Door handle assembling construction

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6719336
  • Patent Number
    6,719,336
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, June 27, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 13, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A door handle assembling construction includes a grip portion with a base portion at one end and a case portion at the other end. The grip portion has an arm portion, and the case portion has a hole and a wall portion for receiving the arm portion. The wall portion includes a stopper portion, and the arm portion includes a corner portion. The grip portion is subjected to an urging force in the direction toward the case portion. Before an outside handle is installed to a door outer panel, the grip portion is pulled out of the case portion, and the case portion tilts relative to its position after the outside handle is installed to the door outer panel. The corner portion of the arm portion engages the stopper portion to temporarily hold grip portion. When the tilt angle is returned, the engagement is released.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT




The present invention relates to a door handle assembling construction used for an outside handle of, for example, a four-wheel vehicle.




When an outside handle


3


is assembled to a door outer panel


5


of an automobile door as shown in

FIG. 3

, a grip portion


32


of the outside handle


3


is pulled to turn a bell crank


34


, and then is moved to a position in which the bell crank


34


is less liable to interfere with a square hole


5




d


in the door outer panel


5


as shown in

FIGS. 9 and 10

to prevent interference of the bell crank


34


and a counter weight


38


, which constitute a mechanism section of the outside handle


3


, with the door outer panel


5


. At the time of assembling, the worker must always perform a motion of passing the bell crank


34


through the square hole


5




d


while pulling the grip portion


32


.




With this method, the worker must perform the assembling work while maintaining, by hand, a state in which the grip portion


32


is pulled out against the urging force of a spring


35


. Therefore, the worker is forced to keep an unnatural posture and a pulling force. This work is a troublesome work, and thus it brings about an increase in fatigue of worker and a decrease in work efficiency.




In order to decrease the force for pulling out the grip portion


32


to make the work easy to do, it can be thought that the reaction force of the spring


35


is decreased so that the worker can pull out the grip portion


32


easily, thereby reducing the load on the worker.




In some cases, however, the reaction force of the spring


35


is increased so as to improve the sense of heaviness in order to take measures for the improvement in the sense of operation of the outside handle


3


, the improvement in the quality of sound in opening and closing the door, the prevention of opening of door at the time of side impact, and the like. Also, in some cases, the reaction force of the spring


35


is utilized to secure a weight balance between the grip portion


32


and the handle mechanism section


34


,


38


. Thus, there is a tendency to increase the reaction force of the spring


35


according to the conditions, so that it is difficult to decrease the urging force of the spring


35


to a degree such as not to impose a load on the worker.




Also, even if the force for the worker to pull out the grip portion


32


is decreased, the pulling motion itself cannot be eliminated. Also, as described above, the decrease in the reaction force of the spring


35


degrades the quality such as the sense of operation, the quality of sound, and the prevention of opening of door.




As a method for solving the above-described problems, there is available a method in which the outside handle


3


is temporarily fixed by using a separate stopper


8


that does not relate to the function of the outside handle


3


as shown in FIG.


17


. In this method, the stopper


8


is inserted between the grip portion


32


and a case portion


33


by pulling out the outside handle


3


, and the stopper


8


is temporarily fixed by utilizing a force of pulling the grip portion


32


in the direction of F2 by means of the spring


35


, by which a state in which the outside handle


3


is pulled is maintained. The use of this method eliminates the need for decreasing the reaction force of the spring


35


and enables the spring


35


to be set freely.




In this method, however, it is necessary to perform the work for installing the stopper


8


to the outside handle


3


and the work for removing the stopper


8


after the outside handle


3


is assembled to a door


2


. Therefore, the number of work steps increases undesirably. Also, since it is difficult to use the removed stopper


8


for another purpose as a part assembled to the vehicle, the removed stopper


8


must be disposed of or recycled. Therefore, the manpower for waste disposal and management work relating to the vendor is needed. That is to say, the above-described method suffers disadvantages in terms of environment, work manpower, and parts control.




OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




An object of the present invention is to provide a door handle assembling construction in which the cost can be reduced without decreasing the work efficiency.




