Hand grippable inside handle
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
InventorsJae-Min Ryu, Yong-Dae Seo
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides a hand grippable inside handle. Some forms of the present disclosure may include an upper grip handle and a lower grip handle which are coupled to an inner side of a door of a vehicle, a grip type inside handle having an upper portion engaged with the upper grip handle and a lower portion engaged with the lower grip handle, and an inside handle rod installed inside the grip type inside handle and configured to pivot with the grip type inside handle about an axis in a length direction when the grip type inside handle is pivoted, thereby operating a latch device of the door.
Claims8
A hand grippable inside handle, comprising:
- an upper grip handle and a lower grip handle, both coupled to an inner side of a door of a vehicle;
- a grip inside handle including:
- an upper portion engaged with the upper grip handle,
- a lower portion engaged with the lower grip handle, and
- a grip housing forming a user graspable exterior appearance and an inner space;
- and
- an inside handle rod installed in the inner space of the grip housing and configured to be rotated with the grip housing, wherein the grip housing is rotated on an axis penetrating the inner space of the grip housing along a longitudinal direction of the grip housing,
- wherein the rotation of the grip inside handle causes a movement along a substantially straight line of an upper end of the inside handle rod, such that a latch device of the door operates,
- wherein:
- the upper end of the inside handle rod is inserted into the upper grip handle and is engaged with a link lever to which a door latch cable connected to the latch device is coupled;
- and
- the hand grippable inside handle further includes an inside handle bracket coupled to a door trim and configured to guide the link lever, and
- wherein:
- a rod coupler with a rod insertion hole configured to receive the inside handle rod is formed at one side of the link lever;
- and
- each of upper and lower ends of the rod coupler is configured as a stepped sliding portion having a narrow width, and the sliding portions are inserted into guide holes formed in the inside handle bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.