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A door lock arrangement for a vehicle in which there is no pillar against which the trailing edge of a forwardly hinged door may engage, includes locks provided at the top and bottom corners of the door and a centrally located mechanism for simultaneously operating said locks. This mechanism include

A door lock arrangement for a vehicle in which there is no pillar against which the trailing edge of a forwardly hinged door may engage, includes locks provided at the top and bottom corners of the door and a centrally located mechanism for simultaneously operating said locks. This mechanism includes means for producing both of the so called “keyless locking”and “self cancellation”functions.

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An apparatus for operating door locks of a vehicle, comprising: an upper door lock mounted in an upper portion of a door and adapted to be engageable with an upper striker which is secured to an upper portion of a body of the vehicle; a lower door lock mounted in a lower portion of the door and adap

An apparatus for operating door locks of a vehicle, comprising: an upper door lock mounted in an upper portion of a door and adapted to be engageable with an upper striker which is secured to an upper portion of a body of the vehicle; a lower door lock mounted in a lower portion of the door and adapted to be engageable with a lower striker which is secured to a lower portion of the vehicle body; an inside door handle, an outside door handle, a key operable lock cylinder and a locking knob, mounted on said door; a central operation assembly located in said door, said central operation assembly including a base plate, first and second connecting levers pivotably mounted for rotational movement in synchronism in the same direction about an axis on said base plate and connected, respectively, with one of the upper and lower door locks, a release lever and a sublever on said base plate providing with said connecting levers an operative connection between said inside door handle and said outside door handle and said door locks, such that manipulating one of said inside door handle and said outside door handle in an unlatching direction rotates said connecting levers in synchronism and releases the upper door lock and the lower door lock, a locking lever mounted on said base plate and operatively connected with said sublever and said key operable lock cylinder and said locking knob such that operating one of the lock cylinder and the knob in a locking direction establishes a locked position of said locking lever and cancels the operative connection provided by said release lever and sublever and connecting levers between the inside and outside handles and the upper and lower door locks.