Patent ID: 6964438
Filing Date: 2005-11-15
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door lock device for a vehicle comprising: a latch provided at one of a vehicle door and a vehicle-body and being rotatable between an open position in which the latch is disengageable from a striker provided at the other one of the vehicle door and the vehicle-body and a lock position in which the latch is prohibited to disengage from the striker; an actuator for rotating the latch toward the lock position and including an operating portion engageable with an operated portion formed at the latch and a drive mechanism for moving the operating portion being in an engaged state with the operated portion along a predetermined path; the drive mechanism including a guide wall face arranged so as to face the operating portion, a biasing member for biasing the operating portion to be pressed against the guide wall face, a first swing member rotated by a driving source, and a second swing member including the operating portion at a tip portion and supported on one end portion of the first swing member, which is rotatable with respect to the other end portion of the first swing member, the second swing member being rotatably biased by the biasing member, which comprises a spring member, in a predetermined direction relative to the first swing member; and the operating portion can be separated from the guide wall face by an external force greater than a biasing force of the biasing member.