Patent ID: 9556656
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vehicle door lock device comprising: a latching mechanism configured to maintain a vehicle door in a closing-stop state; an active lever that has a support which swivels around a first support shaft, a link section which is connected to and disposed outward from the support in a radial direction with the first support shaft as the center and has an outer circumferential section that is linked to and driven by an electric motor, a connection section which connects the support and the link section such that a recessed portion is formed between the support and the link section, and a first engagement section which is formed in one of an outer circumferential section of the support and an inner circumferential section of the link section; a release lever that swivels around a second support shaft which is disposed in the recessed portion to be parallel and fixed, in a non-swiveling manner, relative to the first support shaft, is interconnected with the latching mechanism, and has a second engagement section that pivots relative to the second support shaft and is engageable with the first engagement section so as to integrally swivel with the active lever.