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US 2005/0161959 A1Published application
Automobile door handle
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorWalter Belchine
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Abstract
An automobile door handle mechanism has a door handle with a handle arm and a latch lever with a lever arm moved by the handle in an unlatch direction to unlatch a door. The handle arm and lever arm overlap in the unlatch direction to restrict movement of the latch lever in the unlatch direction without movement of the handle.
Claims20
An automobile door handle mechanism comprising:
- a door handle having a handle arm;
- a latch lever having a lever arm engaged with said handle arm for movement of said latch lever by movement of said handle;
- a lever axis about which said latch lever moves;
- and
- a rib on said handle arm and a protrusion on said lever arm restricting movement of said latch lever about said lever axis without movement of said handle.
2 more elements
An automobile door handle mechanism comprising:
- a handle mechanism base;
- a handle pivotally connected to said base about a handle axis;
- a latch lever pivotally connected to said base about a lever axis;
- said handle including a handle arm;
- said latch lever including a lever arm engaged with said handle arm for movement of said latch lever upon movement of said handle;
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- said handle arm and said lever arm configured and engaged to inhibit rotation of said latch lever without movement of said handle.
4 more elements
An automobile door handle mechanism comprising:
- a door handle having a handle arm;
- a latch lever rotatable in an unlatch direction to unlatch a door, said latch lever having a lever arm engaged with said handle arm for rotation thereof in said unlatch direction by movement of said handle;
- and
- said handle arm at least partly overlapping said lever arm in said unlatch direction for restricting movement of said latch lever in said unlatch direction without movement of said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.