Patent ID: 7784220

Claim:
For use with a motor vehicle door structure including spaced inner and outer panels, an outside door handle positioned on the outer panel, a module opening in the inner panel, and a latch opening for receipt of a latch for coaction with a striker on the door jamb to latch and unlatch the door, a motor vehicle door module assembly including a door module plate assembly for positioning in the module opening and mounting an actuator positioned with the door module plate assembly in the module opening to be engaged by the outside door handle and connected to a link arranged to trip the door latch in response to movement of the actuator, wherein: a holder structure integral with the door module and defining a socket having a pivot axis the actuator being pivotally mounted in the socket for movement between latched and unlatched positions; said socket including spaced left and right journal portions centered on the socket pivot axis a slot in the holder structure to provide access to said journal portions; the actuator including a bell crank having a main body portion defining a first arm portion positioned to be engaged by the outside door handle and a second arm portion connectable to the link, and a pivot shaft portion including left and right cylindrical journal portions extending from opposite sides of the main body portion sized to be journalled in the socket and defining a pivot shaft axis; the pivot shaft journal portions each including a flatted section sized to be aligned with and pass through a respective slot with the pivot shaft in a first angular position so as to position the left and right pivot shaft journal portions in the left and right socket journal portions respectively and so as to thereafter allow rotation of the pivot shaft in the socket to a second, operative angular position where the link may extend between the bell crank second arm portion and the latch and where the flatted sections are misaligned with the slots to preclude withdrawal of the pivot shaft from the socket; and the first arm portion of the actuator operative, with the door module plate assembly positioned in the module opening, to be engaged by the outside door handle in response to inward movement of the outside door handle to rotate the actuator in the socket and trip the door latch.