Abstract: In the present powered sliding device for a vehicle slide door, when a center bracket is relatively rotated with respect to a slide door due to an overview shape of a center rail during a sliding movement of the slide door, the center pulley is relatively displaced in a certain amount by the rotation of the center bracket with respect to the slide door, but the center pulley is not displaced any further than the certain amount by the rotation of the center bracket

Abstract: An anti-panic mechanism comprises a lock lever displaceable between an unlocked position and a locked position, an over center spring urging the lock lever to either side of the unlocked position and locked position with a dead point, an open link displaceable between an engaging position and a non-engaging position, an output member displacing the lock lever by a motor, an anti-panic spring urging the open link toward the engaging position from the non-engaging position, a connecting lever connecting the open link to the lock lever. The connecting lever releases the open link before the lock lever crosses over the dead point of the over center spring when the output member is rotated in the unlocking direction.

Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate having a main door and a sub door, comprises a latch lever moving from an initial position to an operating position by a contact with a sub latch, a return spring urging the latch lever from the operating position toward the initial position, and a block lever connected to the latch lever. The block lever is displaced to a blocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is impossible when the latch lever is restored to the initial position by the return spring and to be displaced to an unblocked position where the door-opening of the main door by the main open handle is possible when the latch lever is moved to the operating position by the contact with the sub latch against the elasticity of the return spring.

Abstract: An anti-panic mechanism for a vehicle door latch device comprises a movable member provided between to an open link and a lock lever, and an anti-panic spring elastically connecting the lock lever with the movable member. When an unlocking operation by an inside lock button is not completed normally due to a first opening operation of an open handle, the movable member is displaced by a spring force of the anti-panic spring to move the open link to an engageable position after the open lever is returned to an initial position. The movable member and lock lever are coaxially pivoted by a single common shaft.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch body, a latch provided in a recess of a latch body, and a ratchet provided in the recess. The latch body has a tongue part which comes into contact with an outer peripheral part of the latch, and a contact pin which comes into contact with the latch. The tongue part applies a first external force in an anti-rotational direction of the latch to the latch by contact with the outer peripheral part of the latch, and the contact pin applies a second external force in a axial direction of the latch shaft to the latch by contact with the latch. The tongue part comes into contact with the outer peripheral part when the latch is over-rotated exceeding a full-latched position.

Abstract: In the present control method, by measuring the sliding quantity of a sliding door until the sliding door reaches a door-open end DOE after passing a holder check point HCP, a distance Y from the HCP to the DOE is found. A distance Z′ from the HCP to the opening speed final decelerating position FDP is found from the relation between the distance Y and a specified distance Z by calculation. By the next door opening operation, when the sliding door has passed the HCP and the sliding quantity from the HCP becomes equal to the distance Z′, the controller 32 judges that the sliding door has reached the final decelerating position FDP, and decelerates the sliding door.

Abstract: The present device has a wire drum connected to a sliding door through a wire cable and being rotated by the power of a motor, an electromagnetic brake which applies braking to the wire drum using a solenoid as the driving source, and a switch transistor which sends electricity to the solenoid when being turned on by a Hi signal from the output port of a controller. The interval between the solenoid and the switch transistor is connected through a line where the voltage level is raised when the switch transistor is turned off and the voltage level is lowered when the switch transistor is turned on. The line is connected through a failure detecting circuit to the input port of the controller.

Abstract: A control method of a powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door, wherein when an operating switch is operated, a buzzer is sounded, and at the same time, a motor is rotated until a clutch mechanism is switched to a connected state from a disconnected state, and after the stopping of the buzzer, the sliding movement of the sliding door is started by the power of the motor.

Abstract: An actuator unit comprises a worm wheel rotated by a motor and having an output gear, a rotational lever having a toothed portion engaged with the output gear. The output gear has one first motor side gear tooth, two second motor side gear teeth, and two third motor side gear teeth which are shifted in three stages in an axial direction of a wheel shaft. The toothed portion has two first lever side gear teeth engageable only with the first motor side gear tooth, one second lever side gear tooth engageable only with the second motor side gear teeth, and one third lever side gear tooth engageable only with the third motor side gear teeth. The toothed portion does not rotate the output gear when the rotational lever is rotated while the worm wheel is located in a neutral position.

Abstract: A method for making a striker for a vehicle door latch produces such a striker having a longitudinal plate-like metal base and a U-shaped metal engaging member including a first leg part, a second leg part and a front connecting part. The first leg part has, at a front side portion thereof, a latch engaging part which is engageable with an engaging recess of a latch of the vehicle door latch device. The first leg part has, at a rear side portion thereof, a reinforced large diameter part with a larger diameter than that of the latch engaging part. A length of the reinforced large diameter part is 20% or more in the length of the first leg part.

