Handle device for vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12385295-B2
Application number	US-202318526694-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 1, 2023
Priority date	Jun 4, 2021
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

A door handle device for a vehicle includes a handle base fixed to a door of a vehicle, and an operation handle rotatably coupled to the handle base. The operation handle includes a coupling protruding portion that is provided at an end portion on a rotation center side of the operation handle. The handle base includes an elastically deformable elastic piece that is adjacent to the coupling protruding portion. Movement of the operation handle toward a rotation tip end is restricted by elastically engaging a stopper protruding portion formed on any one of the coupling protruding portion and the elastic piece with a stopper fitting portion formed on the other by using elastic deformation of the elastic piece. Movement of the elastic piece in a disengagement direction of the stopper protruding portion is restricted by a clip mounted on the handle base.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A door handle device for a vehicle comprising:
a handle base fixed to a door of a vehicle; and
an operation handle rotatably coupled to the handle base,
wherein the operation handle includes a coupling protruding portion that is provided at an end portion on a rotation center side of the operation handle,
wherein the handle base includes an elastically deformable elastic piece that is adjacent to the coupling protruding portion,
wherein movement of the operation handle toward a rotation tip end is restricted by elastically engaging a stopper protruding portion formed on any one of the coupling protruding portion and the elastic piece with a stopper fitting portion formed on the other by using elastic deformation of the elastic piece, and
wherein movement of the elastic piece in a disengagement direction of the stopper protruding portion is restricted by a clip mounted on the handle base.

2. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the clip is elastically locked to the handle base and maintained in a mounted state.

3. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the clip includes a restraining piece configured to restrain movement of the elastic piece in a mounted state, and
wherein the handle base is provided with clip-restricting walls configured to sandwich the restraining piece of the clip in cooperation with the coupling protruding portion.

4. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,
wherein the clip is movable between a restraint position configured to restrain the movement of the elastic piece and a restraint release position, and is temporarily held at the restraint release position.

5. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 4 ,
wherein the clip is rotatably coupled to the handle base between the restraint release position and the restraint position at a coupling shaft portion.

6. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 5 ,
wherein the handle base is provided with a shaft holding portion configured to rotatably hold the coupling shaft portion of the clip, and
wherein the shaft holding portion and the coupling shaft portion are provided with a detent stop portion configured to detent-stop the clip at the restraint release position at a predetermined angle.

Assignees

• Alpha Corp

Inventors

• TATEMICHI Saeko
• Tanaka Ryoichi

Classifications

• E05B85/16

  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 Primary

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