Patent ID: 6536080
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A door handle assembly comprising:a body with pivot points and slots formed proximate to said pivot points, wherein said slots lead to a handle recess; a door handle including two arms, each of said arms pivoting on a respective said pivot point and extending through said slots to said handle recess, said door handle further including a gear rack; a damper which engages said gear rack and which damps in response to pivoting of said door handle; wherein said damper includes a cylindrical body of a first diameter, wherein said door handle assembly further includes a damper support plate including an aperture of said first diameter further including radially outwardly extending openings, and wherein said cylindrical body of said damper further includes a first pair of radially extending ribs which pass through said radially extending openings and a second pair of radially extending ribs which limit the insertion of said rotational damper through said damper support plate.