Vehicle door operation device
AssigneeMitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
InventorShigenori Hiramoto
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Abstract
A vehicle door operation device includes an inside handle, a full open unlocking lever for transmitting a closing operation of the inside handle to a full open door latch device, and a full closure unlocking lever for transmitting an opening operation of the inside handle to a full closure door latch device. The inside handle has first and projecting portions, and when the inside handle rotates in a first direction by the closing operation, the first projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full open unlocking lever to enable the full open unlocking lever to operate, whereas when the inside handle rotates in a second direction by the opening operation, the second projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full closure unlocking lever to enable the full closure unlocking lever to operate.
Claims7
A vehicle door operation device comprising:
- a base plate;
- an inside handle supported by the base plate and disposed on an inner side of a door of a vehicle, the inside handle being rotatable about an inside handle axis extending in an up-down direction, the inside handle being rotatable in a first direction in accordance with a closing operation and being rotatable in a second direction in accordance with an opening operation;
- a full open unlocking lever supported by the base plate and configured to transmit the closing operation of the inside handle to a full open door latch device, the full open door latch device being configured to hold the door in a full open position,
- a full closure unlocking lever supported by the base plate configured to transmit the opening operation of the inside handle to a full closure door latch device, the full closure door latch device being configured to hold the door in a full closure position;
- and
- a lever shaft,
- wherein the inside handle comprises a first projecting portion and a second projecting portion which project radially outwards of the inside handle axis,
- wherein when the inside handle rotates in the first direction in accordance with the closing operation, the first projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full open unlocking lever to enable the full open unlocking lever to operate,
- wherein when the inside handle rotates in the second direction in accordance with the opening operation, the second projecting portion is brought into abutment with the full closure unlocking lever to enable the full closure unlocking lever to operate, and
- wherein the full open unlocking lever and the full closure unlocking lever are supported on the lever shaft in such a manner as to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise independently about the lever shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.