# US 8,540,293 B2 · Handle configuration

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 8,540,293 B2
- Document ID: US8540293B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/301,289
- Filed: 2007-05-11
- Published: 2009-12-10
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2006-05-18
- Assignees: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG
- Applicants: Dirk Müller; Manfred Rohlfing; Stefan Mönig; Rolf Kamps
- Inventors: Dirk Müller; Manfred Rohlfing; Stefan Mönig; Rolf Kamps
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540293B2

## CPC

- E05B 85/16: a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
- E05B 79/06: Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
- Y10T 292/57: Operators with knobs or handles
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The invention relates to a handle configuration for a door, in particular for a motorized vehicle door, with an outside handle (1) mounted such that it can pivot, which is arranged on the outside on the type of exterior door fuselage (3) that has a concave external handle recess (2), where the outside handle (1) has a first (10) and a second bearing arm (20) arranged on the inside with the first bearing arm (10) mounted around a rotational axis (11), the outside handle (1) has face surfaces (5) in each of the areas of the first (10) and the second bearing arm (20) which face the exterior door fuselage (3) and with a gap (4) that exists between the face surface (5) and the exterior door fuselage (3). According to the invention, it is provided that the outside handle (1) is rotatably mounted in a guideway (12, 31), which is fundamentally matched to the contour of the concavity of the handle recess (2), by means of which a tolerance compensation can be achieved by moving the outside handle (1) along the guideway (12, 31), without a resulting contact of the outside handle (1) with the exterior door fuselage (3).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A gripping device for a door, especially for a vehicle door, comprising a pivotally mounted external grip, which is provided on an exterior side on an outer door shell designed with a grip recess in an inwardly directed, curved fashion, whereby an external grip has an internal first and second bearing arm, the first bearing arm is located on an axis of rotation, the external grip has an abutting face in each area of the first and second bearing arm, the abutting face is turned toward the outer door shell, and there is a gap between the abutting face and the outer door shell, wherein the external grip is rotatably mounted in a guide allowing for movement of at least one of the abutting faces of the external grip in a direction nearly parallel to the outer door shell, whereby tolerance compensation is achievable through linear motion of the first bearing arm of the external grip along the guide without the external grip coming into contact with the outer door shell, wherein said gap remains substantially constant during motion of the external grip, and wherein the guide is fitted to run nearly parallel to each of a contour of the grip recess of the outer door shell and the at least one of the abutting face of the external grip.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein said gap is in the range of between 0.5 mm≦s≦3 mm.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein the second bearing arm is guided on a counter bearing that is provided on a bearing construction on the door side so that for tolerance compensation only the abutting face of the first bearing arm is displaceable along the outer door shell.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein the first bearing arm ends in a bearing fork that is provided with a guide, whereby the guide accepts a bearing journal connected with a support construction on the door side, and the bearing journal forms the axis of rotation.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein the guide has at least on one side a limit stop.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein the guide is made linear or curved.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein the guide is provided on a support construction on the door side, whereby the first bearing arm at least in part is accepted through said guide.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

A gripping device according to claim 7, wherein the first bearing arm has at least one journal which is retained in the guide.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein a direction of the guide is at an angle α to a direction of a vehicle that is between 0°<α<50°.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein a free end of the journal is torus-shaped and thus formed to expand in its cross section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A gripping device according to claim 1, wherein an angle between an imaginary tangent applied to a relevant area of the outer door shell that is turned toward the abutting face at the first bearing arm and a direction of the guide is less than 20°.