The present invention provides a door handle assembling construction comprising a grip portion used for a door opening operation, a base portion for installing one end of the grip portion to a door panel, a case portion for installing the other end of the grip portion to the door panel, and an arm portion capable of being brought into and out of the case portion, which is erected on the back face at the other end of the grip portion, the grip portion being subjected to an urging force in the direction such that the arm portion is pulled toward the door inside, and a mechanism section which releases a door latch interlocking with the motion of pulling out the grip portion against the urging force being provided on the case portion, wherein when the arm portion is tilted in the direction different from the direction such as to be pulled toward the door inside after the grip portion is pulled out, the arm portion engages with the case portion and is kept in the pulled-out state, and by returning the arm portion in the direction such as to be pulled toward the door inside, the engagement is released.




The case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on the wall portion, and the arm portion moves in the wall portion and the tip end thereof engages with the protruding portion on the wall portion.




The arm portion moving in the wall portion is formed into an arcuate shape, the grip portion turns around the base portion when being pulled out, and the protruding portion of the wall portion is provided at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the arm portion and can be engaged with a corner portion on the outer peripheral surface side of the arm portion.




The protruding portion of the wall portion is provided on a face extending substantially in parallel with the lengthwise direction of the grip portion, and the arm portion is engaged with the protruding portion of the wall portion by tilting the grip portion around the lengthwise axis thereof.




The case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on the wall portion, and the arm portion moves in the wall portion and is provided with a concave portion capable of being engaged with the protruding portion of the wall portion in the external surface thereof.




The protruding portion of the wall portion is arranged in a pair so as to face each other, and the concave portion of the arm portion is formed in a pair so as to be engaged with the protruding portions.




The present invention provides a door handle assembling construction comprising a grip portion used for a door opening operation, a base portion for installing one end of the grip portion to a door panel, a case portion for installing the other end of the grip portion to the door panel, and an arm portion capable of being brought into and out of the case portion, which is erected on the back face at the other end of the grip portion, the grip portion being subjected to an urging force in the direction such that the arm portion is pulled toward the door inside, and a mechanism section which releases a door latch interlocking with the motion of pulling out the grip portion against the urging force being provided on the case portion, wherein when the arm portion is tilted in the direction different from the direction such as to be pulled toward the door inside after the grip portion is pulled out, the arm portion engages with the case portion and is kept in the pulled-out state, and by returning the arm portion in the direction such as to be pulled toward the door inside, the engagement is released. Therefore, even if a stopper part as in the case of the conventional construction is not used, the work efficiency is not decreased, and the cost can be reduced.




If the case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on the wall portion, and the arm portion moves in the wall portion and the tip end thereof engages with the protruding portion on the wall portion, a simple construction can be provided, and thus a rise in cost and an increase in product weight due to the application of the present invention can be eliminated substantially.




If the arm portion moving in the wall portion is formed into an arcuate shape, the grip portion turns around the base portion when being pulled out, and the protruding portion of the wall portion is provided at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of the arm portion and can be engaged with a corner portion on the outer peripheral surface side of the arm portion, the temporarily held state can be established with a little force.




If the protruding portion of the wall portion is provided on a face extending substantially in parallel with the lengthwise direction of the grip portion, and the arm portion is engaged with the protruding portion of the wall portion by tilting the grip portion around the lengthwise axis thereof, the temporarily held state can be established with a little force.




If the case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on the wall portion, and the arm portion moves in the wall portion and is provided with a concave portion capable of being engaged with the protruding portion of the wall portion in the external surface thereof, the manufacturing can be performed easily.




If the protruding portion of the wall portion is arranged in a pair so as to face each other, and the concave portion of the arm portion is formed in a pair so as to be engaged with the protruding portions, the temporarily held state is more stable.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

is a side view of a motor vehicle to which a door handle assembling construction in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention is applied;





FIG. 2

is a side view of a front door shown in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

is an exploded perspective view showing the installation of an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

to a door outer panel;





FIG. 4

is an exploded perspective view of an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 5

is a plan view showing a part of an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

in a state in which a grip portion is pulled out to tilt a case portion;





FIG. 6

is an enlarged view of portion B of

FIG. 5

;





FIG. 7

is an enlarged view of portion B of

FIG. 5

, showing a state in which an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

is assembled to a door outer panel;





FIG. 8

is an enlarged view of portion B of

FIG. 5

, showing a state in which an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

is assembled to a door outer panel and a grip portion is pulled out;





FIG. 9

is a longitudinal sectional view showing a procedure for assembling an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

to a door outer panel;





