Patent ID: 6510656
Filing Date: 2003-01-28
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A door closing apparatus adapted to be disposed on a door of a vehicle which has a door inner panel and an indoor trim comprising: a door lock mechanism which includes a latch and a pawl and further includes a latch lever which is fixedly secured to a rotary shaft of the latch, a bracket adapted to be supported in a fixed relationship relative to the door panel, a passive lever which is rotatably supported to the bracket by way of a shaft portion and a nut, the passive lever having a free end portion capable of coming into contact with and moving away from the latch lever, a drive source which rotates the passive lever, the nut being positioned at a side of the bracket which is generally perpendicular to said latch lever and adapted to face towards the indoor trim and threadedly engaging the shaft portion when the door closing apparatus is installed on the door, the nut being accessible from an interior of the vehicle for removal from the shaft portion when the indoor trim is partially peeled off.