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EP-4741613-A1 - DOOR HANDLE

EP4741613A1EP 4741613 A1EP4741613 A1EP 4741613A1EP-4741613-A1

Abstract

Door handle (10) comprising a first part (11) and a second part (12) configured to be assembled together in an assembled state, wherein a mounting side of the first part (11) is mounted on a side of the second part (12), the first part (11) comprising a first hook (115) protruding from said mounting side of the first part (11), the first hook (115) being, in a pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), configured to engage a corresponding member (125) on the side of the second part (12), the first part (11) comprising a prefixation hook (113) protruding from said mounting side of the first part (11), said prefixation hook (113) being, in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), configured to engage a clipping member (123) protruding the side of the second part (12), so that in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), the corresponding member (125) and the clipping member (123) maintain the mounting side of the first part (11) in contact with the side of the second part (12), and prevent the first part (11) from falling apart from the second part (12).

Inventors

  • PEDROLETTI, David

Assignees

  • Minebea AccessSolutions Italia S.p.A.

Dates

Publication Date
20260513
Application Date
20241112

Claims (12)

  1. Door handle (10) comprising a first part (11) and a second part (12) configured to be assembled together in an assembled state, wherein a mounting side of the first part (11) is mounted on a side of the second part (12), the first part (11) comprising a first hook (115) protruding from said mounting side of the first part (11), the first hook (115) being, in a pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), configured to engage a corresponding member (125) on the side of the second part (12), the first part (11) comprising a prefixation hook (113) protruding from said mounting side of the first part (11), said prefixation hook (113) being, in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), configured to engage a clipping member (123) protruding the side of the second part (12), so that in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), the corresponding member (125) and the clipping member (123) maintain the mounting side of the first part (11) in contact with the side of the second part (12), and prevent the first part (11) from falling apart from the second part (12).
  2. Door handle (10) according to claim 1, wherein the side of the second part (12) comprises a hole, the corresponding member (125) on the side of the second part (12) being a rim (125) of said hole, so that in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), the first hook (115) is inserted in the hole to engage the rim (125) of said hole on the side of the second part (12).
  3. Door handle (10) according to anyone of preceding claims, wherein the second part (12) comprises a sliding part (126), slidingly attached to another side of the second part (12), the sliding part (126) comprising at least one boss (1261, 1261') protruding transversally to an extension of the other side of the second part (12), and wherein the first part (11) comprises at least one third hook (116, 116') protruding from the mounting side of the first part (11), the at least one third hook (116, 116') being, in the pre-assembled state of the first part (11) and the second part (12), configured to pass through a hole in the side of the second part (12), the sliding part (126) being moveable from a first position, wherein the at least one boss (1261, 1261') is free, to a second position wherein the at least one boss (1261, 1261') is inserted between the other side of the second part (12) and the at least one third hook (116, 116') of the first part (11), so that the at least one third hook (116, 116') being pulled towards the second part (12) by the at least one boss (1261, 1261'), the first part (11) is assembled to the second part (12).
  4. Door handle (10) according to claim 3, wherein the second part (12) further comprises a driving part (127), said driving part (127) being configured to drive the sliding part (126) from the first position of the sliding part (126) to the second position of the sliding part (126).
  5. Door handle (10) according to claim 4, wherein the sliding part (126) comprises a driving hole, wherein said driving part (127) comprises a driving member (1271) protruding transversally to an extension of the sliding part (126) through the driving hole of the sliding part (126), the driving member (1271) being excentered with respect to an axis of rotation of the driving part (127) mobile in rotation between a first position of the driving part (127) wherein the driving member (1271) drives the sliding part (126) to the first position of the sliding part (126) and a second position of the driving part (127) wherein the driving member (1271) drives the sliding part (126) to the second position of the sliding part (126).
  6. Door handle (10) according to claim 5, wherein the driving hole of the sliding part (126) is provided with at least two driving walls (1262, 1262'), so that the driving member (1271) leans on one driving wall (1262) to drive the sliding part (126) from the first position to the second position, and the driving member (1271) leans on another driving wall (1262') to drive the sliding part from the second position to the first position.
  7. Door handle (10) according to anyone of claims 4 to 6, wherein the driving part (127) is provided with a first notch (1272') configured to engage a locking member (128) of the second part (12) in the first position of the sliding part (126), and with a second notch (1272) configured to engage the locking member (128) of the second part (12) in the second position of the sliding part (126).
