Outside handle for sliding door
AssigneeKia Motors Corporation
InventorsKi Hwan Jeong, Chi Young Min, Myoung Kwon Je
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Abstract
An outside handle for a sliding door includes a base member, a grip member, and a lever. The base member is mounted on a door panel and has a first hole formed at one end thereof. The grip member is rotatably and slidably mounted to the base member and has a first hook formed at one end thereof, the first hook being inserted into the first hole. The lever is connected to the first hook of the grip member and is positioned in the first hole of the base member to enable rotation and sliding of the lever in response to rotation and sliding of the grip member. The outside handle improves the operation convenience and ease of assembly of outside handles for sliding doors.
Claims5
An outside handle for a sliding door, the outside handle comprising:
- a base member mounted on a door panel and having a first hole formed at one end thereof;
- a grip member rotatably and slidably mounted to the base member and having a first hook formed at one end thereof, the first hook being inserted into the first hole;
- and
- a lever connected to the first hook of the grip member and positioned in the first hole of the base member enabling rotation and sliding of the lever in response to rotation and sliding of the grip member with respect to the base member,
- wherein the first hook has a guide groove formed thereon enabling the lever to rotate and slide laterally along a shaft,
- wherein the first hook is formed in an ‘L’ shape, and the first hook moves the shaft to a direction of movement of the lever when the lever slides in parallel with the sliding door, and
- wherein the lever comprises:
- the shaft rotatably and slidably inserted into the first hole of the base member;
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- a hooked part which protrudes from the shaft in a transverse direction and into which the first hook of the grip member is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.