Vehicle door handle assembly attachment unit
A vehicle door handle assembly includes a housing, a bracket configured to attach the housing to a vehicle panel, and an attachment unit configured to attach the bracket and the housing together. The attachment unit includes a translation-mobile part mobile between an assembling position in which the bracket and the housing are attached together and a disassembling position in which the housing and the bracket are disassembled from each other. The attachment unit also includes a rotation-mobile part rotationally supported by the bracket, cooperating with the translation-mobile part and including a first cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a first rotational direction, and a second cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.
1 . A vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a bracket configured to attach the housing to a vehicle panel; and
an attachment unit configured to attach the bracket and the housing together, wherein
the attachment unit includes
a translation-mobile part mobile between an assembling position in which the bracket and the housing are attached together and a disassembling position in which the housing and the bracket are disassembled from each other, and
a rotation-mobile part rotationally supported by the bracket, cooperating with the translation-mobile part and comprising
a first cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a first rotational direction, and
a second cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction, and
the first cam surface and the second cam surface are developed on different planes with regard to a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part.
2 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises two upstanding control surfaces,
the first cam surface is configured to cooperate with a first control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said first rotational direction, and
the second cam surface is configured to cooperate with a second control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said second rotational direction.
3 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the rotation-mobile part comprises a screw mark at an end of a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part.
4 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the rotation-mobile part extending parallel to a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part comprises a clippable end configured to cooperate with a cylinder made in one piece with the bracket.
5 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises hooks,
the housing comprises holes, and
the hooks are configured to be placed into the holes when the translation-mobile part is in the assembling position.
6 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket comprises guiding hooks configured to guide the translation-mobile part.
7 . A vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a bracket configured to attach the housing to a vehicle panel; and
an attachment unit configured to attach the bracket and the housing together, wherein
the attachment unit includes
a translation-mobile part mobile between an assembling position in which the bracket and the housing are attached together and a disassembling position in which the housing and the bracket are disassembled from each other, and
a rotation-mobile part rotationally supported by the bracket, cooperating with the translation-mobile part and comprising
a first cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a first rotational direction, and
a second cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction,
the rotation-mobile part comprises a third cam surface developed on a further plane with regard to a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part and the first and second cam surfaces, and
the third cam surface has at least two recesses configured to cooperate with an indexing pawn carried by the bracket, a first recess of the at least two recesses corresponding to the assembling position and a second recess of the at least two recesses corresponding to the disassembling position.
8 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the indexing pawn is carried by a U-shaped lever made in one piece with the bracket.
9 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises two upstanding control surfaces,
the first cam surface is configured to cooperate with a first control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said first rotational direction, and
the second cam surface is configured to cooperate with a second control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said second rotational direction.
10 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the rotation-mobile part comprises a screw mark at an end of a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part.
11 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the rotation-mobile part comprises a clippable end configured to cooperate with a cylinder made in one piece with the bracket.
12 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises hooks,
the housing comprises holes, and
the hooks are configured to be placed into the holes when the translation-mobile part is in the assembling position.
13 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the bracket comprises guiding hooks configured to guide the translation-mobile part.
14 . A vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
a housing;
a bracket configured to attach the housing to a vehicle panel; and
an attachment unit configured to attach the bracket and the housing together, wherein
the attachment unit includes
a translation-mobile part mobile between an assembling position in which the bracket and the housing are attached together and a disassembling position in which the housing and the bracket are disassembled from each other, and
a rotation-mobile part rotationally supported by the bracket, cooperating with the translation-mobile part and comprising
a first cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a first rotational direction, and
a second cam surface configured to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction,
the rotation-mobile part comprises two arcuate grooves, and
the bracket comprises a guiding pawn configured to slide into the arcuate grooves when the rotation-mobile part is put in rotation in one of the first rotational direction and the second rotational direction.
15 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the arcuate grooves are separated by a solid part forming a stop for the guiding pawn.
16 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises two upstanding control surfaces,
the first cam surface is configured to cooperate with a first control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the assembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said first rotational direction, and
the second cam surface is configured to cooperate with a second control surface of the two upstanding control surfaces to displace the translation-mobile part in the disassembling position upon rotation of the rotation-mobile part in said second rotational direction.
17 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the rotation-mobile part comprises a screw mark at an end of a rotation axis of the rotation-mobile part.
18 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the rotation-mobile part comprises a clippable end configured to cooperate with a cylinder made in one piece with the bracket.
19 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein
the translation-mobile part comprises hooks,
the housing comprises holes, and
the hooks are configured to be placed into the holes when the translation-mobile part is in the assembling position.
20 . The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the bracket comprises guiding hooks configured to guide the translation-mobile part.