Patent ID: 9744627
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: B23P,B25B,E05B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method for repairing a broken interior door handle housing on an interior door panel on a door of a vehicle, the broken interior door handle housing integrated into the interior door panel by a plurality of rivets, the method comprising: removing the interior door panel from the door; removing the broken interior door handle housing from the interior door panel by removing the plurality of rivets and detaching the broken interior door handle housing to reveal a plurality of former rivet locations in the interior door panel; installing a replacement interior door handle housing having a plurality of apertures corresponding to at least some of the plurality of former rivet locations on the interior door panel; installing at least one screw through an aperture in the replacement interior door handle housing and into a former rivet location in the interior door panel to secure the replacement interior door handle housing against the interior door panel; and replacing the interior door panel on the door.