Patent ID: 7195291

Claim:
A locking device for locking an opening-and-closing moving body in a stopped position, comprising: a striker body disposed on one of a striking part of the moving body and a struck part of a non-moving body hitting against the striking part of the moving body in the stopped position, and a catcher body disposed on the other of the striking part of the moving body and the struck part of the non-moving body, said catcher body including an inner part with a receiving part for receiving the striker body, an outer part for holding the inner part to be movable forward and backward and rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the inner part, a forcing device for urging the inner part in a backward direction that the inner part enters the outer part, and a damping device for damping the inner part moving in the backward direction, said forcing device urging the inner part to engage the outer part and stop when the inner part is situated in a forward position, said inner part being rotated by the striker body entering the receiving part of the inner part in the forward position when the moving body moves toward the stopped position so that the striker body is locked in the receiving part when the inner part is rotated and stopping of the inner part is released.