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US 7,597,364 · App. 11/512,317 · Granted Oct 6, 2009

Door handle device for vehicle

Assignee: U-Shin Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,597,364
App. No.
11/512,317
Granted
Oct 6, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a vehicle door handle device, which can fix a harness of an electric component to an arm of a grip without enlarging the arm. The invention also has a configuration in which an arm insertion hole which allows the arm of the grip to be inserted therethrough is formed in a base plate of a handle seat to be disposed between the grip and a door panel, a pair of frame plate parts are provided so as to protrude parallel to each other from an edge of the arm insertion hole, and the pair of frame plate parts are integrally provided with a holding part having formed therein a harness fastening hole which allows the harness of the electric component to be inserted therethrough.

Claims (12)

1. A vehicle door handle device, including a door handle which is composed of a handle base fixed inside a door panel, a grip at one end of which an arm having a shaft hole which is pivotably engaged with the handle base is provided and in which a recessed part accommodating an electric component is formed, and a cover which covers the recessed part of the grip,

the door handle device comprising:

a seat mounting hole which is opened so that a harness connected to the electric component can be drawn out to the outside and which is formed in the grip, and

a handle seat having a base plate which is fixed to the grip, the base plate being disposed between the grip and the door panel, and being formed as a separate piece from the grip, wherein

the handle seat is provided with an arm insertion hole which is formed in the base plate to allow the arm of the grip to be inserted therethrough, a pair of frame plate parts protruding parallel to each other from an edge of the arm insertion hole, and a holding part which is provided integrally with the frame parts and formed nearly cylindrically in order to have a harness fastening hole so as to allow the harness to be inserted therethrough toward a direction to an inside portion of the door panel and wherein

a side face of the holding part is provided with cutouts which are formed to allow the harness to be introduced into the harness fastening hole in a state of connecting a connector at one of a terminal portion of the harness,

wherein the harness is held by the handle seat so as to be along with an outside surface of the arm of the grip by allowing the harness which is drawn out from the arm insertion hole to be inserted through the harness fastening hole.

2. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the base plate of the handle seat is provided with a fixed part which covers a portion of the seat mounting hole of the grip, and the arm insertion hole of the handle seat is formed so as to communicate with the portion of the seat mounting hole with the handle seat being fixed to the handle base, and is constructed for the harness to be along with an outside surface of the arm of the grip by the harness being led to the harness fastening hole from the arm insertion hole.

3. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein the holding part provided in the handle seat is provided at tip ends of the frame plate parts such that it may be located nearer to the inner side of the door panel than a tip end of the arm.

4. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 2 , wherein a side face of the holding part provided in the handle seat is provided with cutouts which can introduce the harness into the harness fastening hole.

5. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 , wherein the holding pan provided in the handle seat is provided at tip ends of the frame plate parts such that it may be located nearer to the inner side of the door panel than a tip end of the arm.

6. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 4 , wherein the holding part provided in the handle seat is provided at tip ends of the frame plate parts such that it may be located nearer to the inner side of the door panel than a tip end of the arm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2006
From: MUNETA, TSUYOSHI
To: U-SHIN LTD.
Reel/Frame 018254/0039 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-250496 · Aug 31, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070046080A1 · Mar 1, 2007