Patent ID: 6234548
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
In combination with a motor-vehicle door latch mounted on a door, a handle assembly comprising:a mounting plate;an elongated handle having a rear end pivoted in the mounting plate and a front end formed with a horizontally and transversely projecting actuation arm having a hook end and, offset inward from the actuation arm, a horizontally and transversely projecting finger-guard formation, the handle being pivotal on the plate between an inner position with the front end resting against the door and an outer position with the front end pulled horizontally out of the door;a coupling element pivoted on the door about a horizontal axis and havingone radially projecting coupling arm engageable with the hook end of the handle,another radially projecting coupling arm, anda radially projecting abutment formation;a link extending vertically between the other coupling arm and the latch, whereby when the handle is displaced into the outer position the element is pivoted and the link is displaced vertically to actuate the latch;a spring rotationally urging the coupling element such that the one coupling arm bears on the hook end and biases the handle into the inner position;a lever pivotal on the plate and having two lever arms, one of the lever arms movable into and out of a blocking position angularly engaging the abutment formation and blocking rotation of the coupling element and inward movement of the one coupling arm anda holding pin displaceable on the door and engageable with the other lever arm for displacing the one lever arm into the freeing position.