Patent ID: 9637954
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: E05B,E05C

Claim:
1. A door outer handle structure for a vehicle, comprising: a base member adapted to be fixed to a door of said vehicle; an outer handle provided to said base member so as to be swingable in a vehicle inside-and-outside direction and operable between a door closing position and a door opening position being away from said door closing position in a vehicle outside direction; a link mechanism adapted to be capable of transmitting a door opening operation of said outer handle as an unlatching operation of a door latch mechanism; and a door opening prevention mechanism configured to restrict actuation of a component of said link mechanism in a door opening direction due to a given first inertial force acting in said vehicle outside direction for said door in an event of collision of said vehicle, wherein: said link mechanism comprises: said door opening prevention mechanism comprises: said lever member is set to be held in said set position when said outer handle is located in said door closing position under a state in which said first inertial force does not act, and to swing in said vehicle outside direction from said set position to be moved to a locked position against an urging force of said urging member when said first inertial force acts; an extended portion of said connection shaft is set to be movable relative to said lever member to allow said movement of said connection lever in said door opening direction when said lever member is located in said set position; and said extended portion of said connection shaft is set to come into contact with said lever member so that said relative movement of said extended portion is restricted when said lever member is located in said locked position, to thereby restrict said movement of said connection lever in said door opening direction, wherein, when said outer handle is operated between said door closing position and said door opening position under a state in which said first inertial force does not act, said lever member is set to come into slidable engagement with said extended portion of said connection shaft to be turned against said urging member, to thereby rotate by a predetermined amount with respect to said base member.