Patent ID: 11859415
Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 6:
7. A method for mounting and dismounting a door handle assembly on a door of a motor vehicle, the door handle assembly comprising:
a base configured to be fastened on the door the base including a housing;
an arm slidably mounted in the housing and comprising a hook at one of its ends:
a hinge;
a handle, wherein a first end of the handle is coupled to the base via the hinge such that the handle is rotatable between a rest position and an open position, wherein a second end of the handle is coupled to the base via the arm, wherein when in the rest position, the handle is positioned approximately parallel to the base and the arm extends into the housing, wherein when in the open position, the handle is inclined relative to the base and the arm is partially outside the housing; and
an actuation device housed in the base, configured to be linked to a mechanism for opening the door and comprising a first lever and a return spring, the first lever being movably mounted in the housing for movement relative to the housing between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein the first lever engages the hook such that when the handle is in the rest position the first lever is in the retracted position, and when the handle is in the open position the first lever is in the deployed position, the rotation of the handle from the rest position to the open position causing the sliding of the hook along a sliding path to begin in a sliding direction to move the first lever to the deployed position such that the first lever is displaced toward the outside of the base and actuates the mechanism to open the door, wherein the return spring exerts a return force on the first lever to bring the handle back toward its retracted position,
wherein the method comprises:
moving the handle from the rest position to the open position to bring the first lever of the actuation device to the deployed position;
shifting the first lever of the actuation device in a direction transverse to the sliding direction by moving a blocking device until the first lever is in a mounting/dismounting position of the handle enabling the arm to freely slide within the housing of the base;
blocking the actuation device in the mounting/dismounting position by the blocking device, the blocking device being movably mounted on the base between an unlocked position in which the blocking device is disconnected from the actuation device and a locked position in which the blocking device blocks the actuation device from returning from the mounting/dismounting position; and
inserting the arm into the housing of the base to enable mounting of the handle on the base and removal of the arm out of the housing of the base to dismount the handle from the base.