IP Library Granted Patent US 8,562,039
Granted Patent B2
US 8,562,039 · App. 12/716,531 · Granted Oct 22, 2013

Vehicle handle apparatus

Inventors: Shinji Ichikawa (Yokohama, JP); Ryuji Minemura (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Alpha Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,562,039
App. No.
12/716,531
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door handle apparatus for a vehicle is provided with a handle base to be fixed to a door of the vehicle and an operating handle. One end of the operating handle is pivotally coupled to the handle base. On the other end of the operating handle, an operating leg protrudes. The operating leg portion includes a stopper protrusion for butting with a part of the handle base to define a termination of a rotating stroke of the operating handle is provided. The operating leg portion further includes a shake preventing protrusion on a free end side of the stopper protrusion.

Claims (23)

1. A door handle apparatus for a vehicle comprising:

a handle base to be fixed to a door of the vehicle;

a stroke stopper formed on the handle base;

an operating handle, wherein one end of the operating handle is pivotally coupled to the handle base and the operating handle is rotatable between an initial position and a pull-out position;

an operating leg provided on the other end of the operating handle and protruding toward an inner part of the door;

a stopper protrusion provided on the operating leg intermediate proximal and distal ends of the operating leg and configured to define a termination of a rotating stroke of the operating handle on a pull-out side by an abutment of the stopper protrusion with the stroke stopper;

a shake preventing protrusion formed on the distal end of the operating leg, the stopper protrusion and the shake preventing protrusion being spaced apart along the length of operating leg;

a first guide portion provided on the handle base; and

a second guide portion provided on the handle base,

wherein, when the operating handle positions in the pull-out position, the first guide portion is configured to regulate a movement of an intermediate part of the operating leg and the second guide portion is configured to regulate a movement of the shake preventing protrusion, to prevent a shake of the operating handle.

2. The door handle apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a cover piece which protrudes from the handle base, wherein the cover piece is opposed o the operating leg, wherein the cover piece is extending to a vicinity of the distal end of the operating leg in the initial position, and wherein the second guide portion is provided on an internal wall of the cover piece; and

a gap provided between an internal wall of the cover piece and the shake preventing protrusion in the initial position.

3. The door handle apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the internal wall between a free end of the cover piece and an end of the second guide portion on a side of the free end of the cover piece is formed by a gradient surface.

4. A door handle apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a groove is provided between the stopper protrusion and the shake preventing protrusion which are spaced apart along the length of operating leg.

5. A door handle apparatus comprising:

a handle base to be fixed to a door of a vehicle;

a stroke stopper formed on the handle base;

an operating handle, wherein one end of the operating handle is pivotally coupled to the handle base and the operating handle is rotatable between an initial position and a pull-out position;

an operating leg provided on the other end of the operating handle and protruding toward an inner part of the door;

a stopper protrusion provided on the operating leg intermediate proximal and distal ends of the operating leg and configured to define a termination of a rotating stroke of the operating handle on a pull-out side by an abutment of the stopper protrusion with the stroke stopper;

a shake preventing protrusion formed on the distal end of the operating leg; and

a cover piece which protrudes toward the inner part of the door from the handle base to a vicinity of the distal end of the operating leg in the initial position and is opposed to the operating leg.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2010
From: ICHIKAWA, SHINJI; MINEMURA, RYUJI
To: ALPHA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-056050 · Mar 10, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100230980A1 · Sep 16, 2010