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US 7,598,469 B2Granted
Vehicle door handle device
AssigneeAisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTetsurou Tanimoto, Kouichi Nagata, Masaki Nishikawa, Noriyasu Onishi, Osamu Kondo, Hajime Emura
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Abstract
A vehicle door handle device includes: an electric part which is received within an internal space formed within a door handle so as to form a gap between the electric part and an inner surface of the door handle; and an elastic member which is fixed to the electric part, and is pressed against the inner surface of the door handle.
Claims16
A vehicle door handle device comprising:
- a handle body;
- a handle cover attached to the handle body;
- an electric part disposed in an internal space formed by the handle body and the handle cover, the electric part having a first face facing one of the handle body and the handle cover and a second face facing the other of the handle body and the handle cover so that a gap exists between the second face and the other of the handle body and the handle cover;
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- a first elastic member disposed within the gap at a grip portion of the vehicle door handle device, the first elastic member contacting the second face of the electric part, and pressed against an inner surface of both the other of the handle body and the handle cover and the second face of the electric part within the internal space.
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A vehicle door handle device comprising:
- a door handle including a handle body, a handle cover, and a hinge arm portion formed at one end of the door handle and pivotally mounted relative to a door outer panel via the hinge arm portion;
- an electric part disposed in an internal space formed by the handle body and the handle cover, the electric part having a first face facing one of the handle body and the handle cover and a second face facing the other of the handle body and the handle cover so that a gap exists between the second face and the other of the handle body and the handle cover;
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- a first elastic member disposed within the gap at a grip portion of the vehicle door handle device, the first elastic member contacting the second face of the electric part, and pressed against an inner surface of both the other of the handle body and the handle cover and the second face of the electric part within the internal space.
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A vehicle door handle device comprising:
- a handle body;
- a handle cover attached to the handle body;
- an electric part disposed in an internal space formed by the handle body and the handle cover, the electric part having a first face facing one of the handle body and the handle cover and a second face facing the other of the handle body and the handle cover so that a gap exists between the second face and the other of the handle body and the handle cover;
- an elastic member disposed within the internal space at a grip portion of the vehicle door handle device,
- wherein the elastic member is entirely disposed between an inner surface of the other of the handle body and the handle cover and the second face of the elastic member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.