Patent ID: 8469411

Claim:
An apparatus for operating an automotive vehicle door, comprising: a movable door latch having an open state for unlatching the door and a closed state for latching the vehicle door; a pivoting door handle having a portion located outboard of a door panel of the vehicle door having a pivot end pivotally secured relative to the door panel for pivoting about the pivot end, and an opposed sliding end configured for sliding in an outboard direction relative to the door panel for unlatching and opening the vehicle door and movable in an opposed inboard direction for latching the vehicle door, the pivoting door handle having an arm extending inboard of the door panel from the sliding end; a cap fixed to the door panel, having a portion located outboard of the door panel, the cap adjacent to the sliding end, the cap including an inboard extending channel within which the arm is slidably engaged, the channel including a stop, the stop being located outboard of the door panel and configured to directly contact the arm to limit the maximum movement of the sliding end in the outboard direction; and a cable secured to the sliding end of the handle, outboard of the door panel for all positions of the pivoting door handle, for transmitting movement of the sliding end of the handle to the latch.