LOCK STRUCTURE

• Main Authors: OUGIYA KAZUYOSHI, FUKAGAWA TAKANOBU, OSHIMA YOSHIO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.07.2014
• Subjects: ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PLURAL DIVERSE PRIME-MOVERS INVEHICLES; ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OFTRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARRANGEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH COOLING, AIR INTAKE, GASEXHAUST OR FUEL SUPPLY OF PROPULSION UNITS, IN VEHICLES; AUXILIARY DRIVES FOR VEHICLES; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT OR PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLEDVEHICLES; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODYNAMIC BRAKE SYSTEMS FOR VEHICLES, IN GENERAL; INSTRUMENTATION OR DASHBOARDS FOR VEHICLES; MAGNETIC SUSPENSION OR LEVITATION FOR VEHICLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES IN GENERAL

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lock structure which prevents foreign objects from entering into a lock device when a battery pack is fixed to a vehicle body.SOLUTION: In a lock structure 100, a striker device 30 having a striker 31 further includes a cover 32. The cover 32 of the striker device 30 is formed so as to cover an opening 41h of a housing 41 when the striker 31 enters from the opening 41h of the housing 41 of a lock device 40 to be engaged with a latch 42. Thus, when a battery pack 10 is fixed to a vehicle body 20 by engaging the striker 31 with the latch 42, foreign objects are prevented from entering into the lock device 40 through the opening 41h of the housing 41.