Patent ID: 8662545

Claim:
A vehicle door latch apparatus comprising: a meshing portion assembly comprising: a latch configured to be brought into engagement with a striker on a vehicle body side; and a pawl configured to be brought into engagement with the latch so as to prevent a rotation of the latch out of engagement with the striker; and an operating portion assembly comprising: a casing, which is fixed to the meshing portion assembly, and which comprises a shaft portion and a slit, wherein the shaft portion extends away from and is integrally formed with a base portion of the casing; and an operation lever, which is pivotally supported on the shaft portion so as to be rotatable between a waiting position and an operating position for operating the pawl to allow rotation of the latch out of engagement with the striker, and which comprises a shaft hole, wherein the casing comprises a wall portion, which is provided at a right angle to a rotating plane of the operation lever and continuously extends from a first part to a second part, which faces the first part, through a third part so as to have a substantially U-shape, wherein the slit is provided in the wall portion so that the operation lever enters a first side of the slit, which is located adjacent to the third part of the wall portion between the base portion and the third part of the wall portion, when the operation lever is in the waiting position, wherein a length of the slit is set such that at least a part of the operation lever is located within the slit and is located between the base portion and the second part of the wall portion when the operation lever moves to the operating position, wherein a cylindrical burring is provided on a circumference of the shaft hole and extends parallel to and along a portion of a length of the shaft portion, wherein a cylindrical portion is provided on a circumference of the shaft portion, and wherein the cylindrical burring is provided in a gap between an outer circumferential surface of the shaft portion and an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion, wherein the meshing portion assembly is coupled to the operating portion assembly to form an integral unit, and wherein the shaft hole of the operation lever is mated with the shaft portion of the casing.