Patent ID: 7475924

Claim:
A support bracket for an exterior handle of a vehicle door for motor vehicles, which is attached on an inside of a outer skin of the vehicle door for mounting the exterior handle, with the exterior handle being positioned in a handle recess of the outer skin of the vehicle door, the support bracket has a torsion spring and a first opening disposed on both longitudinally extending ends for passage of connecting elements of the exterior handle, wherein a second opening for supporting a closing cylinder is arranged following the first opening, and wherein a side of the support bracket facing the second opening optionally includes a support fork enabling a pivoting motion of the exterior handle, the support bracket comprising: a Bowden cable connection substantially in a region of the second opening that supports the closing cylinder and in a region of the first opening arranged following the second opening and receiving a connecting element of the exterior handle, wherein the Bowden cable connection is releasably connected with a downwardly depending longitudinal side of the support bracket to provide safety in a crash, wherein the support bracket comprises bearing journals extending downwardly from a longitudinal side of the support bracket, each receiving a corresponding recess of the T-shape profile for attaching the Bowden cable connection to the support bracket, wherein the Bowden cable connection formed of a T-shaped profile, with an end of a the Bowden cable being connected with a rib of the T-shaped profile, and with corresponding first and second recesses being disposed on both ends of a flange of the T-shaped profile for attaching the Bowden cable connection to the support bracket.