Patent ID: 6988749

Claim:
A door locking system for a motor vehicle, comprising: a striker fixed to one of a car body and a car door; a base plate fixed to the other of said car body and said car door, said base plate having a striker leading slot in which said striker is removably insertable; a latch for latching said striker, said latch being pivoted on said base plate on one of opposite sides of said striker leading slot; a pawl for locking and unlocking said latch, said pawl being pivoted on said base plate on the other of said opposite sides of said striker leading slot; a rotary pressing member driven by a motor to come into contact with and rotate said pawl in a lock release direction to disengage said latch so that said latch releases said striker; and a rotatable opening lever which is rotated by a manual operation to rotate said pawl in said lock release direction to disengage said latch; wherein said rotary pressing member and said rotatable opening lever are pivoted about a common fixed shaft; and wherein said rotary pressing member and said rotatable opening lever are independently rotatable relative to each other about said fixed shaft.