Actuator of vehicle door lock device

• US 5,261,711 A
• Filed: 07/30/1992
• Issued: 11/16/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Dowling, Patrik J., Hamaguchi, Osamu, Mizuki, Tetsuro
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, RICHARD
• Application Number:
  US07/921,665
• Time in Patent Office: 474 Days
• Field of Search: 292/336.3, 292/201, 292/216, 74/625, 74/405, 74/22 A, 74/89.18, 192/84 A, 192/84 B, 192/71, 192/74, 192/84 PM, 192/105
• US Class Current: 292/201
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 81/25 Actuators mounted separately from the lock and controlling the lock functions through mechanical connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1082 Motor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18816 Curvilinear rack

Abstract

An actuator of a vehicle door lock device, which includes an output shaft adapted at one end to be coupled with to a lock lever of the lock device, a sector arm for rotating the output shaft, a reversible motor for rotating the sector arm around said output shaft through speed reduction gears and a plastic-made housing for accommodating the output shaft, the sector arm and the reversible motor. The sector arm has, on an inner surface of its outer arc-shaped flange, an inner toothed portion which meshes with a final gear of the reduction gears and an arc hole centering the output shaft. An intermediate shaft for supporting the final gear is arranged in parallel with the output shaft and projects through the arc hole.

Claims

1. An actuator of a vehicle door lock device, which includes an output shaft adapted at one end to be coupled to a lock lever of said lock device, a sector arm for rotating said output shaft, a reversible motor for rotating said sector arm around said output shaft through speed reduction gears and a plastic-made housing for accommodating said output shaft, said sector arm and said reversible motor, characterised in that said sector arm has, on an inner surface of its outer arc-shaped flange, an inner toothed portion which meshes with a final gear of said reduction gears, and an intermediate shaft for supporting said final gear is arranged in parallel with said output shaft.

2. The actuator of the vehicle door lock device according to claim 1, characterised in that said sector arm has an arc hole centering said output shaft, and said intermediate shaft projects through said arc hole.

3. The actuator of the vehicle door lock device according to claim 1, characterised in that a plastics-made motor holder is inserted into the lower case of said housing after said motor is secured to said motor holder by means of screws, and said motor holder has a guide claw for tightly holding cords of said motor.

4. The actuator of the vehicle door lock device according to claim 3, characterised in that said motor holder has a shaft hole integrally formed therein so as to rotatably support one end of said intermediate shaft.

5. The actuator of the vehicle door lock device according to claim 4, characterised in that a sensor for detecting positions of said output shaft is disposed on a cover of said housing, and cords of said sensor are sandwiched between said cover and said motor holder.