Patent ID: 8579339

Claim:
An outside handle assembly of a vehicle door having an inner panel and an outer panel, the handle assembly comprising: an escutcheon disposed in the outer panel of the vehicle door; a handle body disposed at a vehicular outer side of the escutcheon; a first protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon, the first protection bracket comprising an engaging hole configured to receive a key cylinder; and a second protection bracket disposed at the vehicular inner side of the escutcheon to cover a periphery of the key cylinder, wherein the second protection bracket is supported by the inner panel of the vehicle door via a second installation bracket, and comprises at least one support contacting the first protection bracket, wherein the second protection bracket is arranged to receive an impact load exerted upon the first protection bracket toward the vehicular inner side and arranged to restrain the key cylinder and the first protection bracket from moving toward the vehicular inner side, wherein the outer panel of the vehicle door comprises an installation port configured to receive the handle assembly, and wherein the first protection bracket comprises an extension to cover at least a portion of a vehicular inner side periphery of the installation port.