  8. Door handle (10) according to anyone of claims 4 to 7, wherein the driving part (127) is provided with rotation tracks (1273) on a surface of the driving part (127) in sliding contact with a corresponding surface of the second part (12), said rotation tracks (1273) being configured to guide the rotation of the of the driving part (127) on the corresponding surface of the second part (12).
  9. Door handle (10) according to anyone of claims 4 to 8, wherein the driving part (127) is provided with a fixation clip (1274) configured to rotatively mount the driving part (127) on the second part (12).
  10. Vehicle door comprising a door handle (10) according to anyone of preceding claims, wherein the first part (11) is installed on a side of the door outside of the vehicle, and wherein the second part (12) is installed on a side of the door inside the vehicle.
  11. Vehicle door according to the preceding claim, wherein the mounting side of the first part (11) is concave, and the opposite side convex, the first part (11) being installed inside a recess of the external door sheet, so that a user may use the convex side to open the door.
  12. Vehicle comprising a vehicule door according to the preceding claim.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the field of vehicle door handles. BACKGROUND It is known to have two parts assembled to provide a vehicle door with a vehicle door handle, a first part being usually installed inside a recess in the door sheet, on an external side of the door and accessible to a user opening the door, a second part being installed inside an internal part of the door. The assembly of the two parts is usually done with screws placed on the side or the internal part of the door. The issue related to the assembly of the two parts is that it requires the presence of two operators: a first operator must hold the first part in position on the external side of the door, while a second operator activates a fixing member generally placed on the internal side of the door. To maintain the first part in position, while a single operator is activating the fixing member, it is known to use a set of pre-fixing clips installed on the door sheet in the internal area of the handle opening. But this set of pre-fixing clips is dependent on the geometry of the door, and therefore on a supplier who is different from the supplier of the handle, so that the supplier of the handle cannot guarantee the assembly operation which requires very restricted tolerances to be able to function. Therefore, there is a need to guarantee a pre-fixing operation independently of the conformity and tolerances of the door, by allowing the supplier of the handle to have total control of the two interfaces, on the first part side and on the second part side. Once the first part is pre-fixed, it has then to be definitively fixed. It is known to use a slider part on the second part, which is activated by using a screw, and optionally a screwdriver. This may lead to relatively long assembly time. It is also known to use an eccentric cam to push the slider part, but said eccentric cam cannot pull the slider back to remove the handle. Therefore, there is a further need to simplify the process to fix definitively the first part and the second part, so that the slider may be operated quickly, without having to use a screwdriver, and in both directions, which allows assembly and disassembly to be carried out. Thus reliability of e-release switch will be improved. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To that end, the present invention provides a door handle comprising a first part and a second part configured to be assembled together in an assembled state, wherein a mounting side of the first part is mounted on a side of the second part, the first part comprising a first hook protruding from said mounting side of the first part, the first hook being, in a pre-assembled state of the first part and the second part, configured to engage a corresponding member on the side of the second part, the first part comprising a prefixation hook protruding from said mounting side of the first part, said prefixation hook being, in the pre-assembled state of the first part and the second part, configured to engage a clipping member protruding the side of the second part, so that in the pre-assembled state of the first part and the second part, the corresponding member and the clipping member maintain the mounting side of the first part in contact with the side of the second part, and prevent the first part from falling apart from the second part. According to these provisions, the operator is not obliged to manually maintain the first part during the assembly operation, in particular during a second part of the assembly operation wherein a slider is operated on another side of the second part, opposite to the side on which the first part is mounted, i.e. on an internal side of the door, i.e. internal to the vehicle. According to an embodiment, the invention comprises one or more of the following features, alone or in any combination technically compatible. According to an embodiment, the first part comprises one or more first hook(s), and one or more corresponding member(s). According to an embodiment, the side of the second part comprises a hole, the corresponding member on the side of the second part being a rim of said hole, so that in the pre-assembled state of the first part and the second part, the first hook is inserted in the hole to engage the rim of said hole on the side of the second part. According to an embodiment, the second part comprises a sliding part, slidingly attached to another side of the second part, the sliding part comprising at least one boss protruding transversally to an extension of the other side of the second part, and wherein the first part comprises at least one third hook protruding from the mounting side of the first part, the at least one third hook being, in the pre-assembled state of the first part and the second part, configured to pass through a hole in the side of the second part, the sliding part being moveable from a first position, wherein the at least one boss is free, to a second position wherein the