Door handle apparatus

A door handle apparatus configured to be assembled to a door body of a vehicle comprising:

• a door handle body configured to be supported so as to be capable of rotating by the door body;
• a driven member configured to be supported by the door body and driven by an actuator;
• a handle driving mechanism configured in such a manner that in a state in which the driven member is at a first driving position, the door handle body is positioned at a first handle position, and is rotated from the first handle position to a second handle position by the driven member being driven from the first driving position to a second driving position by an operation of the actuator, and in a state in which the driven member is at the second driving position, the door handle body is capable of or incapable of rotating from the second handle position in a first rotating direction when being subjected to an external force in the first rotating direction from the second handle position to the first handle position, and is capable of rotating from the second handle position to a second rotating direction opposite to the first rotating direction when being subjected to an external force in the second rotating direction, and the door handle body is subjected to an urging force in the direction of being restored to the second handle position when rotating from the second handle position by being subjected to the external force;
• a frame configured to be fixed to the door body;
• wherein the door handle body is supported by the frame so as to be capable of rotating;
• the driven member is a cam being supported by the frame so as to be capable of rotating with respect to the frame and having a cam surface on an outer periphery thereof;
• the handle driving mechanism includes a lever supported by the frame so as to be capable of rotating with respect to the frame and engages the door handle body and the cam, a first urging member configured to urge the lever in a third rotating direction, which is a rotating direction of the lever, and a second urging member configured to urge the door handle body in the second rotating direction;
• the lever includes a first engaging portion configured to engage the cam surface on a side surface of the lever facing in the third rotating direction;
• the door handle body includes a second engaging portion configured to engage the side surface of the lever facing in the third rotating direction on a side surface of the door handle body facing in the second rotating direction;
• the first engaging portion of the lever engages the cam surface by an urging force of the first urging member;
• the second engaging portion of the door handle body engages the side surface of the lever facing in the third rotating direction by an urging force of the second urging member;
• in a state in which the cam is at the first driving position, the lever is positioned at a first lever position by an engagement of the first engaging portion of the lever with the cam surface, the door handle body is positioned at the first handle position by an engagement of the second engaging portion of the door handle body with the side surface of the lever being positioned at the first lever position facing in the third rotating direction, the door handle body rotates from the first handle position to the second handle position while the second engaging portion of the door handle body engages the side surface of the lever facing in the third rotating direction by the rotation of the cam from the first driving position to the second driving position by an operation of the actuator;
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• in a state in which the cam is at the second driving position, the second engaging portion of the door handle body moves away from the side surface of the lever facing in the third rotating direction when the door handle body is subjected to an external force in the first rotating direction and is capable of rotating in the first rotating direction from the second handle position against the urging force of the second urging member, and the door handle body is subjected to an urging force in the direction of being restored to the second handle position on the basis of the urging force of the second urging member when rotating from the second handle position in the first rotating direction when being subjected to the external force in the first rotating direction.