Patent ID: 11866964
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 8:
9. A door handle arrangement for a vehicle, comprising:
a housing having a handle cutout, multiple fastening openings, and a pivot axis having an outer diameter;
a handle lever including a mounting sleeve portion engaged on the pivot axis so as to be pivotably mounted in the handle cutout for pivoting about the pivot axis between an inoperative position and an actuating position, wherein the mounting sleeve portion includes an inner diameter that is greater than the outer diameter of the pivot axis so as to be mounted with play relative to the housing both (i) axially along the pivot axis and (ii) tiltably about a tilting axis that runs perpendicular to the pivot axis; and
a compensating sleeve including first and second contact portions for the handle lever;
wherein the compensating sleeve is configured to be fastened directly to at least one fastening portion of a vehicle body part.