Outside door handle automatic locking device for automobiles
AssigneeHyundai Motor Company
InventorSun Won Kang
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Abstract
The present invention provides an outside door handle automatic locking device for automobiles which includes supports that are placed on both sides of the upper portion of a housing, levers, placed on both sides of a handle and inwards from the supports, which, because of being fixed to a hinge shaft, are able to rotate. Also, an elastic member is formed on the hinge shaft that keeps the outside handle in its original position through its elasticity. Additionally, placed on a fixed location on one of the levers is a rotating member that rotates when the vehicle receives a side impact from a collision. A hook portion is also offered which is fixed toward the outside of the rotating member and catches the rotating member when it rotates past its fixed rotation.
Claims6
An automatic locking device for an outside handle of an automobile door comprising:
- a housing including a pair of spaced supports;
- a hinge shaft supported by the supports;
- a pair of spaced levers for supporting the outside handle for pivotal movement about the hinge shaft between open and closed positions;
- an elastic member supported on the hinge shaft for biasing the outside handle to the closed position;
- a rotating member fixed to one of said levers for rotation in response to an impact from a side collision;
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- a hook portion formed on a surface of a support and disposed to engage the rotating member upon its rotation in response to a side impact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.