Patent ID: 6976717

Claim:
A door handle assembly for mounting on a support panel for operating a vehicle door latch comprising: a door handle ( 20 ) having a pivot pin ( 24 , 25 ) having an axis and a lock button ( 30 ) having a part cylindrical socket ( 34 A) that is pivotally mounted on the pivot pin so that the lock button pivots about the axis with respect to the door handle back and forth between an unlocked position and a locked position, the lock button having a loading slot ( 34 B) leading to the part cylindrical socket, the pivot pin being insertable laterally into the part cylindrical socket via the loading slot and non-removably captured in the part cylindrical socket of the lock button at the unlocked position and at the locked position and as the lock button pivots with respect to the door handle back and forth between the unlocked position and the locked position, the pivot pin being captured in the part cylindrical socket of the lock button by structure consisting of the respective shapes of the pivot pin, the part cylindrical socket and the loading slot.