Patent ID: 6010167
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An outside door handle assembly for a vehicle comprising a case mounted to a vehicle door, the case having spaced arms and a pin extending between the spaced arms, a handle rotatably supported on the pin of the case and having a grip portion and a pair of supporting arms extending inwardly from the grip portion, a balance weight disposed between the pair of supporting arms in such a manner as to be opposed to the grip portion with respect to a rotational center of the handle and secured to the pair of supporting arms at each of the two ends of the balance weight, a shaft portion formed on one of the ends of the balance weight and extending through one of the pair of supporting arms, and a release member coaxially arranged on the shaft portion of the balance weight to be engageable with a member of a door lock apparatus mounted in the vehicle door.