub lever (11) moves to the locking position.
[0027]
When the operation of the outside handle is released from the state shown in FIG. 6, the sub lever (11) is inoperative as shown in FIG. 7 in conjunction with the return movement of the outside lever (9) to the inoperative position. The keyless locking means (12) moves against the urging force of the spring (22) by the upper edge of the protrusion coming into contact with the contact portion (15c) of the open lever (8), It is moved from the stop position to the keyless lock position.
[0028]
When the door is closed while the keyless lock means (12) is in the keyless lock position, the engagement member (5) and the open lever (8) are moved to the engagement position as the latch (4) moves to the closed position. And the keyless lock means (12) is returned to the stop position by the spring (22), so that the keyless lock can be performed.
[0029]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the engagement piece (15) may be provided on the engagement member (5) instead of the open lever (8).
Alternatively, the lock lever may be locked and moved to the locked position in a state where the sub lever (11) is moved in the release direction by operating the inside handle.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, the following effects can be achieved.
(A) According to the invention described in claim 1, since the keyless lock means is supported by the sublever so as to be able to move to the stop position and the keyless lock position, the sublever is moved largely in the locking / unlocking direction as in the prior art. It is possible to lock without key. Accordingly, the door lock device can be reduced in size, and can be applied to a door lock device having a structure in which the sub-lever cannot be moved greatly in the locking / unlocking direction.
[0031]
(B) According to the invention described in claim 2, when the door is closed, the keyless lock means is reliably moved to the stop position by the urging means, so that a reliable operation can be obtained.
[0032]
(C) According to the invention described in claim 3, the door lock device can be further downsized and a smooth operation can be obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a door lock device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the latch and the engaging member when the door is open.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the latch and the engaging member when the door is closed.
FIG. 4 is a front view of each lever when the door is closed and unlocked.
FIG. 5 is a front view of each lever when the door is open and unlocked.
FIG. 6 is a front view of each lever when the outside handle is operated with the door open.
FIG. 7 is a front view of each lever when the keyless lock means is in the keyless lock position.
[Explanation of symbols]
(1) Door lock device
(2) Body
(2a) Base plate
(2b) Forward bent piece
(2c) Stopper
(2d) Projection
(3) striker
(4) Latch
(4a) Engaging groove
(4b) Engaging claw
(4c) Cam part
(5) Engagement member
(6) (7) axis
(8) Open lever
(8a) Engagement part
(9) Outside lever
(9a) (9b) Connecting part
(10) Locking / unlocking lever
(10a) Elastic piece
(10b) Projection
(11) Sub lever
(11a) Long hole
(11b) Projection
(11c) Release part
(11d) Stopper
(12) Keyless lock means
(13) Inside lever
(14) Axis
(15) Engagement piece
(15a) Blocking part
(15b) Engagement part
(15c) Contact part
(16) axis
(17) Spring
(18) (19) axis
(20) Opening
(21) axis
(22) Spring (biasing means)
(23) Protrusion
(23a) Edge
(24) Cover plate
(24a) Approach groove

Claims (3)

A latch that can be engaged with and disengaged from the striker when the door is opened and closed, and can be moved to an engagement position that restrains the latch and a disengagement position that is disengaged from the engagement claw. An engaging member, an outside lever operable based on an opening operation of an outside handle provided on the outside of the door, and a locking / unlocking lever driven by operation of a lock knob provided on the inside of the door The unlocking lever can be moved to the unlocking position and the locking position according to the operation of the unlocking lever, and can be moved from the non-operating position to the release direction by the operation of the outside lever, and can be moved to the unlocking position. In some cases, the engagement member is moved to the disengagement position by moving from the non-operation position to the release direction, and when in the locked position, the engagement member is disengaged even if it is moved from the non-operation position to the release direction. Place A sub-lever can not be moved into the engagement when the engagement member is in the disengaged position, the engagement member or the engagement member integrally with the blocking portion provided in the movable open lever abuts said sublever and blocking the movement from the unlocking position to the locking position, the sub-lever is turned and the blocking portion abutting impossible in the moved state to the release direction, allow movement of the locking position from the unlocking position of the sub-lever In a keyless lock device in a vehicle door lock device comprising:
The keyless locking means, while supported on the sub-lever, stop position abuts against the stopper provided in the sub-lever, and then from the stop position and movable configuration keyless locking position moved toward the release direction of the sub-lever ,
When the engaging member is in the disengaged position, the sub lever is moved from the unlocked position to the locked position while being moved in the releasing direction, and then the sub lever is moved from the released position to the inoperative position. And the keyless locking means abuts against the abutting portion provided on the engaging member or the open lever so as not to prevent the movement from the state in which the sub lever is moved in the releasing direction to the non-operating position. When the keyless lock means moves from the non-actuated position to the keyless lock position, and then the engagement member moves to the engagement position, the keyless lock means returns from the keyless lock position to the stop position, thereby enabling keyless lock. A keyless lock device in a vehicle door lock device. When the engagement member in a disengaged position is moved to the engaged position, keyless locking means, by a biasing means, and to return to the stop position from the keyless locking position, in the vehicle door lock device according to claim 1, wherein Keyless lock device.   The keyless lock device in the vehicle door lock device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the keyless lock means is pivotally mounted in the vicinity of the connecting portion with the outside lever of the sub lever.

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