Automotive vehicle door handle assembly
AssigneeJaguar Cars Limited
InventorSean Edwards
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Abstract
An interior door handle assembly for locking and releasing a door latch mechanism is connected to the door latch mechanism by a single push/pull operating cable. The latch mechanism has a release lever and a locking lever, the release lever and locking lever being pivotally mounted about axes which are parallel but spaced from one another. The push/pull cable is connected to the locking lever and the locking lever has a formation which, when the latching mechanism is in a latched but unlocked condition will extend into the path of the release lever so that upon movement of the release lever to release the latch mechanism, the formation will be engaged by the release lever to pull the cable. The formation is moved out of the path of the release lever when the locking lever is moved to lock the latch mechanism.
Claims6
An interior door handle assembly for locking and releasing a door latch mechanism using a single push/pull operating linkage between the door handle assembly and the latch mechanism, comprising:
- a release lever pivotally mounted about a first axis;
- a locking lever pivotally mounted about a second axis, the first and second axes being parallel but spaced from one another;
- the release lever being rotatable between a first position in which the latch mechanism is in a latched condition to a second position in which the latch mechanism is in a released condition;
- the locking lever being rotatable between a first position in which the latch mechanism is in a latched but unlocked condition to a second position in which the latch mechanism is in a locked condition;
- a push/pull operating linkage being connected at one end to the locking lever and at the other end to the latch mechanism;
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- a pin disposed on the locking lever and a means disposed on the release lever for engaging the pin wherein the pin engages the release lever only when the locking lever is in the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.