Inside door opener arrangement
AssigneeDr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
InventorStefan Schmitz
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Abstract
An inside door opener arrangement (99) for a vehicle door has a housing (5) containing a lever (3) that is pivotable about an axis (4) and is connectable to a door lock. The housing (5) has a first fastening element (6) for fastening the housing (5) to a door lining (1) and a second fastening element (9) for fastening the housing (5) to a door structure (11). A sleeve (13) is provided for the door-specific bridging of the distance between the second fastening element (9) and the door structure (11). The sleeve is connected to the housing (5) in the region of the second fastening element (9).
Claims9
An inside door opener arrangement for a vehicle door, comprising:
- a housing containing a lever that is pivotable about an axis and is connectable to a door lock, the housing having a first fastening element for fastening the housing to a door lining and a second fastening element for fastening the housing to a door structure, the second fastening element comprising a receptacle having opposite first and second ends, an inner surface defining a cavity in the receptacle, an outer surface opposite the inner surface, and opposite first and second openings at the respective first and second ends of the second fastening element and communicating with the cavity defined by the inner surface, an attachment screw having a head in the cavity of the receptacle and a shaft passing through the second opening in the receptacle, the inside door opener arrangement further having a sleeve formed separately from the receptacle of the second fastening arrangement and dimensioned to provide door-specific bridging of a distance between the second fastening element and the door structure, the sleeve being mounted over the second end of the receptacle of the second fastening element and extending axially beyond the second end of the receptacle of the second fastening element to a side of the door structure facing the door lining.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.