Handle apparatus for vehicle door
AssigneeMitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Odahara, Hiroyuki Sakagami
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Abstract
A handle apparatus is provided to a door of a vehicle and inside the vehicle compartment. The handle apparatus includes a handle lever, a locking knob, and cover member. A latch mechanism is released and a door of a vehicle can be opened by operating the handle lever. The locking knob is movable between a lock position and an unlock position by moving a lock operational unit in a specific region. The door gets locked when the locking knob is in the lock position, and the door gets unlocked when the locking knob is in the unlock position. The cover member covers at least a rear region of the specific region in which the lock operational unit can move.
Claims3
A handle apparatus provided in a compartment of a vehicle to a door of the vehicle, comprising:
- a handle lever that enables a releasing operation of a latch mechanism so as to allow the door to be opened;
- a locking knob movable between a lock position and an unlock position based on a movement of a lock operational unit is a specific region, the locking knob switching a locking mechanism to a lock state when in the lock position, thereby imposing a predetermined restriction on the releasing operation of the latch mechanism, while switching the locking mechanism to an unlock state when in the unlock position, thereby canceling the restriction on the releasing operation of the latch mechanism;
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- a cover member that covers at least a rear region of the specific region in which the lock operational unit can move.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.