Patent ID: 6241293
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A door lock device for automotive vehicles comprising:a base plate having a horizontal wall connected to a door lock body and a vertical wall which is substantially perpendicular to the horizontal wall;a rotation lever pivotally attached to the vertical wall of the base plate;an actuator housing secured to the vertical wall of the base plate;a key lever pivotally attached to the actuator housing and connected to a key cylinder;a connecting lever coupled to the rotation lever and the key lever, one of the connecting lever and the rotation lever being provided with a shaft portion and the other of the connecting lever and the rotation lever being provided with a hole; andmeans for allowing the shaft portion to be fitted into the hole when the connecting lever is parallel to the vertical wall and in a first rotational position relative to the rotation lever and for preventing the shaft portion from being removed from the hole when the connecting lever is parallel to the vertical wall and in a second rotational position relative to the rotation lever that is different from the first rotational position to couple the connecting lever to the rotation lever when the connecting lever is in the second rotational position relative to the rotation lever.