Structure for outside door handle of vehicles
AssigneeNissan Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorKeita Abe
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Abstract
An outside handle assembly of a vehicle door includes an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door, a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon, a first protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protection bracket comprising an engaging hole configured to receive a key cylinder, and a second protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder, wherein the second protection bracket is coupled to the inner panel of the vehicle door and comprises at least one support contacting the first protection bracket, and wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protection bracket toward the vehicular inner side.
Claims13
An outside handle assembly of a vehicle door having an inner panel and an outer panel, the handle assembly comprising:
- an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door;
- a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon;
- a first protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protection bracket comprising an engaging hole configured to receive a key cylinder;
- and
- a second protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder,
- wherein the second protection bracket is supported by the inner panel of the vehicle door via a second installation bracket, and comprises at least one support contacting the first protection bracket,
- wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protection bracket toward the vehicular inner side and arranged to restrain the key cylinder and the first protection bracket from moving toward the vehicular inner side,
- wherein the outer panel of the vehicle door comprises an installation port configured to receive the handle assembly, and
- wherein the first protection bracket comprises an extension to cover at least a portion of a vehicular inner side periphery of the installation port.
A method to protect an outside door handle assembly of a vehicle door, the method comprising:
- disposing an escutcheon in an outer panel of the vehicle door;
- disposing a handle body at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon;
- disposing a first protection bracket at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon;
- disposing a second protection bracket at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of a key cylinder;
- supporting the second protection bracket to an inner panel of the vehicle door via a second installation bracket;
- contacting the first protection bracket with at least one support of the second protection bracket;
- receiving the outside door handle assembly in an installation port of the outer panel of the vehicle door;
- and
- covering an inner periphery of the installation port with an extension of the first protection bracket,
- wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to restrain the key cylinder and the first protection bracket from moving toward the vehicular inner side.
A handle assembly of a vehicle door having an inner panel and an outer panel, the handle assembly comprising:
- an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door;
- a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon;
- a first means for protecting a key cylinder disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protecting means comprising an engaging hole configured to receive the key cylinder;
- and
- a second means for protecting the key cylinder disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder,
- wherein the second protecting means is supported by the inner panel of the vehicle door via a second installation bracket, and comprises at least one support contacting the first protecting means,
- wherein the second protecting means is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protecting means toward the vehicular inner side and arranged to restrain the key cylinder and the first protecting means from moving toward the vehicular inner side,
- wherein the outer panel of the vehicle door comprises an installation port configured to receive the handle assembly, and
- wherein the first means for protecting the key cylinder comprises an extension to cover at least a portion of a vehicular inner side periphery of the installation port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.