Patent ID: 7614670

Claim:
A door closing apparatus comprising: a main body portion; a latch mechanism positioned in the main body portion and operable for opening or closing a door of a vehicle, the latch mechanism being at a half latched state at a time that the door is half closed, the latch mechanism being at a full latched state at a time that the door is fully closed, and the latch mechanism being at an unlatched state at a time that the door is open; a driving mechanism transmitting a driving force to the latch mechanism to operate the latch mechanism; a first lever rotatably disposed about a first rotational axis and rotating in one direction about the first rotational axis in response to transmission of an operation force of a door handle to the first lever so that the latch mechanism is controlled at the unlatched state; a second lever having an engaging portion which engages with the first lever and rotatably disposed about a second rotational axis parallel to the first rotational axis, the second lever rotating in the one direction about the second rotational axis in response to a rotation in the one direction of the first lever to interrupt transmission of the driving force from the driving mechanism to the latch mechanism; and a support member separate from the main body portion and mounted on the main body portion, the support member having a first axial portion rotatably supporting the first lever about the first rotational axis and a second axial portion rotatably supporting the second lever about the second rotational axis, the first axial portion being eccentrically arranged with respect to the second axial portion, the first axial portion and the second axial portion being integrally formed as one piece, the first and second axial portions extending in opposite directions.