Outer handle device for vehicle door
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock
InventorsAkinori HIDAKA, Isao TODAKA
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Abstract
An outer handle device is provided in which a cylinder lock placed adjacent to an opposite end portion of an outer handle and operatively connected with a latch mechanism is attached to an outer panel, the outer handle having one end portion pivotally supported by the panel. The device includes a base member sandwiched between an outer surface of the panel and the cylinder lock and a bracket which sandwiches the panel between the bracket and the base member, and is fastened to the cylinder lock. In a temporarily mounted state where the base member and the bracket are held by the panel by engagement of the bracket with the base member, the cylinder lock can be inserted from the outer side of the panel into the base member and the bracket.
Claims2
An outer handle device for a vehicle door in which
- an outer handle has one end portion pivotally supported by an outer panel of a door and has an opposite end portion provided with a connection arm portion configured to be connected to and move along with a latch mechanism, thereby allowing transmission of latch release operation power to the latch mechanism, the latch mechanism housed and fixed inside the door such that part of the latch mechanism faces an end wall located at a free end side of the door, and
- a cylinder lock is attached to the outer panel at a position adjacent to the opposite end portion of the outer handle in a longitudinal direction of the outer handle, the cylinder lock being configured to be connected to and move along with the latch mechanism to switch the latch mechanism between a lock state and an unlock state,
- the outer handle device comprising:
- a base member which has a guide portion guiding movement of the connection arm portion and is sandwiched between an outer surface of the outer panel and the cylinder lock;
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- a bracket which is in contact with an inner surface of the outer panel while sandwiching the outer panel between the bracket and the base member, and is fastened to the cylinder lock, wherein
- the base member and the bracket are configured so that
- the base member and the bracket are allowed to be brought to a temporarily mounted state in which the base member and the bracket are held by the outer panel by engagement of the bracket, from an inner side of the outer panel, with the base member which is in contact with the outer surface of the outer panel, and
- the cylinder lock is allowed to be inserted from an outer side of the outer panel into the base member and the bracket which are in the temporarily mounted state, and the bracket is fastened to the cylinder lock inserted in the base member, from a side where the end wall of the door is located.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.