Door handle device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10094151-B2
Application number	US-201514791665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 6, 2015
Priority date	Jul 30, 2014
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

A door handle device for a vehicle includes a frame member, an outside handle and a seal member. The frame member includes a frame-side stopper. The outside handle includes a handle shaft portion and an engagement leg portion. The handle shaft portion is mounted to the frame member. The seal member includes a body portion sealing the outside handle and the door outer panel, the seal member including an extending portion extending from the body portion to a first region where the frame-side stopper and the handle-side stopper face with each other. The extending portion includes a first buffer piece. The frame-side stopper receives an impact generated in response to a pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the full stroke position via the first buffer piece of the extending portion of the seal member, the first buffer piece being positioned at the first region.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A door handle device for a vehicle, comprising:
a frame member configured to be mounted to a door outer panel from an inner side of the vehicle, the door outer panel configuring an outer surface of a vehicle door;
an outside handle being formed in an elongated shape, the outside handle including a first end and a second end; and
a seal member being made from an elastic material; wherein
the frame member includes a frame-side stopper;
the outside handle includes a handle shaft portion being provided at a portion positioned at the first end, the handle shaft portion serving as a pivot center of the outside handle, the outside handle including an engagement leg portion being provided at a portion positioned at the second end, the engagement leg portion including a handle-side stopper;
the handle shaft portion is mounted to the frame member via a first opening portion being formed at the door outer panel;
the engagement leg portion is mounted to the frame member via a second opening portion being formed at the door outer panel; the outside handle pivoting about the handle shaft portion between an initial position and a full stroke position; the outside handle being prevented from pivoting in a direction opposite to the initial position by an engagement of the handle-side stopper and the frame-side stopper of the frame member in a case where the outside handle is positioned at the full stroke position;
the seal member includes a body portion being configured to be provided at the opening portion of the door outer panel, the body portion sealing the outside handle and the door outer panel, the seal member including an extending portion extending from the body portion to a first region, the first region where the frame-side stopper and the handle-side stopper face with each other;
the extending portion includes a first buffer piece; and
the frame-side stopper receives an impact generated in response to a pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the full stroke position via the first buffer piece of the extending portion of the seal member, the first buffer piece being positioned at the first region,
wherein the extending portion of the seal member includes a second buffer piece being positioned at a second region, the second region being positioned opposite to the first buffer piece, while the first buffer piece and the second buffer piece sandwich the frame-side stopper there between, the extending portion including at least one connection piece connecting the first buffer piece to the second buffer piece,
wherein the frame-side stopper of the frame member includes an engagement structure engaging the frame-side stopper to the extending portion of the seal member,
wherein the extending portion of the seal member includes the first buffer piece and the second buffer piece extending in parallel with each other along an extending direction of the outside handle, the first buffer piece and the second buffer piece being connected with each other with the connection piece, and
wherein the engagement structure is configured by two engagement protrusions of the frame-side stopper, the engagement protrusions being spaced apart from each other while having an engagement groove therebetween, the engagement groove being engaged with the connection piece, the engagement protrusions being sandwiched by the first buffer piece and the second buffer piece.

2. The door handle device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein:
the frame-side stopper receives an impact generated in response to a pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the initial position of the outside handle via the second buffer piece of the extending portion of the seal member.

3. The door handle device for the vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the engagement protrusions includes a reinforcement rib, the reinforcement rib extending from a portion receiving the impact generated in response to the pivot of the outside handle about the handle shaft portion to the full stroke position, the reinforcement rib extending from the portion along a direction of action of the impact.

4. The door handle device for the vehicle according to claim 3 , wherein the reinforcement rib includes a load sustaining surface, the load sustaining surface coming in contact with the engagement leg portion in response to an application of a load in a predetermined direction to the outside handle along the extending direction of the outside handle, the engagement leg portion being biased in the predetermined direction, the load sustaining surface receiving the load applied from the engagement leg portion.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Yoshino Masaki

Classifications

• E05B77/34

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• Y10S292/56

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• E05B85/16 Primary

  a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part · CPC title

• E05B79/06

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• Y10S292/73

  Anti-rattlers · CPC title