Patent ID: 7984938
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door handle device for a vehicle, comprising: a grip portion made of resin and formed with a housing portion which houses an electrode and is provided between an outer panel of a door and a handle outer portion with a space between the grip portion and the outer panel, the grip portion arranged opposing to the outer panel; the handle outer portion provided at an outside of the door for the vehicle and covering the housing portion and assembled to the grip portion; a rotating portion extended from a first end of the handle outer portion into the door penetrating through the outer panel and rotatably supported by a support member fixed to an inside of the outer panel; an operating portion extended from a second end of the handle outer portion into the door penetrating through the outer panel, the operating portion operating a door opening/closing mechanism; the rotating portion and the operating portion formed at the handle outer portion; wherein the grip portion is provided with a first connector, which protrudes in a vehicle width direction penetrating through the outer panel, and a board housing portion, which houses a board mounted with a control circuit connected to the electrode in a state where the board is connected to a terminal of the first connector and a terminal of the electrode, and the board housing portion is covered with the handle outer portion in a state where the board is housed therein; and wherein the first connector, the board housing portion and the board are positioned between the rotating portion and an end of the grip portion closest to the rotating portion considered with reference to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle.