Patent ID: 9464466
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: E05B

Claim Text:
1. A door latch device for a vehicle comprising: a body that is arranged on any one of a door or a vehicle body and has a striker advancing groove formed on one surface thereof through which a striker advances corresponding to a closing movement of the door, the striker being arranged on the other one of the door and the vehicle body; a latch configured to engage with the advanced striker so as to be rotatable from an open position to a latch position; a pole configured to rotate from a release position at which the pole is disengaged from the latch to an engaging position at which the pole is capable of engaging with the latch at the latch position interlocking with rotation of the latch and be engaged with the latch so as to restrain the door at a closed position; a lever configured to rotate from a disengaging position to a standby position based on an opening operation of a handle to rotate the interlocking pole from the release position to the engaging position, the handle being arranged on the door or the vehicle body; a spring configured to urge the lever to rotate from the disengaging position to the standby position; a cover plate mounted on a surface of the body on which the striker advancing groove is formed; and a back plate fixed to the cover plate with the body interposed therebetween, wherein the lever has a shaft hole, the body comprises: a distal end of the pivot of the body is a projection, and the back plate has a hole into which the projection is inserted.