US 11,920,385 B2
Sensor assembly and door lock device
Fuyuki Nakatsuka, Yokohama (JP); Shuntaro Kimura, Yokohama (JP); and Nao Mizumoto, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation, (JP)
Appl. No. 17/294,274
Filed by MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION, Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/036606
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/105264, PCT Pub. Date May 28, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-216785 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010600 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 81/66 (2014.01); B60J 5/10 (2006.01); E05B 77/34 (2014.01); E05B 81/14 (2014.01); E05B 85/02 (2014.01); E05B 85/24 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/66 (2013.01) [B60J 5/10 (2013.01); E05B 77/34 (2013.01); E05B 81/14 (2013.01); E05B 85/02 (2013.01); E05B 85/24 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sensor assembly used for a door lock device, the door lock device comprising a latch configured to engage with a striker provided on a vehicle body, a ratchet configured to engage with the latch that is in engagement with the striker, a drive mechanism configured to drive the ratchet to release an engagement of the ratchet with the latch, and a case accommodating the drive mechanism, the sensor assembly comprising a sensor configured to detect an operation of the latch or the ratchet;
a connector configured to hold a plurality of connection conductors and assembled to the case, the connection conductors being connected directly or by way of a plurality of electric wires with a plurality of terminal portions of the sensor;
a sensor base configured to hold the sensor; and
a waterproofing material made from a light curing resin and configured to cover connecting portions together with the sensor base, the connecting portions being between the terminal portions of the sensor and the connection conductors or the electric wires,
wherein the sensor base comprises a recessed portion configured to accommodate the connecting portions and filled with the waterproofing material, and
wherein a bottom wall of the recessed portion has a through hole facing the connecting portions.