Hand grippable inside handle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11530556-B2
Application number	US-201816156144-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2018
Priority date	Nov 21, 2017
Publication date	Dec 20, 2022
Grant date	Dec 20, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a hand grippable inside handle. Some forms of the present disclosure may include an upper grip handle and a lower grip handle which are coupled to an inner side of a door of a vehicle, a grip type inside handle having an upper portion engaged with the upper grip handle and a lower portion engaged with the lower grip handle, and an inside handle rod installed inside the grip type inside handle and configured to pivot with the grip type inside handle about an axis in a length direction when the grip type inside handle is pivoted, thereby operating a latch device of the door.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hand grippable inside handle, comprising:
an upper grip handle and a lower grip handle, both coupled to an inner side of a door of a vehicle;
a grip inside handle including:
an upper portion engaged with the upper grip handle,
a lower portion engaged with the lower grip handle, and
a grip housing forming a user graspable exterior appearance and an inner space; and

an inside handle rod installed in the inner space of the grip housing and configured to be rotated with the grip housing, wherein the grip housing is rotated on an axis penetrating the inner space of the grip housing along a longitudinal direction of the grip housing,
wherein the rotation of the grip inside handle causes a movement along a substantially straight line of an upper end of the inside handle rod, such that a latch device of the door operates,
wherein:
the upper end of the inside handle rod is inserted into the upper grip handle and is engaged with a link lever to which a door latch cable connected to the latch device is coupled; and
the hand grippable inside handle further includes an inside handle bracket coupled to a door trim and configured to guide the link lever, and

wherein:
a rod coupler with a rod insertion hole configured to receive the inside handle rod is formed at one side of the link lever; and
each of upper and lower ends of the rod coupler is configured as a stepped sliding portion having a narrow width, and the sliding portions are inserted into guide holes formed in the inside handle bracket.

2. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 1 , wherein the grip inside handle includes:
an inside housing coupled to an interior of the grip housing and rotatably coupled to the upper grip handle and the lower grip handle.

3. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 2 , wherein the inside handle rod is supported on the inside housing to rotate with the inside housing when rotating the inside handle rod.

4. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 3 , wherein:
a grid structure for supporting the inside handle rod is formed at the inside housing; and
the inside handle rod has a bent shape and is supported on the grid structure.

5. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 1 , wherein the inside handle bracket includes an upper frame and a lower frame, each of which has a length in a horizontal direction, and the guide holes are respectively formed at the upper and lower frames.

6. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 1 , wherein a distal end portion of the inside handle rod inserted into the rod insertion hole is rotated with a predetermined radius about a rotation axis of the grip housing when the grip housing is rotated.

7. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 6 , wherein the stepped sliding portion of the link lever is moved along the guide hole as the distal end portion of the inside handle rod is operated.

8. The hand grippable inside handle of claim 2 , further comprising:
a return spring coupled between the upper grip handle and the inside housing.

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Ryu Jae-Min
• Seo Yong-Dae

Classifications

• E05B79/16

  characterised by the means for linking the rods to other lock parts, e.g. to levers · CPC title

• E05B85/12 Primary

  Inner door handles · CPC title

• E05B85/18 Primary

  a longitudinal grip part being pivoted about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grip part · CPC title

• E05Y2900/531

  Doors · CPC title

• E05B79/06

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