Patent ID: 9062477
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An outer door handle assembly for a vehicle comprising: a base; a latch release mechanism including a countermass assembly having a primary catch point and a secondary catch point, said latch release mechanism and said countermass assembly rotatable about a first shaft coupled to said base between a rest position and an active position in response to movement of a door handle; an inertial catch including a blocking shoulder, said inertial catch rotatable about a second shaft coupled to said base from an unblocking position to a blocking position in response to inertial forces acting upon said inertial catch; and wherein an axis of rotation of the countermass assembly is parallel with an axis of rotation of the inertial catch and wherein, when said inertial catch is moved into said blocking position in response to inertial forces acting upon said inertial catch, said blocking shoulder of said inertial catch is engageable with said countermass assembly at either one of said primary catch point or said secondary catch point depending on a rotational position of said countermass assembly when said inertial catch is moved into said blocking position to prevent said countermass assembly from rotating into said active position.