Door handle device for vehicle
AssigneeAlpha Corporation
InventorRyoya OKUMA
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A door handle device for a vehicle includes a handle body configured to be rotationally operated, an output lever configured to be operated in a plane parallel to a rotation axis of the handle body, a clutch member; and a detection member. The clutch member is configured to move translationally in a plane parallel to an operating surface of the output lever, configured to be driven by the handle body in a rotational operation direction of the handle body, and configured to move between a connected location and a disconnected location along a rotation axis of the handle body.
Claims7
A door handle device for a vehicle comprising:
- a handle body configured to be rotationally operated;
- an output lever configured to be operated in a plane parallel to a rotation axis of the handle body;
- a clutch member;
- and
- a detection member,
- wherein the clutch member is configured to move translationally in a plane parallel to an operating surface of the output lever, configured to be driven by the handle body in a rotational operation direction of the handle body, and configured to move between a connected location and a disconnected location along a rotation axis of the handle body,
- wherein the detection member is configured to be biased toward a protruding position side and translationally movable between a protruding position and a retracted position, and configured to drive the clutch member from a connected position to a disconnected position as the detection member moves from the protruding position to the retracted position,
- wherein a first connection section is formed between the clutch member and the handle body,
- wherein a second connection section is formed between the clutch member and the output lever,
- wherein a clutch portion is formed on any one of the first connection section and the second connection section, and
- wherein the connection of the clutch portion is released as the clutch member moves to the disconnected position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.