Patent ID: 11959311
Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 13:
14. A vehicular exterior door handle assembly, the vehicular exterior door handle assembly comprising:
a bracket configured to mount at an exterior door handle region of a vehicular door, the bracket having a pivot element;
a handle, the handle having a pivot end and a pull end opposite the pivot end;
wherein the handle, with the bracket mounted at the exterior door handle region of the vehicular door, is movable relative to the bracket by a user to actuate a latch mechanism for opening the vehicular door;
a clip attached at the bracket, the clip engaging the pivot end of the handle responsive to insertion of the pivot end of the handle into the bracket and into engagement with a retaining portion of the clip, the retaining portion of the clip retaining the pivot end of the handle at the bracket when the pivot end of the handle is engaged with the pivot element of the bracket;
wherein the retaining portion of the clip comprises a pair of retaining legs that are received in the bracket and that engage respective retaining elements at opposite sides of the pivot end of the handle when the pivot end of the handle is inserted into the bracket;
wherein the retaining legs of the clip snap attach at the pivot end of the handle and engage the respective retaining elements responsive to insertion of the pivot end of the handle into the bracket and clip; and
wherein the clip is configured to (i) limit movement of the handle relative to the bracket via the retaining portion in a direction along a longitudinal axis of the bracket or handle, (ii) allow pivotal movement of the handle about the pivot element of the bracket, and (iii) allow for removal of the handle from the bracket when the retaining portion is disengaged from the pivot end of the handle.