Free floating paddle actuation system
AssigneeTrimark Corporation
InventorsJayden Burns, David L. Root, Alexander C. Everett, Jennifer L Bearman
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Abstract
A free floating paddle handle assembly is provided for a vehicle door having a latch. The handle assembly includes a housing with a pivotal paddle on the front and a logic assembly on the back. The handle can be pulled from its neutral or rest position to an actuated position so as to rotate the logic assembly when a lock cylinder is unlocked so as to release the latch. When the lock cylinder is locked, the paddle free floats and does not move the logic assembly, such that the logic assembly is inoperative and the latch remains closed.
Claims24
An improved paddle handle assembly for a vehicle having a latch movable between latched and unlatched positions, comprising:
- a housing having interior and exterior sides;
- a paddle pivotally mounted on the exterior side of the housing for movement between rest and actuated positions;
- a logic assembly on the interior side of the housing;
- the logic assembly including:
- a driven plate pivotally mounted on the housing and being connected to the latch;
- a drive plate pivotally mounted on the driven plate;
- a lock arm pivotally mounted on the housing for movement between locked and unlocked positions;
- a drive arm connected to the paddle;
- whereby when the lock arm is in the unlocked position and the paddle is moved from the rest position to the actuated position, the paddle rotates the drive arm, which engages the drive plate so as to pivot the driven plate so as to unlatch the latch;
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- whereby when the lock arm is in the locked position, the drive plate is pivoted out of engagement with the drive arm such that the driven plate remains stationary when the paddle is moved from the rest position to the actuated position so that the latch remains latched.
A free floating paddle handle assembly for a vehicle door having a latch movable between open and closed positions, comprising:
- a housing having front and back sides;
- a paddle pivotally mounted on the front side of the housing;
- a logic assembly on the back side of the housing;
- the logic assembly including:
- a driven plate pivotally mounted on the housing and being connected to the latch;
- a drive plate pivotal :1y mounted on the driven plate;
- a lock arm pivotally mounted on the housing for movement between locked and unlocked positions;
- wherein the drive plate and driven plate are connected so as to both pivot in unison when the paddle is pulled and the lock arm is unlocked so as to open the latch;
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- wherein the drive plate and driven plate are connected and both remain stationary when the paddle is pulled and the lock arm is locked so that the latch remains closed.
The free floating paddle handle assembly of claim .14 whereby the drive arm does not engage the drive plate when the lock arm is locked.
An improved paddle handle assembly for a vehicle having a latch movable between open and closed positions, comprising:
- a housing having interior and exterior sides and having a lock cylinder;
- a paddle pivotally mounted on the exterior side of the housing for movement between open and closed positions;
- a logic assembly on the interior side of the housing and operatively connected to the latch;
- the paddle actuating the logic assembly when the lock cylinder is unlocked so as to open the latch;
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- the paddle free floating without actuating any component of the logic assembly when the lock cylinder is locked such that the latch remains closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.