Inside handle support member for vehicle door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10458161-B2
Application number	US-201715463286-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 20, 2017
Priority date	Apr 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 29, 2019
Grant date	Oct 29, 2019

Abstract

An inside handle support member for a vehicle door includes: a base member that is a frame having an opened vehicle interior side end portion, in which the base member is detachably mounted to a trim constituting a vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle door through an aperture formed in the trim, and rotatably supports an inside handle configured to operate a lock device provided in the vehicle door; and a bezel that is a frame detachably mounted to a peripheral edge of the vehicle interior side end portion of the base member, in which the bezel includes: an engagement hole; and an engagement hole forming portion that defines a vehicle exterior side edge of the engagement hole, and the base member includes: an engagement claw protruding on an outer peripheral surface of the base member; and a guide protrusion having a guide surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An inside handle support member for a vehicle door, comprising:
a base member that is a frame having an opened vehicle interior side end portion, wherein the base member is detachably mounted to a trim constituting a vehicle interior side surface of the vehicle door through an aperture formed in the trim, and rotatably supports an inside handle configured to operate a lock device provided in the vehicle door; and
a bezel that is a frame detachably mounted to a peripheral edge of the vehicle interior side end portion of the base member,
wherein the bezel includes:
an engagement hole; and
an engagement hole forming portion that defines a vehicle exterior side edge of the engagement hole,

wherein the base member includes:
an engagement claw that protrudes on an outer peripheral surface of the base member and maintains a mounted state of the bezel in relation to the base member when the engagement claw is engaged with the engagement hole; and
a guide protrusion having a guide surface that protrudes on the outer peripheral surface separately from the engagement claw, and to be positioned at a vehicle exterior side of the engagement hole forming portion when the engagement claw is engaged with the engagement hole, a distance of the guide surface from the outer peripheral surface in a protruding direction being gradually increased from the vehicle exterior side toward the vehicle interior side, the guide protrusion prevents the bezel from being separated from the base member when the bezel is mounted to the base member, and the guide protrusion prevents the engagement hole forming portion from contacting with a peripheral edge of the aperture of the trim when the bezel and the base member that are integrated with each other are inserted into the aperture of the trim, and

wherein the engagement hole forming portion is positioned at the outer peripheral surface side with respect to a virtual extension line extending from the vehicle exterior side toward the vehicle interior side along the guide surface.

2. The inside handle support member according to claim 1 , wherein the bezel includes:
a gap forming portion that, when the base member is mounted to the trim, faces a wall, which is formed in a portion positioned at the vehicle exterior side with respect to the aperture of the trim, in a direction parallel to an engaging/disengaging direction of the engagement claw with respect to the engagement hole, and
wherein a gap in the engaging/disengaging direction formed between the wall and the gap forming portion is smaller than an engagement margin in the engaging/disengaging direction between the engagement claw and the engagement hole when the bezel is mounted to the base member.

3. The inside handle support member according to claim 2 , wherein the gap forming portion is a protrusion that protrudes from the engagement hole forming portion, and wherein the gap forming portion is positioned at the outer peripheral surface side with respect to the virtual extension line.

4. The inside handle support member according to claim 2 , wherein the trim includes an open portion which is an opening located at the vehicle exterior side with respect to the aperture, and
wherein the bezel includes a floating restriction protrusion that faces the open portion and also faces a portion, other than the open portion, of the trim from the vehicle exterior side.

5. The inside handle support member according to claim 1 , wherein a peripheral portion of the aperture on the vehicle interior side surface of the trim and the vehicle interior side surface of the bezel are flush with each other.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Kunimatsu Yukinobu
• Kamiya Atsushi
• Miki Yuusaku
• Morita Masamichi
• Hasegawa Haruyasu
• Harada Futoshi

Classifications

• B60R2013/0287

  integrating other functions or accessories · CPC title

• E05B85/12 Primary

  Inner door handles · CPC title

• E05B79/06

  Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock · CPC title

• B60J5/0413

  Inner panel, e.g. characterised by carrying components · CPC title

• Y10T292/57

  Operators with knobs or handles · CPC title