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US 11,879,277 B2Granted
Inside handle device
AssigneeAlpha Corporation
InventorsSaeko Tatemichi, Ryuji Minemura, Ryoichi Tanaka
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Abstract
An inside handle device includes a handle base attached to a door panel of a vehicle; a lock lever rotatably supported on the handle base, a stopper portion provided on the handle base and limiting a rotation range of the lock lever, and an impact absorbing portion provided on the handle base and absorbing impact generated by a contact of the lock lever with the stopper portion.
Claims3
An inside handle device comprising:
- a handle base attached to a door panel of a vehicle;
- a lock lever configured to be rotatably supported on the handle base;
- a stopper portion provided on the handle base and configured to limit a rotation range of the lock lever;
- and
- an impact absorbing portion provided on the handle base and configured to absorb an impact generated by a contact of the lock lever with the stopper portion;
- wherein the impact absorbing portion includes a connecting portion and an impact absorbing wall;
- wherein the connecting portion extends in a second direction substantially perpendicular to a first direction in which a general wall portion of the handle base and the impact absorbing wall extend, the connecting portion including one end connected to the general wall portion and another end connected to the impact absorbing wall,
- wherein the impact absorbing wall is disposed apart from the general wall portion along the second direction with a slit therebetween, the impact absorbing wall including one end connected to the connecting portion and a free end opposite the one end,
- wherein the free end is not directly connected to the general wall portion and is movable independent of the general wall portion;
- wherein a wall thickness of the impact absorbing wall is less than a wall thickness of the general wall portion to which it is connected;
- wherein the lock lever is configured to contact a wall surface of the impact absorbing portion;
- wherein the impact absorbing portion includes a first protruding piece portion protruding and extending from the free end of the impact absorbing wall and disposed apart from the general wall portion;
- wherein the stopper portion includes a locking side stopper defining a locking side rotation limit of the lock lever, and the locking side stopper is formed on the first protruding piece portion of the impact absorbing portion;
- and
- wherein the stopper portion includes an unlocking side stopper defining an unlocking side rotation limit of the lock lever, and the unlocking side stopper is formed on the impact absorbing wall of the impact absorbing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.