Closure fasteners – Operators with knobs or handles
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-07
2010-02-23
Cuomo, Peter M (Department: 3673)
Closure fasteners
Operators with knobs or handles
C292SDIG023
Reexamination Certificate
active
07665776
ABSTRACT:
An handle assembly for a vehicle door and method of actuating a release mechanism, such as a door latch, are disclosed. The handle assembly may have a pull handle including a sliding leg, a pivot leg and a hand gripping portion extending between the sliding leg and the pivot leg, with the sliding leg adapted to guide the pull handle between a closed position and an open position, and with the pivot leg adapted to be secured for pivoting about a handle pivot axis about which the pull handle is pivotable. The handle assembly may also include a torque cable having a first end centered and rotatable about the handle pivot axis, and a second end adapted to operatively engage the release mechanism, with the first end rotationally fixed to the pivot leg.
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Cuomo Peter M
Fulton Kristina R
GM Global Technology Operations Inc.
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