Patent ID: 9644394
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Claim:
1. A vehicle door handle assembly, comprising: (a) a door handle having opposite first and second ends, the first end including a handle leg connectable to a bellcrank; (b) a door handle end-cap; (c) a slide-lock cassette supporting the bellcrank; and (d) a frame mounting the door handle and the door handle end-cap, the frame securable to a vehicle door, and the frame defining an opening receiving the slide-lock cassette therein, the opening dimensioned to permit sliding movement of the slide-lock cassette therein; wherein the slide-lock cassette is, by the application of force thereto, slidingly moveable relative to the frame between a first position, in which the handle leg is not connected to the bellcrank and the door handle end cap is not secured in place relative to the frame, and a second position, in which the handle leg is connected to the bell crank and the door handle end-cap is captured by the slide-lock cassette against removal from the frame.