Patent ID: 8167342

Claim:
An automobile outer door handle adapted to be mounted to a door of automobile, said outer door handle comprising: a handle portion configured to be gripped from an outside of the door and pivotable from a rest position to an open position; at least one supporting arm; a mating supporting arm which is configured to be fixed to the door and on which the supporting arm pivotably rests; an inertial mass supported by the supporting arm and pivotably displaceable in the same direction as the handle portion; and a rest element facing the mating supporting arm and on a side of the inertial mass, wherein said inertial mass, in a blocking position, is configured to lock the handle portion into the rest position, said inertial mass, in a release position, is configured to release said handle portion, and is mechanically biased by a biasing member to be displaced into the blocking position when a predetermined transverse acceleration acts on the automobile, said resting element rests against the mating supporting arm when the inertial mass is biased in such a manner that, when the handle portion is pivoted into the open position, the inertial mass is pivoted toward the release position, the inertial mass rests on the supporting arm in a pivotable manner about a pivot pin which is approximately parallel to a support pin about which the supporting arm is supported on the mating supporting arm, and the inertial mass comprises a blocking element spaced from the pivot pin and cooperating, in the blocking position of the inertial mass, with a blocking surface of the mating supporting arm.