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US 7,029,054 B2Granted
Outside handle device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNorikazu Kobayashi, Koichi Hirota
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Abstract
An outside handle device includes a handle portion provided at the outside of a vehicle door, a handle frame fixed to the vehicle door and supporting the handle portion via an arm portion provided on the handle portion. The arm portion is provided with an engaging means, and the handle frame is provided with an engaged means which designates an assembling direction of the arm portion by engaging with the engaging means.
Claims8
An outside handle device comprising:
- a handle frame provided inside a vehicle door
- a handle portion located outside the vehicle door, the handle portion comprising an arm portion possessing a distal end;
- the arm portion of the handle portion extending into the handle frame, with the distal end of the arm portion contacting the handle frame at a position about which the handle portion rotates when the handle portion is rotated to open the vehicle door;
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- first and second members provided at the arm portion of the handle portion and the handle frame, respectively, the first member being located at a location different from the distal end of the arm portion, the second member being in sliding engagement with the first member to define a path of extension of the handle frame,
- wherein an electrical component is accommodated in the handle portion, a first connecting element is pivotably mounted on the arm portion and is electrically connected to the electrical component, and a second connecting element is provided at the handle frame and is in electrical engagement with the first connecting element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.