FIG. 10

is a longitudinal sectional view showing a procedure for assembling an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

to a door outer panel;





FIG. 11

is a transverse sectional view showing a state in which an outside handle shown in

FIG. 1

has been assembled to a door outer panel;





FIG. 12

is a transverse sectional view showing an operation state in which a grip portion of an outside handle is pulled out from the state shown in

FIG. 11

;





FIG. 13

is a longitudinal sectional view of

FIG. 11

, showing a portion near an arm portion;





FIG. 14

is a longitudinal sectional view of

FIG. 12

, showing a portion near an arm portion;





FIG. 15

is an enlarged view of portion B of

FIG. 5

, showing a state in which a grip portion of an outside handle in a door handle assembling construction in accordance with a first modification of the present invention is pulled out and held temporarily;





FIG. 16

is an enlarged view of portion B of

FIG. 5

, showing a state in which a grip portion of an outside handle in a door handle assembling construction in accordance with a second modification of the present invention is pulled out and held temporarily; and





FIG. 17

is a longitudinal sectional view of a conventional door handle, showing a procedure for assembling the door handle to a door outer panel.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




An embodiment of a door handle assembling construction in accordance with the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the description of the embodiment, same reference numerals applied to elements which are essentially the same as the elements in the related art are used.




First, the basic construction of an automobile door and an outside handle to which the present invention can be applied will be explained below.

FIG. 1

is a side view of a motor vehicle


1


to which the door handle assembling construction in accordance with the present invention can be applied. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to an outside handle


3


.




As shown in

FIG. 1

, two doors


2


are arranged on each side face of the motor vehicle


1


. On the cabin outside of the door


2


, the outside handle


3


is arranged to open the door


2


. The outside handle


3


is connected to a door latch


4


arranged in the door


2


via a rod


41


as shown in FIG.


2


.




The construction of the outside handle


3


will be explained with reference to

FIGS. 3

to


6


. As shown in

FIG. 4

, the outside handle


3


is mainly made up of a grip portion


32


for gripping the handle


3


, a base portion


31


installed on one end side of the grip portion


32


, and a case portion


33


installed on the other end side of the grip portion


32


. As shown in

FIG. 3

, the grip portion


32


is fixed to a door outer panel


5


via the base portion


31


and the case portion


33


.




As shown in

FIG. 4

, the case portion


33


is formed with a hole


33




g


through which an arm portion


32




a


projecting from the back side (front side of the figure) of the grip portion


32


to the cabin side is inserted. On the back face of the case portion


33


, a wall portion


33




f


is erected so as to surround the hole


33




g


. When the case portion


33


is fixed to the door outer panel


5


, the wall portion


33




f


erects toward the door inside (see FIG.


3


). Also, the wall portion


33




f


is mounted with a bell crank


34


serving as a mechanism section with a pin


36


so as to be turnable. Further, the bell crank


34


is connected to the rod


41


of the door latch


4


by a clip


37


.




The bell crank


34


is urged in the direction such as to pull up the rod


41


by a spring


35


(see FIGS.


13


and


14


). At the upper part of the bell crank


34


is fixed a counterweight


38


. The counterweight


38


plays a role of a balance weight for preventing unintended rotation of the bell crank


34


caused when the grip portion


32


is pulled out to the outside by an inertial force at the time when a shock is applied to the door from the outside.




As shown in

FIG. 6

, a stopper portion (protruding portion)


33




c


is provided on the inside at the end of the wall portion


33




f


erecting on the back face of the case portion


33


. The stopper portion


33




c


is formed by a groove or a protrusion provided on the wall portion


33




f


. As shown in

FIG. 5

, when the grip portion


32


is pulled out and the case portion


33


is tilted through angle A as compared with the state in which the case portion


33


is installed to the door outer panel


5


(see reference character


33




b


), a corner portion


32




d


at the tip end of the arm portion


32




a


engages with the stopper portion


33




c


. As shown in

FIG. 5

, the corner portion


32




d


is provided on the outer peripheral surface side of the arm portion


32




a


which turns around an axis


31




a


on the base portion


31


when the grip portion


32


is pulled out, and the stopper portion


33




c


is provided in a portion facing the outer peripheral surface.




