VEHICLE TRUNK LOCKING DEVICE

摘要

To provide a locking device for a trunk of a vehicle, the locking device allowing a locked state or an unlocked state to be determined from the outside of the vehicle and having a lock knob that permits manual locking operation. A locking device includes: a portable key to be authenticated relative to a vehicle body side through radio communication; an open/close latch for maintaining or canceling a closed state of a trunk; an open lever for driving the open/close latch in an open direction; a lock knob to be placed in a locked position, in which the trunk is brought into a locked state by prohibiting the open/close latch from being driven in the open direction, or an unlocked position, in which the trunk is brought into an unlocked state by enabling the open/close latch to be driven in the open direction; and an actuator for changing the position of the lock knob. The lock knob is disposed at a position at which the lock knob is visible from an outside of the trunk. When the open lever is operated with the trunk in the locked state, authentication of the portable key is performed and, if the authentication is normally terminated, the lock knob is driven into the unlocked position.