A door lock mechanism for a vehicle, may include a lock pin which is moved between an unlocked position and a locked position in a radial direction from a rotation axis of a pawl lever, wherein at the unlocked position, a rotating displacement of an outside handle lever is configured to be transmitted to the pawl lever, and at the locked position, the rotating displacement of the outside handle lever is configured to not be transmitted to the pawl lever, a lock lever which is selectively rotated to allow the lock pin to be moved in the radial direction, a safety lever engaged with the lock lever, the safety lever receiving a manipulation force of a safety knob and rotating the lock lever, and an interlinking unit which allows a rotating displacement of the pawl lever to be partly transmitted to the safety lever.

A door lock device for vehicles is provided with sensors for detecting whether or not a door of a vehicle can be opened safely; a door lock drive unit for switching the door between a lock state and an unlock state; and a control unit for controlling the door lock drive unit. When determining on the basis of detection signals from the sensors that the safety of opening the door cannot be ensured, the control unit maintains the door in the lock state through the door lock drive unit, and when the number of operations of the inside door handle of the door is more than or equal to a predetermined value, the control unit forcibly switches the door to the unlock state through the door lock drive unit independent of the detection signals from the sensors.

A door lock device for vehicles is provided with sensors for detecting whether or not a door of a vehicle can be opened safely; a door lock drive unit for switching the door between a lock state and an unlock state; and a control unit for controlling the door lock drive unit. When determining on the basis of detection signals from the sensors that the safety of opening the door cannot be ensured, the control unit maintains the door in the lock state through the door lock drive unit, and when the number of operations of the inside door handle of the door is more than or equal to a predetermined value, the control unit forcibly switches the door to the unlock state through the door lock drive unit independent of the detection signals from the sensors.

A vehicle door operation device includes an inside handle, a full open unlocking lever for transmitting a closing operation of the inside handle to a full open door latch device, and a full closure unlocking lever for transmitting an opening operation of the inside handle to a full closure door latch device. The inside handle has first and projecting portions, and when the inside handle rotates in a first direction by the closing operation, the first projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full open unlocking lever to enable the full open unlocking lever to operate, whereas when the inside handle rotates in a second direction by the opening operation, the second projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full closure unlocking lever to enable the full closure unlocking lever to operate.

A closure latch assembly for a motor vehicle closure system includes a power release mechanism and an inside handle release mechanism mechanically connected to an inside door handle. The power release mechanism is used to shift the inside handle release mechanism from a normally Disengaged operating state to an Engaged operating state. In the Disengaged state, the inside handle release mechanism is uncoupled from the latch release chain of components to prevent latch release via actuation of the inside door handle. In the Engaged state, the inside handle release mechanism is coupled for the latch release chain of components to permit latch release via actuation of the inside door handle. The power release mechanism only shifts the inside release mechanism from its Disengaged state into its Engaged state in the event of an emergency condition.

The aim of the invention is to provide an actuation device for a lock of a motor vehicle, said actuation device allowing a plurality of functions without requiring a large number of parts and/or a complex and/or voluminous structure. This is achieved in that the actuation device according to the claims for opening a locking mechanism (3, 4) of a motor vehicle lock comprises an anti-theft device, a central locking device, and a childproof lock device. A multifunction coupling lever (9) is provided which is capable of opening a locking mechanism (3, 5) of a motor vehicle lock by means of an opening movement. The opening movement of the multifunction coupling lever (9) can be prevented by the anti-theft device, the central locking device, and the childproof lock device. Thus, an actuation device is provided which is capable of performing a plurality of functions while comprising few components. Because only a few components are required, the structural complexity can be low.

An exemplary door lock transition method includes transitioning a door lock of a vehicle from a deactivated state to an activated state based on a door lock schedule that includes a deactivated period where the door lock is scheduled to be in the deactivated state, and an activated period where the door lock is scheduled to be in the activated state. An exemplary door lock transition assembly includes, a door lock of a vehicle, and a control system configured to transition the door lock from a deactivated state to an activated state based on a door lock schedule.

For a hanging flexible flap having a top and bottom end for reminding a driver, upon exiting, of the vehicle's occupancy for a vehicle having a driver-side door handle including a lever operable for opening the door, deployment, proceeding from a pre-deployment state in which the flap is in a folded-up configuration such that the bottom end is releasably attached to a second interior-side location vertically above a first interior-side location to which the flap is attached and both locations are vertically above the lever and jointly high enough that the flap does not cover the lever along at least most of the lever's length, includes undoing the releasable attachment; and unfolding the flap, or letting it fall, to hang down covering the lever along at least most of the lever's length. Alternatively, pre-deployment may be in a spring-biased rolled-up configuration, with the flap unrollable down to cover the lever.

For a hanging flexible flap having a top and bottom end for reminding a driver, upon exiting, of the vehicle's occupancy for a vehicle having a driver-side door handle including a lever operable for opening the door, deployment, proceeding from a pre-deployment state in which the flap is in a folded-up configuration such that the bottom end is releasably attached to a second interior-side location vertically above a first interior-side location to which the flap is attached and both locations are vertically above the lever and jointly high enough that the flap does not cover the lever along at least most of the lever's length, includes undoing the releasable attachment; and unfolding the flap, or letting it fall, to hang down covering the lever along at least most of the lever's length. Alternatively, pre-deployment may be in a spring-biased rolled-up configuration, with the flap unrollable down to cover the lever.

An automotive vehicle has multiple doors and an anti-crash apparatus having a handle unit, a sensing unit, an engaging unit, and a control unit. The handle unit has handles mounted on the doors. The sensing unit has sensing elements respectively mounted on doors and being adjacent to the handles. The engaging unit has multiple engaging elements respectively disposed on the doors and opposite to the handle, and each one of the engaging elements is capable of engaging the handle. The control unit has a timer and an operator connected to the timer, the sensing unit, and the engaging unit. Therefore, before users open the doors, the anti-crash apparatus enforces the users to check the approaching vehicles by delaying the opening time of the doors and improve the safety.