Abstract: An initial tension device has a wire cable for connecting a drive unit and a movable member, a tension case fixed to an immovable member, a regular retainer engageable with an outer cable of the wire cable, and a slot formed in the tension case to extend in the longitudinal direction of the wire cable. The regular retainer engaged with the outer cable moves together with the outer cable by the tension applied to the wire cable through the length defined by the slot. The regular retainer is engaged with the outer cable in the state where a maximum tension is applied to the wire cable.

Abstract: A control method of a powered sliding device for a vehicle sliding door, wherein when an operating switch for starting a powered sliding device is pressed to open the door, and if the vehicle speed is about 3 km/h or less and the foot brake or the parking brake is operated, the decelerating state of the vehicle just before is confirmed, and when the decelerating state does not correspond to the quick braking, the powered sliding device is started.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a pawl lever keeping engagement between a latch and a striker, an output member rotatable in an unlocking direction and in a locking direction by power of a motor and being restored to a neutral position by elasticity of a returning spring when the motor is turned off, a lock lever displaceable between an unlocked position and a locked position by directly receiving rotational movement of the output member, an open link switched between an operative position and a non-operative position by displacement of the lock lever. The open link is directly connected to the lock lever by way of no movable member.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch engageable with a striker and rotatable from an unlatched position to a full-latched position via a half-latched position, a power closing mechanism rotating the latch from the half-latched position to the full-latched position by motor power, a ratchet holding an engagement state between the latch and the striker by engaging with the latch, and a power opening mechanism releasing the ratchet from the latch by motor power. The power opening mechanism and the power closing mechanism are actuated by a single common motor, respectively.

Abstract: A latch device for a vehicle tailgate comprises a latch/ratchet mechanism, an open mechanism, a lock mechanism, and, an actuator for switching the lock mechanism to an unlocked state and a locked state. The lock mechanism includes a lock lever turning about a lock shaft. The actuator includes an output shaft which turns the lock lever through the lock shaft. The lock shaft is structured so that manual operational access is possible through a service hole in the tailgate or the vehicle body for turning the lock lever. One end of the output shaft penetrates a housing of the actuator to be connected to the lock shaft, and the other end of the output shaft is exposed to the outside through a shaft hole of the housing, and the manual access is applied to the other end of the output shaft.

Abstract: A control method wherein sliding of a sliding door by a powered sliding device is started after sounding an annunciation buzzer when an operating switch is operated, but when a remote control transmitter integrally having an ignition key is operated, the sliding of the sliding door by the powered sliding device is started without operating the annunciation buzzer.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a latch body, a latch provided in a recess of a latch body, and a ratchet provided in the recess. The latch body has a tongue part which comes into contact with an outer peripheral part of the latch, and a contact pin which comes into contact with the latch. The tongue part applies a first external force in an anti-rotational direction of the latch to the latch by contact with the outer peripheral part of the latch, and the contact pin applies a second external force in a axial direction of the latch shaft to the latch by contact with the latch. The tongue part comes into contact with the outer peripheral part when the latch is over-rotated exceeding a full-latched position.

Abstract: A control method of sliding a vehicle door by a powered sliding device with a clutch mechanism comprises the steps of stopping a motor in a state that a rotation of a wire drum is restricted by an auxiliary brake when the slide door reaches at a desired semi-open position; displacing the clutch mechanism into a second coupled state by the motor while the auxiliary brake is actuated; releasing the restriction by the auxiliary brake when a predetermined time has elapsed.

Abstract: A vehicle door latch device comprises a one-motion door opening mechanism transmitting an opening movement of an inside open handle both to a lock lever and to a ratchet, an free-play type antitheft member, and a clutch mechanism provided between the one-motion mechanism and the inside open handle. The clutch mechanism is so connected to the antitheft member that the clutch mechanism is displaced to an uncoupling state where it does not transmit the opening movement to the one-motion mechanism when the antitheft member is changed over to a antitheft position, and that the clutch mechanism is displaced to a coupling state where it transmits the opening movement to the one-motion mechanism when the antitheft member is changed over to an antitheft cancelled position.

Abstract: A trunk lid latch device comprises a latch unit and a striker. The latch unit has a latch engageable with the striker, a ratchet for keeping engagement between the latch and the striker, and an open lever for releasing the ratchet from the latch. An emergency knob formed of a luminous material is coupled to the open lever and accessible from inside the trunk room. The emergency knob is disposed inside a frame member of a trunk lid or a vehicle body so as not to protrude into the trunk room. The emergency knob comprises a printed symbol that suggests an opening of the trunk lid.