REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR OPENING AND CLOSING VEHICLE DOOR

• US 3,858,922 A
• Filed: 09/05/1973
• Issued: 01/07/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Fumio Taguchi
• Original Assignee: Shigehiro Yamanaka
• Inventors: Yamanaka, Shigehiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Frazier, Roy D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aschenbrenner, Peter A.
• Application Number:
  US05/394,463
• Time in Patent Office: 489 Days
• Field of Search: 292/336.3,DIG.25,196,225,221,166,125 49/302,285,379
• US Class Current: 292/336.3
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 53/00 Operation or control of locks by mechanical transmissions, e.g. from a distance
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 79/20 using flexible connections, e.g. Bowden cables
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 83/36 Locks for passenger or like doors
• CPC Class Codes: E05F 11/12 Mechanisms by which the bar shifts the wing
• CPC Class Codes: E05Y 2900/531 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 292/25 Remote control
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/1053 Lever and push or pull rod
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/20408 Constant tension sustaining

Abstract

A remote control apparatus for opening and closing a vehicle door is disclosed. The device comprises a first shaft rotatably mounted transversely of the vehicle, an operating lever rigidly connected to one end thereof, an arm extending radially from the other end of the first shaft, a connecting rod connected between the arm and an actuating means, a first supporting shaft for pivotally connecting the connecting rod to the actuating means, a swinging member, one end being in operative engagement with the slide member and being biased thereagainst by a spring, a door locking hook, and a flexible shaft connecting said swinging member and one end of the door locking hook.

Claims

1. A remote control apparatus for opening and closing a vehicle door, comprising:

a first shaft rotatably mounted traversely of the vehicle, an operating lever rigidly connected to one end thereof, an arm rigidly connected to the other end thereof and extending radially therefrom;

a first connecting rod, one end thereof being operatively connected to the free end of said arm and movable in an axial direction;

an actuating means comprising an elongated body having a guide slot, and an elongated slide member movably mounted within the guide slot of said elongated body and capable of extending from said elongated body, the other end of said first connecting rod being in engagement therewith;

a first supporting shaft extending transversely through both of said body and said slide member and slidably received within the guide slot, one end of said slide member being thereby pivotally connected to said connecting rod;

a swinging member pivotally supported for pivotal rotation around a point intermediate its ends by a support means, one end of said swinging member contacting the free end of said slide member and a spring member to said swinging member for biasing said one end of said swinging member against said slide member;

a door locking hook pivotally supported at an intermediate portion thereof and a spring member connected thereto for biasing said hook in a direction for unhooking the door lock;

a flexible Hook operating shaft, one end operatively connected to the other of said swinging member and the other end connected to an end of said door locking hook.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a second connecting rod interposed between said first connecting rod and said actuating member, one end of said second connecting rod being connected to said first connecting rod and the other end of said second connecting rod being pivotally connected to said slide member by said supporting shaft.

3. The device of claim 2 further including a supporting piece connected to the upper part of said swinging member, said supporting piece having an aperture, said flexible hook operating shaft being inserted therethrough and connected thereto, and a plurality of adjacent adjusting holes, said supporting member being secured to said swinging member through a desired one thereof.

4. The device of claim 3, further comprising a guiding cover said guiding cover surrounding said pivotal connection between said first and second connecting rods and restricting the horizontal swinging movement of said joint.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the end of said connecting member pivotally connected to said actuating means is curved.

6. The device of claim 1 further including a supporting piece connecting to the upper part of said swinging member, said supporting piece having an aperture, said flexible hook operating shaft being inserted therethrough and connected thereto, and a plurality of adjacent adjusting holes, said supporting member being secured to said swinging member through a desired one thereof.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the end of said connecting member pivotally connected to said actuating means is curved.