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US 2018/0209181 A1Published application
Handle system & mechanism for a vehicle rolling door
AssigneeTransglobal Ltd.
InventorsMark A. Schroeder, Keith E. Dunbar
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Abstract
A handle system and mechanism for a vehicle rolling door is disclosed. The system has an inside handle with a handle portion and a shank portion. The system also has a selectively rotatable swing plate. The swing plate selectively contacts the shank portion of the inside handle to assist in opening the door. The swing plate can also contact a stop plate. An outside handle is also provided.
Claims12
A handle mechanism for a vehicle rolling door, comprising:
- a selectively rotatable inside handle having a tapered oval handle portion and a shank portion unitarily formed with the handle portion, wherein the shank portion has a first cable aperture, a mounting stud receiving plate and a cable eye with a second cable aperture;
- a selectively rotatable swing plate having a mounting stud aperture, said aperture defined by two parallel straight sides and two curvilinear sides, said swing plate having an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein said swing plate lower edge selectively contacts an intersection of said cable eye and said mounting stud receiving plate;
- an outside handle having a handle stud;
- a stationary stop plate having a handle stud aperture, the stop plate having a tab to selectively receive said upper edge of said swing plate;
- a mounting stud located over said handle stud to lock the mounting stud to the handle stud, wherein the mounting stud has a first outer surface with two flats separated by curvilinear surfaces and a second threaded outer surface, wherein the mounting stud extends through said mounting stud aperture in said swing plate to lock said mounting stud to said swing plate.
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A system for a vehicle rolling door, comprising:
- a selectively rotatable inside handle having a handle portion and a shank portion, wherein the shank portion has a first cable aperture, a mounting stud receiving plate and a cable eye with a second cable aperture;
- a selectively rotatable swing plate having a mounting stud aperture, said aperture having two parallel straight sides and two curvilinear sides, said swing plate having an upper edge and a lower edge, wherein said swing plate lower edge selectively contacts an intersection of said cable eye and said mounting stud receiving plate;
- an outside handle having a handle stud;
- a stationary stop plate having a handle stud aperture, the stop plate having a tab to selectively receive said upper edge of said swing plate;
- a mounting stud located over said handle stud to lock the mounting stud to the handle stud, wherein the mounting stud has a first outer surface with two flats separated by curvilinear surfaces and a second threaded outer surface, wherein the mounting stud extends through said mounting stud aperture in said swing plate to lock said mounting stud to said swing plate;
- a first end of a first cable attached to said shank portion through said first cable aperture, and a second end of said second cable attached to a first locking pin;
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- a first end of a second cable attached to said shank portion through said cable eye and a second end of said second cable attached to a second locking pin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.