Patent ID: 7757438

Claim:
A motor vehicle door module assembly including a module plate positionable within an aperture in a door panel of a vehicle door structure, a door handle bracket mounted on the module plate, and an inside door handle pivotally mounted on the bracket, characterized in that: the assembly includes coacting mounting structures on the module plate and on the bracket operative in response to sliding movement of the bracket relative to the module plate to mount the bracket on the module plate, wherein the coacting mounting structures are operative to mount the bracket on the module plate while allowing limited adjustment of the bracket relative to the module plate once mounted thereto; and the assembly further includes a fastener assembly operative to fixedly secure the bracket to the vehicle door panel following said limited adjustment of the mounted bracket relative to the module plate, said coacting mounting structures comprising first and second tabs on one of the module plate and bracket coacting with corresponding first and second keyways in the other of said module plate and bracket, and said first and second tabs each having a T-cross sectional configuration including a stem portion outstanding from said one of said module plate and bracket and a horizontal bar portion on a distal end of the stem portion each said horizontal bar portion being wider than its respective said stem portion; said first and second keyways each including an entry portion sized to pass the bar portion of the corresponding tab, and a home portion size to accommodate the stem portion of the corresponding tab; wherein the second keyway includes a keyway latch structure whereby when the stem portion of the second tab is disposed in the home portion of the second keyway, said stem portion of the second tab is latchingly engaged by the keyway latch structure; each of said first and second keyways including a throat between the entry portion and the home portion; and the keyway latch structure in the second keyway comprising cantilevered resilient fingers terminating at the throat of the second keyway, the fingers resiliently yielding in response to movement of the second tab stem portion into the throat of the second keyway and snapping back following movement of the second tab stem portion into the home portion of the second keyway to latchingly engage the second tab stem portion and preclude unintended withdrawal of the second tab stem portion from the home portion of the second keyway.