Motor vehicle interior door handle assemblies with helical cam and/or inertia interlock
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDaniel J. Osterhoff, Jackson Wright
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Abstract
Interior door handle assemblies are provided for motor vehicles. An exemplary interior door handle assembly may include a helical cam, an inertia interlock, or both. The helical cam may be provided at an interface between a handle and a cam slider of the interior door handle assembly and may be configured for converting a user-actuated rotation of the handle to linear displacement of the cam slider. The inertia interlock may substantially prevent a non-user actuated inertial rotation of the handle that can result from acceleration forces acting on the assembly.
Claims22
An interior door handle assembly for a motor vehicle, the interior door handle assembly comprising:
- a door handle;
- a cam slider;
- and
- a helical cam assembly provided at an interface between the door handle and the cam slider, the helical cam assembly being configured to convert a rotational movement of the door handle into a linear translation of the cam slider, wherein the helical cam assembly includes a helical cam surface that extends along a helical path.
(canceled)
An interior door handle assembly for a motor vehicle, the interior door handle assembly comprising:
- a chassis;
- a door handle pivotably connected to the chassis;
- an inertia lock paddle pivotably connected to the door handle;
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- an inertia interlock configured to prevent an inertial rotation of the door handle when an acceleration force acts on the interior door handle assembly.
(canceled)
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door;
- and
- an interior door handle assembly secured to the door and including a helical cam assembly having a helical cam surface that extends along a helical path, an inertia interlock, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.