Patent ID: 6974165
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door lock apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a latch provided at one of a vehicle door and a vehicle-body and being rotatable between an open position in which the latch is disengageable from a striker provided at the other one of the vehicle door and the vehicle-body and a lock position in which the latch is prohibited to disengage from the striker; an operating member for performing one of a lock operation for rotating the latch to the lock position and an unlock operation for rotating the latch to the open position by being moved from a neutral position to a first position by a driving source, and performing the other one of the lock operation and the unlock operation by being moved from the neutral position to a second position opposite to the first position relative to the neutral position by the driving source; a control unit for switching a moving direction of the operating member driven by the driving source so that the operating member alternately performs the lock operation and the unlock operation; an operated member for being operated along with the operating member moved to the second position; a restricting member for mechanically restricting a movement of the operated member in a predetermined position when the operating member is moved to the first position; a detecting means for detecting the operated member being positioned adjacent to the predetermined position; and wherein the control unit enters a standby mode through a process of bringing the operating member to return to the second position side after one of the lock operation and the unlock operation is completed so that the operated member is not detected by the detecting means, and enters the standby mode through a process of bringing the operating member to return to the first position side after the other one of the lock operation and the unlock operation is completed so that the operated member is detected by the detecting means.