Patent ID: 8528949

Claim:
A door handle stroke change structure comprising: a door to open and close a door opening of a vehicle; a latch mechanism to cause the door to be retained relative to the vehicle in a closed position; an electric latch drive mechanism to electrically cause the latch mechanism to perform an open action to allow the door to be opened from the closed position; a mechanical latch drive mechanism to mechanically cause the latch mechanism to perform the open action; and an operation member provided in the door to operate the electric latch drive mechanism and the mechanical latch mechanism, the operation member being moveable to: a closed position at which the latch mechanism is not caused to perform the open action, a first position at which the latch mechanism is caused to perform the open action by the electric latch drive mechanism, and a second position at which the latch mechanism is caused to perform the open action by the mechanical latch drive mechanism, wherein a motion by a user to move the operation member from the closed position to the first position is a same motion as a motion by the user to move the operation member from the closed position to the second position, and wherein a movement amount of the motion by the user to move the operation member from the closed position to the first position is greater than a movement amount of the motion by the user to move the operation member from the closed position to the second position.