# US 5,706,554 A · Handle fitting, which can be inserted into an opening in a door, particularly a motor-vehicle door

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- Number: US 5,706,554 A
- Document ID: US5706554A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/563,267
- Filed: 1995-11-27
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1994-12-02
- Assignees: Ewald Witte GmbH & Co. KG
- Inventors: Edvard Ruckert; Norbert Schmitz-Kruger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5706554A

## CPC

- E05B 85/16: a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
- E05B 9/084: {Fastening of lock cylinders, plugs or cores}
- E05B 79/06: Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
- E05B 85/18: a longitudinal grip part being pivoted about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
- Y10T 292/57: Operators with knobs or handles
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A handle fitting (1) with displaceable actuating handle (10) which fitting can be inserted into an opening in a door (2), particularly the door of a motor vehicle, and fastened by means of a holding member (15). In order to fix the handle fitting in position exclusively from the outside of the door, the holding member (15) is movable into the holding position by displacement of the actuating handle (10)

## Claims

### Claim 1

A handle fitting comprising a displaceable actuating handle and a holding member;
wherein the fitting can be inserted into an opening in a door, in particular the door of a motor vehicle, and be fastened by means of the holding member;
the fitting has a release position permitting insertion of the fitting into the opening, and a holding position for retaining the fitting in the opening, the retaining of the fitting in the door opening being accomplished by a gripping of an edge of the door opening upon insertion of the fitting in the door opening;
the holding member is movable, from the release position into the holding position by a sliding over the door opening in response to a displacement of the actuating handle, and the holding member remains in the holding position upon subsequent movement of the actuating handle.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A handle fitting according to claim 1, further comprising a tool insertion opening for receiving a tool, the tool insertion opening facing the holding member and being located, upon insertion of the fitting into the door, on an inner side of the door, wherein the tool serves, upon insertion into the tool insertion opening, for moving the holding member back into the release position.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A handle fitting according to claim 1, further comprising detent means for securing the holding member in the holding position.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A handle fitting according to claim 1, further comprising
a handle trough facing outwardly from and in front of the door upon insertion of the fitting into the door, the actuating handle being located in the trough;
a swing shaft located adjacent an edge of the trough and connecting with the actuation handle to enable a pivoting of said actuation handle relative to the fitting;
wherein the holding member is configured as a slide which surrounds a rear surface of the handle trough and is displaceable transversely to the swing shaft of the actuating handle, one end of which slide passes, upon an angling-in of the handle fitting relative to the door opening, into engagement behind an outer plate of the door while the other end thereof passes by displacement of the slide into the holding position, in such a manner that both said ends of the slide assume a position engaged behind the door outer plate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

A handle fitting according to claim 4, further comprising at least one projection, firmly attached to the swing shaft, for urging the displacement of the slide into the holding position upon the pivoting of the actuating handle.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

A handle fitting according to claim 4, wherein ends of the slide rest under tension against a rear surface of the outer plate of the door.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

A handle fitting according to claim 4, further comprising a detent projection extending from a back side of the handle trough to enable relative motion between the detent projection and the slide during translation of the slide;
wherein the slide has a slide-side tongue and a central opening into which the slide-side tongue extends for cooperation with the detent projection which has gable bevels.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

A handle fitting according to claim 1, wherein the door has an outer plate, the fitting further comprising
a handle trough facing outwardly from and in front of the door upon insertion of the fitting into the door, the actuating handle being located in the trough, the fitting further comprising holding projections;
wherein the holding member is developed as a one-arm swing lever which rests on the rear surface of the handle trough of the handle fitting and which, by the holding projections, engages behind the rear of the outer plate of the door in the holding position.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

A handle fitting according to claim 8, wherein the actuating handle has a stop member, the fitting further comprising a drive projection arranged opposite the holding projections, and which lies within the region of swing of the stop member of the actuating handle, the stop member being arranged on the inner side of the door.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

A handle fitting according to claim 8, wherein the door opening is located in the door outer plate, the fitting further comprising
a handle-fitting front plate located on an outside of the door outer plate and covering a perimeter of the door opening upon insertion of the fitting into the door opening;
handle-trough-side extension arms rigidly secured to the trough:
an insertion slot formed between the handle-fitting front plate and handle-trough-side extension arms for enabling emplacement of the handle fitting within the door opening of the door outer plate and in position opposite the holding projections.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

A handle fitting according to claim 8, further comprising means for positioning the swing lever behind the trough, said positioning means permitting a sliding of said swing lever relative to said trough;
wherein a sliding movement of the swing lever carries the projections to a position of detent engagement with the door outer plate in a holding position of the swing lever.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

A handle fitting according to claim 8, further comprising arcuate slot guides disposed within the swing lever for guiding the swing lever during a movement relative to the trough.

### Claim 13 (depends on 8)

A handle fitting according to claim 8, further comprising a lock cylinder, and wherein the handle fitting and/or its lock cylinder is fixed in position by the holding member.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

A handle fitting according to claim 13, wherein the holding member enters into a blocking partial surrounding of the lock cylinder.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

A handle fitting according to claim 13, wherein the holding member is movably borne by the lock cylinder.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

A handle fitting according to claim 13, wherein
the actuation handle has a handle fitting including a projection head of the actuating handle, the projection head being movable upon movement of the actuating handle within a region of movement; and
the holding member can be inserted, together with the lock cylinder, into the handle fitting in such a manner that the holding member lies within the region of movement of a projection of the actuating handle.

### Claim 17 (depends on 15)

A handle fitting according to claim 15, wherein the holding member associated with the lock cylinder can be pushed through an opening in the handle fitting.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

A handle fitting according to claim 16, wherein the holding member has lateral supporting projections which pass through insertion slots and, in the position displaced by the actuating handle, rest on shoulders of the handle fitting.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

A handle fitting according to claim 16, wherein
the handle fitting has a passage cross section with a slot;
the handle fitting has a locking step; and
the holding member has a deflectable tongue which can be introduced through the slot in the passage cross section to engage in position of the holding member displaced by the actuating handle, behind the locking step of the handle fitting.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

A handle fitting according to claim 19, wherein
the tongue has a detent position for securing the handle fitting to the door;
the door has an insertion place for receipt of a tool; and
the tongue can be bent out of its detent position by the tool upon insertion of the tool into the door.