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US 7,347,462 · App. 11/099,375 · Granted Mar 25, 2008

Door handle assembly including auxiliary bearing and auxiliary bearing support for a door handle

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Patent No.
US 7,347,462
App. No.
11/099,375
Granted
Mar 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door handle assembly includes a door handle having an operator portion, and a shank extending from the operator portion. A mounting plate has a first bearing, the first bearing being sized to receive the shank of the door handle. An auxiliary bearing assembly includes an auxiliary bearing support and a second bearing. The auxiliary bearing support is connected to the mounting plate, wherein the second bearing is spaced apart a distance from the first bearing along an axis passing through the first bearing and the second bearing, the second bearing being sized to receive the shank of the door handle.

Claims (18)

1. A method of reducing play in a door handle in directions non-parallel to a rotational axis of said door handle, comprising:

establishing a first bearing in a mounting plate for receiving a shank of said door handle;

establishing an auxiliary bearing support having a plurality of legs;

mounting a second bearing for receiving said shank of said door handle to said auxiliary bearing support;

positioning said plurality of legs of said auxiliary bearing support against said mounting plate for spacing said second bearing a distance from said first bearing along said rotational axis;

attaching said auxiliary bearing support to said mounting plate; and

inserting said shank of said door handle in said first bearing and said second bearing.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said auxiliary bearing support and said second bearing are formed as an integral one-piece unit.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising installing a retaining device on said shank to secure said door handle to said mounting plate.

4. A method of assembling a door handle assembly having a mounting plate, comprising:

inserting a shank of a door handle through a primary bearing of said mounting plate and an auxiliary bearing of an auxiliary bearing assembly having a plurality of legs; and

attaching a portion of said plurality of legs of said auxiliary bearing assembly to said mounting plate.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein said auxiliary bearing assembly is first loosely attached to said mounting plate using fasteners, the method further comprising:

then aligning said primary bearing and said auxiliary bearing and inserting said shank of said door handle through said primary bearing of said mounting plate and said auxiliary bearing of an auxiliary bearing assembly; and

then tightening said fasteners.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising installing a retaining device to restrain movement of said door handle axially along a rotational axis passing through said shank with respect to said mounting plate.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein said door handle is secured to said mounting plate by said retaining device prior to attachment of said auxiliary bearing assembly to said mounting plate.

8. The method of claim 4 , wherein the step of inserting said shank of said door handle through said primary bearing of said mounting plate and said auxiliary bearing of said auxiliary bearing assembly precedes the step of attaching said auxiliary bearing assembly to said mounting plate.

Assignments (4)
NOTICE OF SUCCESSOR AGENT AND ASSIGNMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST (INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) REEL/FRAME 036131/0272 Recorded Jun 5, 2018
From: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
To: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
Reel/Frame 046301/0425 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2015
From: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 036131/0272 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2015
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
To: APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC., A CORP. OF FLORIDA; KWIKSET CORPORATION; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; ROV HOLDING, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; ROVCAL, INC.; ROVCAL, INC., A CORP. OF CALIFORNIA; RUSSELL HOBBS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO ROVCAL, INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE; TETRA HOLDINGS (US), INC.; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION; UNITED INDUSTRIES CORPORATION AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC., A CORP. OF DELAWARE
Reel/Frame 036102/0001 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2015
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS AGENT
To: RUSSELL HOBBS, INC.; APPLICA CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.; TOASTMASTER INC.; SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.; ROVCAL, INC.; TETRA HOLDING (US), INC.; UNITED PET GROUP, INC.; SEED RESOURCES, L.L.C.; PRICE PFISTER, INC.; KWIKSET CORPORATION; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING CO.; LIQUID HOLDING COMPANY, INC.; TELL MANUFACTURING, INC.; SALIX ANIMAL HEALTH, LLC
Reel/Frame 036052/0845 →