Patent ID: 8833812
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door lock release mechanism for a door of a vehicle, comprising: a link lever that is connected to an outside handle of a vehicle door and pivotally attached to a fixed component of the door; a latch open lever of a door locking device attached to an inner panel of the vehicle; and a release lever that extends in a vertical direction and has an upper end connected to the link lever and a lower end engaged with the latch open lever; wherein the link lever is pivoted in an opening direction through an opening operation of the outside handle, the pivoting of the link lever causes a downward opening operation of the release lever to bring about an opening operation of the latch open lever, thereby causing the door lock release mechanism to release a latch of the door locking device; a spacer that is a solid block, the spacer being fixed to the fixed component and arranged between the fixed component and a component on an inner surface of the inner panel, wherein at a time of deformation of the door, the spacer contacts the component on the inner surface of the inner panel and restricts displacement of the outside handle in an inward direction of the vehicle; and a lock release prevention member mounted on the spacer, the lock release prevention member being arranged outside a normal path of an opening operation of the door lock release mechanism, and in a side collision, the lock release prevention member being moved to a position in the path of the opening operation of the door lock release mechanism to restrict the opening operation of the latch open lever of the door lock release mechanism through displacement of the handle unit in an outward direction of the vehicle due to deformation of the door caused by the side collision.