US 12,252,909 B2
Vehicle door lock system
Daiki Kato, Kariya (JP); Natsumi Onodera, Kariya (JP); Hisashi Itonaga, Kariya (JP); Toshitsugu Oda, Kariya (JP); Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, Kariya (JP); Shinsuke Takayanagi, Kariya (JP); Shunsuke Kanagai, Anjo (JP); Nobuo Hayama, Kariya (JP); and Tsubasa Ikeuchi, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota (JP)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/162,929.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-041200 (JP), filed on Mar. 16, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295966 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 83/38 (2014.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01); E05B 81/18 (2014.01); E05B 83/40 (2014.01); E05B 85/04 (2014.01); E05B 85/24 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 83/38 (2013.01) [E05B 83/40 (2013.01); E05B 85/04 (2013.01); E05B 85/24 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/18 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door lock system applied to a vehicle including a vehicle body having a door opening on at least one side of the vehicle in a width direction and a door that opens and closes the door opening, the vehicle door lock system comprising:
a striker structure installed at one of the vehicle body and the door; and
a door lock device installed at the other of the vehicle body and the door, wherein
the striker structure includes a base plate, a slit in the base plate that extends in the width direction, a first engagement portion at a first end of the slit, and a second engagement portion disposed away from the first engagement portion in the width direction at a second end of the slit,
the door lock device includes a hook that is displaced between a locking position where the hook is allowed to be locked to the first engagement portion and a retraction position where the hook is not allowed to be locked to the first engagement portion, and
the hook is positioned between the first engagement portion and the second engagement portion in the width direction when positioned at the locking position.