Vehicle door handle unit
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorHidehiro Ito
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Abstract
Vehicle door handle unit includes: a handle shaft rotatably mounted on a vehicle door; a handle section pivotably mounted on the handle shaft; and a detection section for detecting locking/unlocking operation of the vehicle door or opening/closing-related operation including opening/closing operation of the vehicle door. The handle shaft includes first and second handle shaft members axially spaced apart from each other, and the detection section is provided between the first and second handle shaft members. Not only the vehicle door handle unit can be suitably applied to small vehicles etc. of which the vehicle door can only have a limited thickness, but also it can have a good usability.
Claims11
A vehicle door handle unit comprising:
- a handle shaft rotatably mounted on a vehicle door;
- a handle section pivotably mounted on said handle shaft;
- a lever extending from the handle section;
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- a detection section for detecting locking/unlocking operation of the vehicle door or opening/closing-related operation including opening/closing operation of the vehicle door,
- wherein said handle shaft comprises first and second handle shaft members axially spaced apart from each other, and said detection section is provided axially between said first and second handle shaft members, and
- wherein each handle shaft member is supported by two support portions that extend outwardly from an outer door-side concave section of the vehicle door and the outer door-side concave section has an opening between each pair of support portions, said lever extending through one of the openings to operatively connect the handle section to a vehicle latch mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.