Patent ID: 7232164

Claim:
A safety apparatus for a vehicle door handle assembly, configured for installation in a door comprising an inside surface and an outside surface, the safety apparatus comprising: a connection lever in contact with a structure of a door handle that is disposed inside the door, such that, when the door handle is pulled outwards from the door, the connection lever is rotated; an operating lever coupled to the connection lever and transmitting rotation of the connection lever to a latch cable; a balance weight placed at a position opposite a junction between the connection lever and the door handle based on a rotating shaft of the connection lever; and coupling means coupling the balance weight and the connection lever to each other, such that, when an inertial force of the balance weight is biased toward the outside surface of the door, the balance weight and the connection lever do not rotate, and when the inertial force of the balance weight is biased toward the inside surface of the door, inside the door, the balance weight rotates relative to the connection lever around the rotating shaft.