Door handle assembly

• US 4,482,179 A
• Filed: 12/15/1982
• Issued: 11/13/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1982
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Johnson, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): MOORE, RICHARD
• Application Number:
  US06/450,051
• Time in Patent Office: 699 Days
• Field of Search: 292/336.3, 292/165, 292/227, 292/DIG. 37, 292/172, 292/223, 292/226, 74/99 A, 74/99 R, 74/107
• US Class Current: 292/336.3
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 1/0038 Sliding handles, e.g. push buttons E05B13/105 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/10 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 85/16 a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 292/57 Operators with knobs or handles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/1896 Cam connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 74/18984 Inclined ramp

Abstract

A push button type or a pull out type door handle is provided with a latch operating mechanism for actuating a vehicle door latch. In each embodiment, a mounting member attached to the vehicle door rotatably mounts a latch release lever for movement in a plane generally parallel to the door. The push button or pull out handle moves an elongated rod having a helical twist through a camming opening of like cross-section in the latch release lever to rotate the lever and release the door latch.

Claims

1. An operating handle assembly for actuating the latch of a vehicle door or the like, comprising,

a mounting member adapted to be attached to the vehicle door,

linearly movable actuating means associated with the mounting member,

a linearly movable camming member including a helical twist,

a latch release lever rotatably mounted to the mounting member so as to be able to actuate the vehicle door latch, the release lever having a camming opening which receives the camming member therethrough and has a cross-section matching the cross-section of the camming member,

means operatively connecting the camming member to the actuating means,

linear movement of the camming member by the actuating means moving the camming member linearly through the camming opening and rotating the latch release lever relative to the mounting member to actuate the vehicle latch.

2. An operating handle assembly for actuating the latch of a vehicle door or the like, comprising,

a mounting member adapted to be attached to the vehicle door,

a manually movable actuating means associated with the mounting member,

an elongated rod of polygonal cross-section having a helical twist therein,

means securing the rod to the actuating means for linear movement of the rod substantially normal to the mounting member,

a latch release lever rotatably mounted to the mounting member for movement in a plane substantially parallel to the mounting member and having a camming opening which receives the elongated rod therethrough and has a cross-section matching the cross-section of the elongated rod,

movement of the actuating means moving the rod linearly through the camming opening of the latch release lever to rotate it relative to the mounting member and release the vehicle latch.