US 2020/0048938 A1Published application

Door for a vehicle

AssigneeBombardier Recreational Products Inc.

InventorsDavid LAROCHE, Dave PROULX

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Abstract

A door and a vehicle including the door are disclosed. The door includes a door body; a latch movable between locked and unlocked positions; a first handle accessible from an exterior side of the body; a second handle accessible from an interior side of the body; and a rod connecting the latch and the handles, the handles rotating about a common axis, the first handle being rotatable between a first and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third and a fourth position, the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position, the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A door for a vehicle, comprising:

a door body;
a latch connected to the door body, the latch being selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a shaft connected to the door body;
a first handle rotatably connected to the door body, the first handle being accessible from an exterior side of the door body;
a second handle rotatably connected to the door body, the second handle being accessible from an interior side of the door body,
the first handle and the second handle being rotatably disposed on the shaft;
and
a rod connected between the latch and at least one of the first handle and the second handle,
the first handle and the second handle rotating about a common rotation axis about the shaft,
the first handle being rotatable between a first position and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third position and a fourth position,
the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position,
the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position and the second handle is in any position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position and the first handle is in any position,
when the door is pivotably mounted to the vehicle:
the locked position of the latch preventing the door from pivoting with respect to the vehicle when the door is in a closed position,
the unlocked position of the latch allowing the door to pivot with respect to the vehicle.

12 more elements

A vehicle comprising:

a frame;
two front wheels operatively connected to the frame;
two rear wheels operatively connected to the frame;
at least one seat connected to the frame;
a motor connected to the frame, the motor being operatively connected to at least one of:
the two front wheels;
and
the two rear wheels;
and
at least one door connected to the frame, the at least one door including:
a door body;
a latch connected to the door body, the latch being selectively movable between a locked position and an unlocked position;
a first handle rotatably connected to the door body, the first handle being located on an exterior side of the vehicle;
a second handle rotatably connected to the door body, the second handle being located on an interior of the vehicle;
and
a rod connected between the latch and at least one of the first handle and the second handle,
the first handle and the second handle rotating about a common rotation axis,
the first handle being rotatable between a first position and a second position, the second handle being rotatable between a third position and a fourth position, the latch being in the locked position when the first handle is in the first position and the second handle is in the third position,
the latch being in the unlocked position when the first handle is in the second position and the second handle is in any position, the latch being in the unlocked position also when the second handle is in the fourth position and the first handle is in any position,
the locked position of the latch preventing the at least one door from pivoting with respect to the vehicle when the door is in a closed position,
the unlocked position of the latch allowing the at least one door to pivot with respect to the vehicle,
the first handle being operatively connected to the second handle such that rotation of one of the first handle and the second handle causes an other one of the first handle and the second handle to rotate;
the first handle being in the first position when the second handle is in the third position,
the first handle being in the second position when the second handle is in the fourth position,
the first handle and the second handle having a fixed relative orientation to each other such that rotation of the one of the first and second handles causes an equal rotation of the other one of the first and second handles.

22 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/495,909Filed 14 Sep 2017
Priority: 20 Mar 2017
Published: 13 Feb 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

E05B 79/06
Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof: mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
E05B 3/02
Fastening knobs or handles to lock or latch parts: fastening knobs or handles to the spindle by pinning or riveting
E05B 79/12
Connections between movable lock parts: using connecting rods
E05B 85/10
Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00: handles