Patent ID: 7441816

Claim:
An automotive childproof safety lock control apparatus, comprising: a first childproof safety lock unit configured to assume an unlocking state and a locking state and configured to transmit a door opening control force applied by an inner handle provided inside a vehicle, only in the unlocking state; a second childproof safety lock unit configured to assume an unlocking state and a locking state and configured to input thereinto the door opening control force transmitted from the first childproof lock unit and to transmit the door opening control force which it has inputted thereinto, only in the unlocking state; a door latch configured to hold a door in a closed position and configured to receive the transmitted door opening control force from the second childproof safety unit; a drive unit configured to supply power to either the first or second childproof safety lock unit to be displaced to the respective states; and a childproof safety lock lever configured to be manually operated to displace the other of the first or the second childproof safety lock unit in the respective states.