Patent ID: 6672633
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A vehicle door handle assembly comprising:a frame secured to an inside of an outer panel for a vehicle door; a handle lever rotatably assembled to the frame by a shaft portion and rotatably urged to a predetermined position in a rotation direction by a rotative urging spring; a grip type outer handle installed from an outside of the outer panel and rotatably operating the handle lever; the grip type outer handle including an engaging portion at one end inserted through an opening for insertion provided at the outer panel and engaged with a supporting portion in an inclinable manner provided at the frame, and an inserting projection having an engaging concave portion at the other end being inserted through respective openings for insertion provided at the outer panel and the frame and being engaged with an input portion of the handle lever; whereby the handle lever is movable in an axial direction of the shaft portion relative to the frame; an engaging hook formed at one of the handle lever and frame; an engaging portion formed at the other of the frame and handle lever for being engaged and disengaged with the engaging hook; and an axial urging spring provided between the handle lever and the frame for urging the handle lever to a predetermined position in the axial direction in which the engaging hook is disengaged from the engaging portion in the axial direction; wherein when the handle lever is rotatably moved from the predetermined position in the rotation direction with a predetermined amount against a urging force of the rotative urging spring and also axially moved from the predetermined position in the axial direction with a predetermined amount against a urging force of the axial urging spring, the engaging hook is engaged with the engaging portion in the rotation direction and the axial direction for holding the handle lever in a tentative holding position.