Vehicle door handle assembly

A transmission mechanism for a vehicle door handle, the vehicle door handle comprising a handle lever, movable between a flushing position being flush with an exterior door panel surface and a ready position protruding and graspable by a user, the transmission mechanism being configured to be attached on one side to the handle lever and on another side to an electric motor, the transmission mechanism comprising:

• a lever shaft, configured to be connected to the handle lever, a rotation of which causes motion of the handle lever between the flushing and ready positions;
• a reduction mechanism, configured to adapt an output torque of the electric motor into a rotational motion of the lever shaft, comprising a first reduction stage and a second reduction stage, each having a worm drive, the worm drive of the first reduction stage comprising a first worm and a first worm gear, and the worm drive of the second reduction stage having a second worm and another worm gear rotationally coupled to the lever shaft;
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• a brake mechanism frictionally engaging a rotating element of one of the reduction stages of the reduction mechanism when the lever shaft reaches a rotational braking position comprised between the flush and ready positions of the handle lever, to stop the lever shaft in a position in which the handle lever is in the ready position,
• wherein the brake mechanism comprises a braking pad and the lever shaft comprises a radially protruding finger, the radially protruding finger and the braking pad being configured so that when the lever shaft reaches a rotational position corresponding to the braking position of the handle lever, the radially protruding finger presses the braking pad against the rotating element of one of the reduction stages of the reduction mechanism, and
• wherein the first worm gear of the first reduction stage comprises an axial cylindrical protrusion, against which the braking pad is pressed when the handle lever reaches the braking position.