US 11,901,661 B2
Vehicle door lock device and method of manufacturing vehicle door lock device
Shuntaro Kimura, Kanagawa (JP); and Takao Taga, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/442,561
Filed by MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/035280
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/194790, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 1, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-059813 (JP), filed on Mar. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0123488 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 79/02 (2014.01); H01R 13/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/02 (2006.01); E05B 81/68 (2014.01); H01R 43/20 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 83/36 (2014.01)
CPC H01R 13/04 (2013.01) [B60R 16/02 (2013.01); E05B 79/02 (2013.01); E05B 81/68 (2013.01); H01R 43/20 (2013.01); H05K 5/0217 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 83/36 (2013.01); H01R 2201/26 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A method of manufacturing a vehicle door lock device, the vehicle door lock device including:
a housing;
switches that are arranged in the housing and include internal pins; and
switch terminal that is conductive and electrically connected to the internal pins of the switches, and includes coupling portions coupling conductive portions adjacent to each other;
electric circuits of the switches being formed when the conductive portions are disconnected by cutting off the coupling portions,
the housing including:
positioning protruding portions that protrudes at a right angle with respect to installation portions on which the conductive portions of the switch terminal are installed; and
fitting grooves that are opened in a direction parallel to a protruding direction of the positioning protruding portions,
the switch terminal including:
the plurality of conductive portions;
positioning holes into which the positioning protruding portions are inserted;
connector pins that are formed at one ends of the conductive portions and bent at a right angle, and are fitted into the fitting grooves; and
switch pins that are formed at other ends of the conductive portions and bent at a right angle, and are configured to be electrically connected to the switches when inserted into the internal pins of the switches,
the method of manufacturing a vehicle door lock device comprising:
fitting the positioning protruding portions into the positioning holes and fitting the connector pins into the fitting grooves under a state in which the switch pins are assembled to the switches in advance; and
pressing the conductive portions of the switch terminal against the installation portions by an assembling device, cutting off the coupling portions with punches of the assembling device, thereby allowing the conductive portions to form electric circuits of the switches.