Patent ID: 6637783
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An opening and closing device of a vehicle lock apparatus comprising:a lock device actuated by a motor to be opened, and to be shifted from a half latched state to a fully latched state; a rotary member rotatable from a neutral position in two of a normal direction and reverse direction by said motor; an actuating lever linked to said rotary member, said actuating lever rotatable from a neutral position in an opening direction thereby to open said lock device, and being rotated in a closing direction opposite to the opening direction thereby to shift said lock device from the half latched state to the fully latched state; an opening lever rotatable from a waiting position to an operating position by a rotation of said actuating lever in the opening direction thereby to open said lock device; a switching member for connecting said rotary member and said actuating lever; and an urging device for urging said actuating lever to the neutral position independently of said rotary member; wherein said switching member is configured to be shifted between a disconnecting state where said switching member disconnects a coupling between said rotary member and said actuating lever so that said actuating lever is rotated to said neutral position of said rotary member from a stopping position of said rotary member which is not said neutral position of said rotary member, and a connecting state where said rotary member in said stop position is rotated to the neutral position of said rotary member and said switching member is retained to said actuating member which is in the neutral position of said actuating member thereby to establish the coupling between said rotary member and said actuating lever.