Trunk locking system

• US 8,833,811 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aisin Corp.
• Original Assignee: Shiroki Corporation (Aisin Corp.)
• Inventors: Ishikawa, Tetsuya, Yokoyama, Kazuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Lugo, Carlos
• Application Number:
  US13/197,094
• Publication Number:
  US 20120032457A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,140 Days
• Field of Search: 292/336.3, 292/DIG.38, 292/DIG.42, 292/DIG.65, 264/279.1
• US Class Current: 292/336.3
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 17/106 fluorescent
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/26 Emergency opening means for persons trapped in the luggage compartment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/42 Trunk latches
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/65 Emergency or safety
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles

Abstract

A trunk locking system provided with an emergency trunk release handle inside a trunk, a locking mechanism of the trunk locking system being unlocked by operating the emergency trunk release handle, wherein the emergency trunk release handle includes a handle body made of a luminous resin material containing a luminous material, and a locking-mechanism interconnecting member made of a non-luminous resin material. One of the handle body and the locking-mechanism interconnecting member is molded with the other of the handle body and the locking-mechanism interconnecting member to be joined thereto with at least a part of the other of the handle body and the locking-mechanism interconnecting member embedded in the one of the handle body and the locking-mechanism interconnecting member.

Claims

1. A trunk locking system provided with an emergency trunk release handle inside a trunk, a locking mechanism of said trunk locking system being unlocked by operating said emergency trunk release handle, wherein said emergency trunk release handle comprises:

a handle body made of a luminous resin material containing a luminous material; and

a locking-mechanism interconnecting member made of a non-luminous resin material,

wherein one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member is molded with the other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member to be joined thereto with at least a part of said other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member embedded in said one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member,

wherein at least one coupling through-hole is formed through said embedded part of said other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, so that the embedded part is surrounded by a portion of said one of said handle and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member,

wherein said portion surrounding the embedded part is integrally formed with said one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, and connected through said at least one coupling through-hole, and

wherein said part of said other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, which is embedded in said one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, comprises an anchor-shaped portion, a sectional area of which increases in a direction of embedding of said part of said other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member in said one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member.

2. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein the part of said locking-mechanism interconnecting member which is embedded in said handle body comprises at least one icon-shaped element that is integrally formed with said part of said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, and

wherein said handle body is molded with said part of said locking-mechanism interconnecting member with both end faces of said icon-shaped element exposed from a surface of said handle body.

3. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member are joined to each other with an end of said locking-mechanism interconnecting member embedded in an end of said handle body.

4. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member are joined to each other with an end of said handle body embedded in an end of said locking-mechanism interconnecting member.

5. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein said locking-mechanism interconnecting member is directly connected to said locking mechanism.

6. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein said locking-mechanism interconnecting member is connected to said locking mechanism via a connecting wire.

7. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one coupling through-hole is formed through the at least a part of said other of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member embedded in said one of said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member.

8. The trunk locking system according to claim 1, wherein said emergency trunk release handle is configured to operate by being manually pulled,

wherein said coupling through-hole is formed at a close vicinity of a boundary between said handle body and said locking-mechanism interconnecting member, and

wherein said coupling through-hole extends in a direction that intersects the manually pulling direction of said emergency trunk release handle.

9. A trunk locking system provided with an emergency trunk release handle inside a trunk, a locking mechanism of said trunk locking system being unlocked by pulling on said emergency trunk release handle,

wherein said emergency trunk release handle comprises:

a handle body made of a luminous resin material; and

a connecting portion made of a non-luminous resin material via which said handle body and said locking mechanism are connected to each other, and

wherein one of said handle body and said connecting portion is molded with the other of said handle body and said connecting portion to be joined thereto with at least a part of said other of said handle body and said connecting portion embedded in said one of said handle body and said connecting portion,

wherein at least one coupling through-hole is formed through said embedded part of said other of said handle body and said connecting portion, so that the embedded part is surrounded by a portion of said one of said handle and said connecting portion,

wherein said portion surrounding the embedded part is integrally formed with said one of said handle body and said connecting portion, and connected through said at least one coupling through-hole, and

wherein said part of said other of said handle body and said connecting portion, which is embedded in said one of said handle body and said connecting portion, comprises an anchor-shaped portion, a sectional area of which increases in a direction of embedding of said part of said other of said handle body and said connecting portion in said one of said handle body and said connecting portion.

10. The trunk locking system according to claim 9, wherein the part of said connecting portion which is embedded in said handle body comprises at least one icon-shaped element that is integrally formed with said part of said connecting member, and

wherein said handle body is molded with said part of said connecting member with both end faces of said icon-shaped element exposed from a surface of said handle body.