Movable or removable closures – Handle or protector
Patent
1998-12-24
2000-06-13
Stodola, Daniel P.
Movable or removable closures
Handle or protector
16112, 74543, 2923363, E05B 300
Patent
active
060733977
ABSTRACT:
An outside door handle assembly includes a door handle for opening and closing a vehicle door, a case for being fixed to a door panel which stores and retains the door handle and an elastic member generating an elastic force between the door handle and the case, wherein the door handle includes a pair of arm portions which are disposed on right and left sides of the door handle respectively, the case includes two pairs of stay portions each of which are disposed on right and left sides of the case and a storing portion storing the elastic member, each of the arm portions includes a pair of groove portions which are disposed on respective surfaces of the arm portion and an opening which is connected to one of the groove portions in the depth direction of the groove portion such that a depth of the opening is larger than that of the groove portion and such that a diameter of the opening is smaller than that of the groove portion, one stay portion of each pair of stay portions includes a first axle portion which is fit into one of the groove portions of the arm portion and a second axle portion which is disposed on a tip of the first axle portion and which is fit into the opening, the other stay portion of each pair of stay portions includes a third axle portion which is fit into the other one of the groove portions of the arm portion and which is coaxial with the first axle portion and the second axle portion.
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Nagata Kouichi
Nomura Morihito
Ooe Kouji
Tanimoto Tetsuro
Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
Cohen Curtis A.
Stodola Daniel P.
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