Patent ID: 6938446

Claim:
A vehicle door lock apparatus comprising: a key cylinder that includes a rod, an end of the rod being provided with a key cylinder-side engaging portion; a key rotor having an engaging portion, the key cylinder-side engaging portion of the rod and the engaging portion of the key rotor being fitted together to transmit rotation of the rod to the key rotor while permitting a rotation axis of the rod and a rotation axis of the key rotor to be inclined relative to one another; the key rotor having a key rotor-side engaging portion; and a key lever having a key lever-side engaging portion, the key rotor-side engaging portion of the key rotor and the key lever-side engaging portion of the key lever being fitted together to transmit rotation of the key rotor to the key lever while permitting the rotation axis of the key rotor and a rotation axis of the key lever to be inclined relative to one another.