Vehicle door handle assembly for different thickness doors
AssigneeTrimark Corporation
InventorsChristopher M. Lane, Scotty L. Marr
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Abstract
A handle and latch assembly is provided for a vehicle door and includes a housing, a latch on the housing and a handle on the housing. A mounting bracket secures the housing to the door using screws with the door being sandwiched between the housing and the mounting bracket. The mounting bracket can be positioned in multiple orientations to accommodate doors having different thicknesses. The housing includes tapered pins that that press fit onto the mounting bracket to provide a temporary hands-free positioning of the assembly into the door until the mounting screws are installed.
Claims15
A handle assembly for a vehicle door, the handle assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a handle pivotally mounted on the housing to open the door by pivotal movement of the handle;
- a mounting bracket for mounting the housing to a vehicle door, the mounting bracket being mountable to the housing in a first orientation during installation of the handle assembly to a first door so that the mounting bracket is configured to accommodate a thickness of the first door;
- and
- the handle mounting bracket being mountable to the housing in a second orientation during installation of the handle assembly to a second door so that the mounting bracket is configured to accommodate a thickness of the second door;
- wherein the mounting bracket is rotatable during installation between one of the first and second orientations in order to accommodate the thickness of one of the first door and second door;
- and
- the thickness of the first door and the thickness of the second door are different thicknesses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.