Patent ID: 9163436
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A door outer handle apparatus for a vehicle, said door outer handle apparatus comprising: a base member fixed to a door of the vehicle; an outer handle provided on the base member to swingably move relative to the base member in an inner and outer direction of the vehicle, the outer handle being movable between a door closed position and a door open position which is in an outer direction of the vehicle to the door closed position; a linkage mechanism capable of transmitting a movement of the outer handle, from the door closed position to the door open position, to a door latch mechanism as an unlatch operation of the latch mechanism to open the door; and a door-opened-prevention mechanism not enabling a movement of a transmitting member of the linkage mechanism in a direction for opening the door, in response to the movement of the outer handle for opening the door due to inertia force exerted on the outer handle toward the outer direction of the vehicle at the time of impact of the vehicle, to be transmitted to a transmitted member of the linkage mechanism, so as to prevent the door from being opened, wherein the transmitting member of the linkage mechanism is a connection lever, and the door-opened-prevention mechanism comprises: a lever member assembled to the transmitting member above the transmitted member, the lever member being movable between a set position and a fallback position which is in the outer direction of the vehicle to the set position; a biasing member biasing the lever member toward the set position, wherein when the inertia force is not exerted on the outer handle, the lever member is kept to be in the set position so as to enable the necessary and sufficient movement of the transmitting member in the direction for opening the door in response to the movement of the outer handle for opening the door to be transmitted to the transmitted member via the lever member, and when the inertia force is exerted on the outer handle, the lever member moves to the fallback position from the set position against the biasing force of the biasing member prior to the movement of the outer handle for opening the door so as not to enable the necessary and sufficient movement of the transmitting member in the direction for opening the door in response to the movement of the outer handle for opening the door to be transmitted to the transmitted member via the lever member; and a case connected to the connection lever, the lever member and the biasing member being accommodated in the case.