Vehicle door handle device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9708838-B2
Application number	US-201314388335-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2013
Priority date	Mar 28, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle door handle device, including: a frame fixable on a vehicle door panel inner side, the frame having a supporting hole; a link including a shaft section pivotably supported in the supporting hole, the link being configured to be rotated and biased by a biasing member to one side; and an outer handle mountable on the door panel, the outer handle including an engaging portion to be engaged on the link, the outer handle being configured to pivot the link through the engaging portion against a rotational biasing force of the biasing member. The shaft section includes: a groove portion and a guide portion in the shaft section to extend in an extending direction of the groove portion. The frame includes a groove engaging portion insertable through the groove portion, and an opening to enable the guide portion to be inserted through the opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle door handle device, comprising:
a frame configured to be fixed on a vehicle inner side of a door panel of a vehicle door, the frame having a supporting hole and a supporting portion formed therein;
a link comprising a shaft section pivotably supported between the supporting hole and the supporting portion of the frame, the link being pivotably assembled to the frame through intermediation of the shaft section, and configured to be rotated and biased by a biasing member to one side; and
an outer handle configured to be mounted on the door panel, the outer handle comprising an engaging portion to be engaged on the link, the outer handle being configured to pivot the link through intermediation of the engaging portion against a rotational biasing force of the biasing member,
wherein the shaft section comprises:
a groove portion recessed in one end portion of the shaft section in a rotation axis direction of the shaft section so as to extend to another end portion side of the shaft section from a closed end side of the groove portion in a direction transverse to the rotation axis of the shaft section to an open end side of the groove portion; and
a pair of guide portions formed in an outer peripheral surface of the shaft section so as to extend in an extending direction of the groove portion,

the frame comprises:
a groove engaging portion insertable through the groove portion from a direction different from the rotation axis direction; and
an opening formed continuously with the supporting hole so as to enable the pair of guide portions to be inserted through the opening from the direction different from the rotation axis direction, and

wherein under a state in which the shaft section is supported in the supporting hole, the groove portion and the opening extend in different directions.

2. A vehicle door handle device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the shaft section comprises a first shaft portion having the groove portion formed therein, and a second shaft portion having the pair of guide portions formed therein, the second shaft portion being formed adjacent to the first shaft portion in the rotation axis direction, and
wherein the supporting hole comprises a first supporting hole for supporting the first shaft portion, and a second supporting hole for supporting the second shaft portion.

3. A vehicle door handle device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the groove portion of the first shaft portion comprises a first wall portion and a second wall portion that are opposed to each other, and
wherein under a state in which the link is assembled to the frame, the first wall portion and the second wall portion hold the groove engaging portion between the first wall portion and the second wall portion in a direction different from a direction in which the second shaft portion passes through the opening, to thereby restrict movement of the first shaft portion in the direction different from the direction in which the second shaft portion passes through the opening.

4. A vehicle door handle device according to claim 3 , wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are formed in the groove portion so as to allow the groove engaging portion to pass through the groove portion in the same direction as the direction in which the second shaft portion passes through the opening.

5. A vehicle door handle device according to claim 3 , wherein the groove portion comprises a connection portion continuously formed between the first wall portion and the second wall portion so as to connect the first wall portion and the second wall portion to each other.

6. A vehicle door handle device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a locking claw formed on the frame, and configured to restrict rotation of the link by a biasing force of the biasing member through locking on the link when the outer handle is out of operation, to thereby retain the link at a temporary retention position under a state in which the extending direction of the groove portion is different from a direction in which the shaft section is inserted into the supporting hole.

Assignees

• Aisin Seiki

Inventors

• Nagata Koichi
• Sakamoto Mizuya

Classifications

• E05B85/14

  Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing · CPC title

• Y10T292/57

  Operators with knobs or handles · CPC title

• E05B79/08

  Mounting of individual lock elements in the lock, e.g. levers · CPC title

• E05B17/0012

  for lock parts held in place before or during mounting on the wing · CPC title

• 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