Door handle assembly
AssigneeKokusan Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKeiichi Shimizu
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Abstract
The invention provides an improved outside door handle assembly comprising a door handle and a door latch releasable operating rod connected pivotably with each other without execution of any mechanical after fabrication of the related parts. For this purpose, a pair of finger projections are provided and made integral by a resin material with the door handle. One of these finger projections bears a return coil spring for the door handle, while the other carries no such spring means. The spring bearing-finger projection comprises two finger elements which are formed with two half bearing recesses for providing jointly a pair of axially staggered bearing halves adapted for pivotably receiving the middle part of a Z-shaped end of the operating rod.
Claims2
An outside door handle assemby comprising:
- a door handle arm made of a plastic resin material and mounted on a door of an automotive vehicle,
- a channel-shaped metal bracket fixedly attached to said door handle arm,
- a pair of finger projections made integral with the said door handle arm,
- a return coil spring mounted on one of said finger projections for resiliently urging said handle arm towards its upper, non-service regular position,
- a pair of pivot pins mounted on said finger projections, one of the said pivot pins mounting the said return coil spring, while the other of the said pivot pins bears no such return coil spring,
- a pair of half round bearing recesses formed on two finger elements extending from said finger projection that mounts the return coil spring, for providing a pair of axially staggered bearing halves that face in opposite directions,
- a door latch operation rod having a Z-shaped rod end, the middle portion of said Z being pivotably mounted on the said spaced, opposed bearing halves, respectively.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.