Gasket rib lock for door handle assembly
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1. An arrangement for mounting a gasket upon a vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle door handle housing including a body portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding said body portion, said peripheral portion of said handle housing including a groove formed within a central portion of said peripheral portion by being interposed between laterally spaced projecting rib portions; and
an annular gasket including a projecting rib member which is formed upon a central portion of said annular gasket between laterally spaced shoulder portions of said annular gasket, said projecting rib member being dimensioned and contoured so as to be tightly engaged within said groove of said handle housing while said shoulder portions of said annular gasket overlie and engage said laterally spaced projecting rib portions of said handle housing peripheral portion so as to securely mount and support said annular gasket to and upon said handle housing.
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An arrangement for mounting a gasket to a vehicle door handle housing is provided whereby the gasket and the housing can be easily and rapidly assembled together without requiring the use of a separate fastening operation. The handle housing is provided with grooves, and the gasket is provided with rib members. The rib members are adapted so as to be press fitted into the grooves so as to securely mount the gasket to the housing.
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1. An arrangement for mounting a gasket upon a vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
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a vehicle door handle housing including a body portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding said body portion, said peripheral portion of said handle housing including a groove formed within a central portion of said peripheral portion by being interposed between laterally spaced projecting rib portions; and an annular gasket including a projecting rib member which is formed upon a central portion of said annular gasket between laterally spaced shoulder portions of said annular gasket, said projecting rib member being dimensioned and contoured so as to be tightly engaged within said groove of said handle housing while said shoulder portions of said annular gasket overlie and engage said laterally spaced projecting rib portions of said handle housing peripheral portion so as to securely mount and support said annular gasket to and upon said handle housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An arrangement for mounting a gasket upon a vehicle door handle assembly housing, comprising:
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a vehicle door handle housing including a body portion, and a peripheral portion surrounding said body portion; an annular gasket; and an interlocking means formed upon said door handle housing and said annular gasket for securely mounting said annular gasket upon said door handle housing; said interlocking means including grooves formed within central portions of said peripheral portion of said housing by being interposed between laterally spaced projecting rib portions of said peripheral portion of said housing, and projecting rib member formed upon central portions of said annular gasket between laterally spaced shoulder portions of said annular gasket, said projecting rib members being dimensioned and contoured so as to be press fitted into said grooves of said handle housing while said shoulder portions of said annular gasket overlie and engage said laterally spaced projecting rib portions of said handle housing peripheral portion so as to securely mount and support said annular gasket to and upon said handle housing. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An arrangement for mounting a gasket upon a vehicle door handle assembly, comprising:
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a vehicle door handle housing including a body portion, and a substantially planar peripheral portion surrounding said body portion, said peripheral portion of said handle housing including a plurality of circumferentially spaced grooved formed within central portions of said peripheral portion of said handle housing by being interposed between laterally spaced projecting rib portions; and a substantially planar annular gasket comprising laterally spaced shoulder portions which substantially define a plane of said substantially planar annular gasket from which a plurality of circumferentially spaced projecting rib members extend substantially perpendicularly with respect to said plane of said substantially planar annular gasket, said plurality of projecting rib members of said substantially planar annular gasket being formed upon a central portion of said annular gasket between said laterally spaced shoulder portions of said annular gasket and being contoured and dimensioned so as to be tightly engaged, respectively, within said plurality of circumferentially spaced grooves of said handle housing while said shoulder portions of said annular gasket overlie and engage said laterally spaced projecting rib portions of said handle housing peripheral portion so as to securely mount and support said annular gasket to and upon said handle housing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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