Patent ID: 8029030
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: B60N,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A lock device comprising: a striker; a lock unit including a housing having a striker receiving slot, a latch plate pivotally installed in the housing to latch the striker when the striker comes into the striker receiving slot, a pawl plate pivotally installed in the housing to lock the latch plate when pivoting in a given direction, and a biasing device configured to bias the latch plate in a direction to release the striker and biasing the pawl plate in a direction to induce the locking of the latch plate; a pair of restraining plates pivotally installed in the housing, the restraining plates having respective cam portions that are arranged to put therebetween the striker when the restraining plates are pivoted in respective given directions; a biasing member for biasing one of the restraining plates to pivot in the given direction thereof; and a transmission mechanism arranged between the restraining plates to induce a synchronized pivoting of the two restraining plates, so that when one of the restraining plates is pivoted in the given direction thereof, the other of the restraining plates is pivoted in the given direction thereof, wherein the lock device is configured such that when the latch plate is in a position to release the striker, the cam portions of the restraining plates are arranged to overlap each other when viewed in a direction parallel to pivoting axes of the restraining plates.