Patent ID: 7815231
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An automotive door lock device, comprising: a housing having an opening portion and a cover portion formed integrally with the housing for covering and closing the opening portion; a latch mechanism configured to be moved between a position in which a door is in closed state and a position in which the door is in an opened state; opening means configured to operate the latch mechanism; locking means to prevent the opening means from operating the latch mechanism, the locking means including an operating lever member placed in the housing and having an operating lever connecting portion; and operation means having an operation connecting portion to be connected to be the operating lever connecting portion, wherein the cover portion of the housing has an arc-shaped projecting portion inhibiting separation of the operation connecting portion and the operating lever connecting portion in a direction away from each other, and the projecting portion is located along an arc-shaped moving locus of the operation connecting portion and operating lever connecting portion.