Patent ID: 8485573
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A handle device for a vehicle door comprising: a base member made of a synthetic resin mounted on a door of a vehicle; a pair of pin support parts, including a first pin support part and a second pin support part, integrally provided on the base member and each first and second pin support parts having a support hole for a pin pivotably supporting a handle on the base member to be inserted through; and a pair of restricting walls integrally provided on the base member and disposed at a position spaced toward an insertion side of a second pin support part in an insertion and assembly direction in which the pin is inserted into and assembled with the support holes so that the restricting walls flex so as to allow the pin to pass through when the pin is inserted into the support holes and oppose an end part of the pin so as to prevent the pin from falling out of the pair of pin support parts after insertion of the pin through the support holes is completed, wherein the pin is formed so as to integrally have a pin main portion and a large diameter portion, the pin main portion being formed in a round bar shape having a constant diameter and a circular cross-sectional shape and being inserted from one end side through the support hole of the second pin support part, and the large diameter portion having a larger diameter than the pin main portion and being coaxially connected to the other end of the pin main portion, a tapered face being formed on an outer periphery, on at least the pin main portion side, of the large diameter portion, the tapered face having a diameter that decreases going toward the pin main portion side, the two restricting walls, which are formed in a flat plate shape, are provided on the base member so that mutually opposing faces of the two restricting walls are formed to extend parallel to an axis of the support holes and that a gap between the opposing faces of the two restricting walls in a state in which no external force is acting on the restricting walls is larger than the diameter of the pin main portion and smaller than the maximum diameter of the large diameter portion, and wherein end faces of the two restricting walls on a front side in the insertion and assembly direction and end faces of the large diameter portion on a rear side in the insertion and assembly direction are respectively formed flat in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the support holes, and guide faces are formed respectively on end portions of the opposing faces of the restricting walls, which guide faces are distanced gradually from each other going toward the rear along the insertion and assembly direction so as to guide the large diameter portion of the pin to project into a position between the restricting walls, and wherein when the pin is configured to be inserted into the hole, such that the large diameter portion passes between the two restricting walls after the pin main portion has passed between the restricting walls and only when the large diameter portion passes between the restricting walls, the restricting walls are configured to flex toward an open side, and after the large diameter portion has passed between the restricting walls, the restricting walls are configured to return to the state in which no external force is acting on the restricting walls and said end faces of the larger diameter portion and said end faces of the restricting walls oppose each other.