Next, the installation of the outside handle


3


to the door outer panel


5


will be explained with reference to

FIGS. 3

to


10


. As shown in

FIG. 3

, the door outer panel


5


is provided with an attachment face element


5




a


for installing the outside handle


3


. In a substantially central portion of the attachment face element


5




a


, a concave portion


5




b


recessed to the cabin side (front side of the figure) is provided to secure a space for inserting a hand when the outside handle


3


is operated. Further, the attachment face element


5




a


is formed with square holes


5




c


and


5




d.






As shown in

FIG. 5

, before the outside handle


3


is installed to the door outer panel


5


, first, the grip portion


32


of the outside handle


3


is pulled out of the case portion


33


against the urging force of the spring


35


(see FIG.


4


), and then the case portion


33


is tilted through angle A with respect to the ordinarily installed case portion


33




a


indicated by the two-dot chain line to form a temporarily held case portion


33




b


indicated by the solid line. The arm portion


32




a


engages with the stopper portion


33




c


on the wall portion


33




f.






As shown in

FIG. 6

, since the grip portion


32


in this state is pulled toward the case portion


33


by the urging force of the spring


35


(see FIG.


4


), the engagement force between the corner portion


32




d


of the arm portion


32




a


and the stopper portion


33




c


increases, so that the grip portion


32


is kept in an open state even if worker's hold of the grip portion


32


is lost.




The reason why this state is established before the outside handle


3


is installed to the door outer panel


5


is as described below. As shown in

FIG. 9

, since the square hole


5




d


is not formed so large enough as compared with dimension L1 of the mechanism section


34


,


38


plus the arm portion


32




a


, the outside handle


3


must be inserted into the square hole


5




d


so that the mechanism section


34


,


38


passes through the square hole


5




d


while the outside handle


3


is tilted slightly and the angle thereof is changed. Thereupon, as shown in

FIG. 10

, if the grip portion


32


is made in a state of being pulled out, the bell crank


34


tilts, so that dimension L2 of the mechanism section plus the arm portion


32




a


becomes smaller than dimension L1. Therefore, merely by slightly changing the angle at the time of insertion into the square hole


5




d


, the mechanism section can be caused to pass through the square hole


5




d


, so that the door outer panel


5


does not interfere with the mechanism section, and thus the speed of assembling work can be increased.




The reason why the square hole


5




d


is not formed so large enough is as described below. The width dimension (dimension in the vertical direction of vehicle) of the grip portion


32


is determined considering the ease of grip. Considering the balance of design, the case portion


33


cannot be made much larger than the grip portion


32


. If possible, the width of the case portion


33


is made equal to that of the grip portion


32


, that is, the case portion


33


is made narrow in width. For this reason, the square hole


5




d


which is covered with the case portion


33


cannot be so large enough as compared with dimension L1.




As described above, when the grip portion


32


is pulled out of the case portion


33


in the state in which the outside handle


3


is not installed to the door outer panel


5


, and the case portion


33


is tilted through a certain angle with respect to the grip portion


32


as compared with the state in which the outside handle


3


is installed to the door outer panel


5


, the grip portion


32


engages with the case portion


33


to keep a pulled-out state. Therefore, as shown in

FIG. 10

, the insertion into the square hole


5




d


in the door outer panel


5


is made easy, so that the mechanism section can be inserted into the square hole


5




d


. Thus, after the base portion


31


of the outside handle


3


is inserted into the square hole


5




c


, the arm portion


32




a


and the mechanism section mainly consisting of the bell crank


34


are inserted into the square hole


5




d.






Next, as shown in

FIG. 5

, in the above-described temporarily held state, the back face of the case portion


33


is still tilted through angle A, and when the tilt of the back face of the case portion


33




b


is returned and the case portion


33


is set so as to be aligned with the surface of the door outer panel


5


, the corner portion


32




d


of the arm portion


32




a


comes off the stopper portion


33




c


, and thus the grip portion


32


is made in a closed state by the urging force of the spring


35


.




Specifically, before the mechanism section is caused to pass through the square hole


5




d


(see

FIG. 3

) in the door outer panel


5


, the outside handle


3


is kept in an opened state. However, at the time when the case portion


33


is installed to the door outer panel


5


, and angle A between the case portion


33




a


and the grip portion


32


becomes zero so that the case portion


33




a


cannot be held temporarily, the outside handle


3


is made in a closed state.




