IP Library Granted Patent US 12,385,295
Granted Patent B2
US 12,385,295 · App. 18/526,694 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Handle device for vehicle

Inventors: Saeko Tatemichi (Yokohama, JP); Ryoichi Tanaka (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
E05B79/06
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Patent No.
US 12,385,295
App. No.
18/526,694
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A door handle device for a vehicle includes a handle base fixed to a door of a vehicle, and an operation handle rotatably coupled to the handle base. The operation handle includes a coupling protruding portion that is provided at an end portion on a rotation center side of the operation handle. The handle base includes an elastically deformable elastic piece that is adjacent to the coupling protruding portion. Movement of the operation handle toward a rotation tip end is restricted by elastically engaging a stopper protruding portion formed on any one of the coupling protruding portion and the elastic piece with a stopper fitting portion formed on the other by using elastic deformation of the elastic piece. Movement of the elastic piece in a disengagement direction of the stopper protruding portion is restricted by a clip mounted on the handle base.

Claims (19)

1. A door handle device for a vehicle comprising:

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

an operation handle rotatably coupled to the handle base,

wherein the operation handle includes a coupling protruding portion that is provided at an end portion on a rotation center side of the operation handle,

wherein the handle base includes an elastically deformable elastic piece that is adjacent to the coupling protruding portion,

wherein movement of the operation handle toward a rotation tip end is restricted by elastically engaging a stopper protruding portion formed on any one of the coupling protruding portion and the elastic piece with a stopper fitting portion formed on the other by using elastic deformation of the elastic piece, and

wherein movement of the elastic piece in a disengagement direction of the stopper protruding portion is restricted by a clip mounted on the handle base.

2. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clip is elastically locked to the handle base and maintained in a mounted state.

3. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clip includes a restraining piece configured to restrain movement of the elastic piece in a mounted state, and

wherein the handle base is provided with clip-restricting walls configured to sandwich the restraining piece of the clip in cooperation with the coupling protruding portion.

4. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 1 ,

wherein the clip is movable between a restraint position configured to restrain the movement of the elastic piece and a restraint release position, and is temporarily held at the restraint release position.

5. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 4 ,

wherein the clip is rotatably coupled to the handle base between the restraint release position and the restraint position at a coupling shaft portion.

6. The door handle device for a vehicle according to claim 5 ,

wherein the handle base is provided with a shaft holding portion configured to rotatably hold the coupling shaft portion of the clip, and

wherein the shaft holding portion and the coupling shaft portion are provided with a detent stop portion configured to detent-stop the clip at the restraint release position at a predetermined angle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 1, 2023
From: TATEMICHI, SAEKO; TANAKA, RYOICHI
To: ALPHA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065745/0752 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-094114 · Jun 4, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2022022565 · Jun 2, 2022
Related Publication 20240093536A1 · Mar 21, 2024
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