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US 10,094,150 B2Granted
Vehicle door handle and method to assemble such door handle
AssigneeValeo
InventorsAlberto Gramaglia, Franco Brando
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Abstract
A vehicle door handle includes a lever rotationally mobile between a rest position and a release position, a handle mechanism that allows opening of a vehicle door when actuated by the lever when the lever is in the release position, and an insertable body. The lever and the insertable body include a rolling surface and a pivot forming a hinge around which the lever is rotationally mobile, the lever includes one of the rolling surface and the pivot, and the insertable body includes the other of the rolling surface and the pivot.
Claims5
A vehicle door handle, comprising:
- a lever rotationally mobile between a rest position and a release position;
- a handle mechanism that allows opening of a vehicle door, wherein the handle mechanism is actuated by the lever to open the vehicle door when the lever is rotationally moved to the release position;
- an insertable body comprising a lock body;
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- a guide that guides rotation of the lever on a surface of the insertable body,
- wherein the lever and the insertable body connect to form a hinge around which the lever is rotationally mobile, wherein the hinge is formed by the lever comprising one of a rolling surface or a pivot, and the insertable body comprising the other of the rolling surface or the pivot,
- wherein said lock body comprises an elongated lock mechanism,
- wherein the insertable body comprises a shoulder extending radially from the elongated lock mechanism, wherein the rolling surface is placed on a face of said shoulder opposite to the elongated lock mechanism, and wherein a form of the rolling surface corresponds to a form of the pivot and guides a rolling movement of said pivot, and
- wherein the guide comprises at least one rib at an end of at least one protruding finger cooperating with at least one groove, wherein the at least one rib glides during rotational movement of the lever, and wherein the lever comprises one of the at least one groove and the at least one rib and the insertable body comprises the other of the at least one groove and the at least one rib.
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