As shown in

FIG. 3

, two screw holes


5




e


,


5




e


formed in the attachment face element


5




a


and internal threads


3




a


,


3




a


formed in the outside handle


3


are aligned and tightened by screws


61


and


62


, by which the fixation of the outside handle


3


to the door outer panel


5


is completed. Thereafter, as shown in

FIG. 4

, the rod


41


of the door latch


4


is connected to the clip


37


.




Thus, by fixing the outside handle


3


to the door outer panel


5


by the screws


61


and


62


, after assembling, the angle of the case portion


33


is kept in a set state, that is, zero, and the case portion


33


is not made in the state of being tilted through angle A. Therefore, as shown in

FIGS. 7 and 8

, at the time of the ordinary operation of the outside handle


3


, the stopper portion


33




c


does not lie on a path through which the grip portion


32


is brought in and out, so that the stopper portion


33




c


and the grip portion


32


are located in positions in which they do not interfere with each other, and thus the grip portion


32


does not engage with the stopper portion


33




c


after assembling.




The operation of the outside handle


3


after assembling will be explained with reference to

FIGS. 11

to


14


.

FIGS. 11 and 13

show a state before the handle


3


is pulled out, and

FIGS. 12 and 14

show a state of handle


3


having been pulled out.




As shown in

FIGS. 11 and 12

, by pulling out the grip portion


32


, the grip portion


32


is turned around the axis


31




a


on the base portion


31


, and projects in the outside direction of F


1


(see FIG.


12


). By this operation, as shown in

FIGS. 13 and 14

, the arm portion


32




a


projecting from the back face of the grip portion


32


to the cabin side is moved in the case portion


33


, and thereby a tip end portion


34




a


of the bell crank


34


is pushed. If the pushing force exceeds the urging force of the spring


35


in the direction of Y (see FIG.


14


), the bell crank


34


turns in the direction of X (see

FIG. 14

) around the pin


36


. By this turning of the bell crank


34


, the rod


41


fixed to the bell crank


34


by the clip


37


is pushed down in the direction of Z (see FIG.


14


), whereby the door latch


4


is released. F


4


of

FIG. 14

indicates the direction grip portion


32


moves to return to the position shown in

FIGS. 11 and 13

.




This embodiment, which is configured as described above, achieves the following effects:




(1) Since the construction is such that the case portion


33


makes angle A horizontally with respect to the grip portion


32


, and is held by utilizing the force of the spring


35


, the bell crank


34


and the counterweight


38


, which constitute the mechanism section of the outside handle


3


, can be inserted without a special force while the grip portion


32


is kept in a pulled-out state, so that the efficiency of assembling work increases.




(2) Since a separate stopper


8


is not used unlike the conventional construction, there is no work for installing the stopper


8


to the outside handle


3


, and work for removing the stopper


8


after the outside handle


3


is installed to the door


2


is eliminated. Also, there is no need for providing a place at which the removed stopper


8


is stored at the side of the vehicle body assembling line.




(3) Since the outside handle


3


is constructed so that the grip portion


32


itself has functions, even when the outside handle


3


is removed from the door outer panel


5


, the grip portion


32


can be reused, and special tools and jigs are not needed in a general servicing environment.




(4) Since the outside handle


3


has a construction such as not to interfere with other parts in a state of being installed to the door


2


, and is not a large-sized structure, the influence on the strength is little, and the influence on the collision performance is kept to a minimum.




(5) Since the stopper portion


33




c


is provided on the case portion


33


unlike the conventional construction, so that the stopper portion


33




c


can be molded integrally with the case portion


33


, and the construction is simple, the outside handle


3


can be manufactured at a low cost.




(6) Since an element need not be added, the function can be performed by almost the same weight as compared with the case of the original shape. Therefore, the construction of this embodiment contributes to a reduction in weight.




(7) Since the grip portion


32


can be kept in a pulled-out state merely by lightly pressing the case portion


33


, there is no need for reducing the reaction force of the spring


35


, and the setting of the spring


35


can have a degree of freedom.




According to this embodiment, as described above, there is provided means for temporarily holding the grip portion


32


in a pulled-out state against the urging force of the spring


35


without relying on the human power of worker when the outside handle


3


is assembled. The present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and the outside handle


3


can be used not only for a side door but also a back door. Also, it can be used for a vehicle having one side door.




