US 11,274,475 B2 · Door-handle system for vehicles

Abstract

A door handle system for actuation of a moveable part of a vehicle with a carrier arrangeable at the inner side of the moveable part, a door handle arrangeable at the outer side of the moveable part by the carrier. The door handle comprises two ends over a longitudinal extension at which connecting means are provided for the arrangement at the carrier respectively, a fasteningelement which serves for the arrangement of the door handle by connecting means at the carrier. The fasteningelement comprises at least one release position and one fixing position and an adjustment element for the adjustment of the fastening element The fastening element retains the door handle at the carrier in a fixing position. The fastening element is configured from two parts, wherein the two parts of the fastening element are coupled to one another.

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Dependent claims

A door handle system for actuation of a moveable part of a vehicle with a carrier which is arrangeable at an inner side of the moveable part, the door handle system comprising:

a door handle arrangeable at an outer side of the moveable part by the carrier and mechanically interacting with the carrier at two ends over a longitudinal extension thereof;
a fastening element having first and second parts coupled to move as one unit between at least one release position and a fixing position and vice versa when coupled;
wherein the second part of the fastening element:
(1) has longitudinal holes and (2) is mounted between wing projections formed on two opposing sides of the carrier;
wherein the first part of the fastening element has projections sized and shaped to fit in the longitudinal holes;
and
an adjustment element having an adjustment screw mechanically connected with the fastening element such that a rotation of the adjustment screw linearly displaces the projections within the longitudinal holes for adjusting the fastening element between the at least one release position and the fixing position.

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A method for the assembly of a door handle system for the actuation of a moveable part of a vehicle with a carrier which is arrangeable in an inner side of the moveable part a door handle arrangeable at an outer side of the moveable part by the carrier and mechanically interacting with the carrier at two ends via a longitudinal extension thereof,

a fastening element having first and second parts coupled to move as one unit between at least one release position and a fixing position and vice versa when coupled,
wherein the second part of the fastening element:
(1) has longitudinal holes and (2) is mounted between wing projections formed on two opposing sides of the carrier;
wherein the first part of the fastening element having with projections sized and shaped to fit in the longitudinal holes;
and
wherein the following steps for the assembly of the door handle system at the moveable part of the vehicle are configured:
a) mounting of the first part and the second part of the fastening element at the carrier and coupling of the first part and the second part to one another, wherein during the coupling of the first and second parts to one another at least the second part is loss-proof retained at the carrier,
b) fixing of the carrier at the inner side of the moveable part,
c) linear introduction of the fastening element from the outer side through openings in the moveable part into the carrier, and
d) formfitting fixation of the door handle by adjustment of the fastening element from the at least one release position into the fixing position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Door-handle system for vehicles

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Door-handle system for vehicles

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