Patent ID: 7441374
Filing Date: 2008-10-28
Classification: B60J,E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A motor vehicle door module assembly including a module plate positionable within a vehicle door structure, a door handle bracket mounted on the module plate, and an inside door handle pivotally mounted on the bracket, characterized in that: the assembly includes coacting mounting structures on the module plate and on the bracket operative in response to sliding movement of the bracket relative to the module plate to mount the bracket on the module plate, wherein the coacting mounting structures are operative to mount the bracket on the module plate while allowing limited adjustment of the bracket relative to the module plate once mounted thereto: wherein the coacting mounting structures comprise first and second tabs on one of the module plate and bracket and corresponding first and second keyways in the other of the module plate and bracket; wherein the first and second tabs each have a T cross-sectional configuration including a stem portion outstanding from the module plate or bracket and a horizontal bar portion on a free end of the stem portion, each said horizontal bar portion being wider than its respective said stem portion, and the first and second keyways each include an entry portion sized to allow the bar portion of the corresponding tab to pass therethrough and a home portion sized to accommodate the stem portion of the corresponding tab; wherein the second keyway includes a keyway latch structure which latchingly engages the stem portion of the second tab when disposed within the home portion of the second keyway; wherein each of the first and second keyways includes a throat between the entry portion and the home portion; and wherein the keyway latch structure in the second keyway comprises cantilevered resilient fingers terminating at the throat of the second keyway, the fingers resiliently yielding in response to movement of the second tab stem portion into the throat of the second keyway and resiliently returning to an original position following movement of the second tab stem portion into the home portion of the second keyway to latchingly engage the second tab stem portion and preclude inadvertent withdrawal of the second tab from the second keyway's home portion.