Next, various modifications will be described with reference to

FIGS. 15 and 16

. In a first modification shown in

FIG. 15

, convex portions


33




d


(protruding portions) are provided on the inside of the wall portion


33




f


of the case portion


33


so as to face each other, and concave portions


32




e


are provided in the arm portion


32




a


of the grip portion


32


. In this modification, when the grip portion


32


is fully opened (pulled out to the maximum), the convex portion


33




d


engages with the concave portion


32




e


, by which a temporarily holding function is secured. Also, in the ordinary handle operating state, the convex portion


33




d


of the case portion


33


serves to support the sliding motion of the arm portion


32




a


of the grip portion


32


.




In a second modification shown in

FIG. 16

, in the case where the tilt direction of the grip portion


32


with respect to the case portion


33


is vertical, the tip end of the arm portion


32




a


of the grip portion


32


engages with a step portion of a convex portion


33




e


formed on the upper inside face (face extending substantially in parallel with the lengthwise direction of the grip portion


32


) of the case portion


33


. Specifically, by pulling out the grip portion


32


and tilting it around the lengthwise axis thereof, the tip end of the arm portion


32




a


engages with the convex portion


33




e


of the case portion


33


. In the ordinary handle operating state, the convex portion


33




e


of the case portion


33


serves to support the sliding motion of the arm portion


32




a


of the grip portion


32


.




Thus, the present invention proposes a construction for temporarily holding the mechanism section, in which when the outside handle


3


that releases the door latch


4


incorporated in the door


2


via the rod


41


by means of the mechanism section interlocking with the handle pulling-out operation is installed to the door


2


, in order for the mechanism section to be inserted easily into the square hole


5




d


in the door outer panel


5


, the outside handle


3


is pulled out and the mechanism section can be held in a tilted state without relying on the human power of worker, and also the construction is simple and a separate part, which becomes unnecessary after the installation, is not needed.



Claims
  • 1. A door handle assembling construction comprising:a grip portion used for a door opening operation, a base portion for installing one end of said grip portion to a door panel, a case portion for installing the other end of said grip portion to said door panel, wherein said case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on said wall portion, and an arm portion erected on a back face at the other end of said grip portion that moves in said wall portion, wherein said grip portion is subjected to an urging force in a first direction pulling said arm portion toward the door inside, and a mechanism section which releases a door latch interlocking with said door handle assembling construction when said grip portion is pulled out against said urging force to a pulled out position, wherein a tip end of said arm portion engages with the protruding portion on said wall portion when said grip portion is pulled out to maintain the arm portion in a pulled out position, and wherein said arm portion disengages the protruding portion on said wall portion when said grip portion is returned to said first position.
  • 2. The door handle assembling construction according to claim 1, wherein said arm portion moving in said wall portion is formed into an arcuate shape, said grip portion turns around said base portion when being pulled out, and the protruding portion of said wall portion is provided at a position facing the outer peripheral surface of said arm portion and can be engaged with a corner portion on the outer peripheral surface side of said arm portion.
  • 3. The door handle assembling construction according to claim 1, wherein the protruding portion of said wall portion is provided on a face extending substantially in parallel with a lengthwise direction of said grip portion, and said arm is engaged with the protruding portion of said wall portion by tilting said grip portion around a lengthwise axis thereof.
  • 4. A door handle assembling construction comprising:a grip portion used for a door opening operation, a base portion for installing one end of said grip portion to a door panel, a case portion for installing the other end of said grip portion to said door panel, wherein said case portion has a wall portion erected on the back face thereof and a protruding portion provided on said wall portion, and an arm portion erected on a back face at the other end of said grip portion that moves in said wall portion and is provided with a concave portion capable of being engaged with the protruding portion of said wall portion in the external surface thereof, wherein the grip portion has a first position in which the grip portion is subjected to an urging force pulling said arm portion toward the door inside, and a mechanism section which releases a door latch interlocking with said door handle assembling construction when said grip portion is pulled out against said urging force to a pulled out position, wherein said concave portion engages with the protruding portion of said wall portion when said grip portion is pulled out to maintain the grip portion in a pulled out position, and wherein said arm portion disengages the protruding portion of said wall portion when said grip portion is returned to said first position.
  • 5. The door handle assembling construction according to claim 4, wherein the protruding portion of said wall portion is arranged in a pair so as to face each other, and the concave portion of said arm portion is formed in a pair so as to be engaged with said protruding portions.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2001-198008 Jun 2001 JP
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