Door opening prevention device for vehicle door outer handle
AssigneeKia Motors Corporation
InventorMin-Ho Kim
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Abstract
The present invention provides a door opening prevention device of a vehicle door outer handle. The door opening prevention device includes: a handle base having a lever mounting part; a lever rotatably mounted on the lever mounting part, having a return spring and having a locking slot formed in a shaft of the lever so as to pass through the shaft; a lever cover mounted on the lever mounting part so as to be provided outside the lever and having an elastic rotary member; a locking arm formed in the elastic rotary member, the locking arm being inserted into the locking slot when the elastic rotary member is rotated. The present device can reliably prevent the door from being opened in the event of a broadside collision.
Claims8
A door opening prevention device for a vehicle door outer handle, the device comprising:
- a handle base having a lever mounting part;
- a lever rotatably mounted on the lever mounting part;
- a locking slot formed at one end of a shaft of the lever so as to pass through the shaft;
- a return spring biasing the lever to the handle base rotatably;
- a lever cover mounted on the lever mounting part so as to be provided outside the lever;
- an elastic rotary member being integrally formed with the lever cover at one end so as to rotate with respect to the lever cover;
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- a locking arm formed in the elastic rotary member, the locking arm being inserted into the locking slot when the elastic rotary member is rotated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.