Patent ID: 8888150
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A latch device for a vehicle, comprising: a latch configured to hold and engage with a striker, the latch having a plate shape and a meshing surface on a side surface; and a latchet configured to maintain an engagement condition between the striker and the latch by meshing with the latch, the latchet having a plate shape and a meshing surface on a side surface, wherein, between the meshing surface of the latch and the meshing surface of the latchet meshed with each other, a width in a plate-thickness direction of one of the meshing surface of the latch and the meshing surface of the latchet is formed so as to be narrower than a width in a plate-thickness direction of another of the meshing surface of the latch and the meshing surface of the latchet, wherein a supporting member has a plate shape and is arranged with a gap provided between a plate surface of the latch or the latchet having the one of the meshing surfaces and a plate surface of the supporting member, such that a part of a side surface of the supporting member aligns with the one of the meshing surfaces, and the part of the side surface of the supporting member is provided at a lower position than the one of the meshing surfaces, and wherein a periphery of the supporting member, including the part of the side surface of the supporting member, is covered with a resin material and the gap is filled with the resin material, and wherein an exterior surface of the resin material covering the part of the side surface of the supporting member is provided at a higher position than the one of the meshing surfaces such that the exterior surface is formed as a buffer configured to abut on the another of the meshing surfaces.