# US 8,783,743 B2 · Outside handle assembly of vehicle

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- Number: US 8,783,743 B2
- Document ID: US8783743B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/175,647
- Filed: 2011-07-01
- Published: 2012-05-03
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2010-11-03
- Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company
- Applicants: Hoo Sang Park; Sang Hoon Gweon; Suk Dong Park
- Inventors: Hoo Sang Park; Sang Hoon Gweon; Suk Dong Park
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8783743B2

## 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
- E05B 77/06: by means of inertial forces
- Y10T 292/57: Operators with knobs or handles
- E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

An outside handle assembly of a vehicle includes a handle grip having a pivot end at one end thereof and an operating lever at the other end thereof, and a handle base located in a door panel and coupled to the handle grip that can be pulled by a user. Here, an initial setting lever is mounted at a rear side of the handle base. A balance weight mounted at the rear side of the handle base by the medium of a return spring is moved in an open direction to be hooked and locked by the initial setting lever. Also, the operating lever of the handle grip has a perpendicularly-bent end at the end thereof such that the operating lever is inserted into the handle base without an interference with the balance weight.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An outside handle assembly of a vehicle comprising:
a handle grip including a pivot end at one end thereof and an operating lever at the other end thereof; and
a handle base located in a door panel and coupled to the handle grip that can be pulled by a user, wherein:
an initial setting lever is disposed at a rear side of the handle base;
a balance weight mounted at the rear side of the handle base and biased by a return spring toward an open direction to be hooked and locked by the initial setting lever; and
the operating lever of the handle grip has a perpendicularly-bent end such that the operating lever is inserted into the handle base without an interference with the balance weight;
wherein a pushing end is integrally formed at a rear side of the initial setting lever; and
wherein when the pushing end of the initial setting lever is pushed, the initial setting lever is separated from the balance weight.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The outside handle assembly of claim 1, wherein a projecting part is formed at a rear portion of the balance weight, and a locking hook for hooking the projecting part is integrally formed at the initial setting lever.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The outside handle assembly of claim 1, wherein the pushing end is integrally formed at a rear side of the initial setting lever based on a location where a locking hook is formed.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The outside handle assembly of claim 1, wherein, when the initial setting lever is unlocked, the balance weight is pivoted to an original position by a resilient force of the return spring to allow a rear side of a pullback lever of the balance weight to be detachably hooked by an outer surface of a perpendicularly-bent end of the operating lever.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The outside handle assembly of claim 1, wherein a stopper contacting an outer surface of a bent end of the handle grip is integrally formed at an inner portion of the handle base to limit a forward pullback distance of the handle grip.