Patent ID: 9605451
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. An exterior door handle assembly for doors of motor vehicles, the handle assembly comprising: first and second rotatable bellcranks, each having an upper finger having an upper slot with opposite surfaces, and a lower finger having a lower slot with opposite surfaces, wherein the upper and lower fingers are vertically spaced apart; and a handle having a central portion and first and second opposite end portions, the handle defining a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second opposite end portions, the first and second opposite end portions including first and second hook structures, respectively, each of the hook structures including an upwardly-extending pin received in the upper slot of a corresponding one of the first and second bellcranks and a downwardly extending pin received in the lower slot of a corresponding one of the first and second bellcranks, the pins having oblong cross-sectional shapes with opposite surfaces engaging the opposite surfaces of the upper and lower slots.