EP0296033A1 - Manually operated device for opening a vehicle door - Google Patents

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EP0296033A1
EP0296033A1 EP88401411A EP88401411A EP0296033A1 EP 0296033 A1 EP0296033 A1 EP 0296033A1 EP 88401411 A EP88401411 A EP 88401411A EP 88401411 A EP88401411 A EP 88401411A EP 0296033 A1 EP0296033 A1 EP 0296033A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/10—Handles
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B1/00—Knobs or handles for wings; Knobs, handles, or press buttons for locks or latches on wings
    • E05B1/0092—Moving otherwise than only rectilinearly or only rotatively
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
    • E05B85/10—Handles
    • E05B85/14—Handles pivoted about an axis parallel to the wing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10S292/31—Lever operator, flush
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/08—Bolts
    • Y10T292/1043—Swinging
    • Y10T292/1075—Operating means
    • Y10T292/1076—Link and lever
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/57—Operators with knobs or handles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
    • Y10T292/82—Knobs

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  • the subject of the present invention is a device for manually controlling the opening of a vehicle door, of the type comprising a handle capable of tilting an actuating lever of an associated lock and articulated on a casing open towards the outside and capable of receive the handle, so that when the latter is in the rest position, its outer surface is practically in the plane of the outer panel of the door.
  • the case also contains a key cylinder and a threshing machine adapted to actuate the locking of the lock.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to propose a hinge mechanism for the handle such that the effective hinge axis of this handle is brought back inside the housing. This makes it possible to simplify the sequence of movements for placing the preassembled housing-handle block, only horizontal translations executable by a robot remaining necessary.
  • the handle is articulated laterally, on the one hand around two axes fixed to the housing and on the other hand around two mobile axes, integral with said handle, all these axes being inside the housing, each axis fixed to the housing being connected by a link to a movable axis and these axes being positioned so that straight lines each passing by a fixed axis and by a mobile axis connected by the same link intersect with the outside of the housing.
  • the handle is articulated on a system of deformable quadrilaterals whose sides are defined by the two fixed axes and the two movable axes.
  • the handle comprises a pallet provided with two lateral cheeks extending inside the housing and respectively articulated on two rods whose articulations on the cheeks constitute the movable axes and the articulations on the housing form the fixed axes, and two rods each cooperating with a respective cheek are integral with a connecting piece arranged so that its tilting around the two associated fixed axes causes the actuating lever of the lock.
  • the device for manually controlling the opening of a vehicle door shown in FIG. 1 comprises a box 1, of generally parallelepipedal shape and adapted to be housed in a cutout in the outer panel 24 of the vehicle door so that its outer face 6 is flush with the surface of the outer panel of the door.
  • the housing 1 is open on the outside, closed by a bottom 2 on the inside, and adapted to receive a handle 3 capable of tilting a lever 4 ( Figures 2 to 6) for actuating an associated lock, by through a linkage known per se and not shown.
  • the lever 4 is mainly located outside of the bottom 2 on which it is articulated by an axis 5.
  • the front face of the housing 1 is constituted by a plate 6 hollowed out to allow the passage of the handle 3 and the fingers of a user to operate this handle.
  • the handle 3 comprises a pallet or plate 7 provided with two lateral cheeks 8 extending perpendicularly in the housing 1 from the ends of the pallet 7.
  • Each cheek 8 is articulated on two links 9, 11 and 12, 13 around moving axes respective 14 and 15.
  • each pair of rods 9, 11 and 12, 13 is also articulated, at the ends of these opposite the movable axes 14, 15, around axes 16, 17 fixed to the housing 1
  • the two connecting rods 9, 12 contiguous to the pallet 7 are integral with a connecting piece 18 extended at one of its ends by a projecting lug 19 adapted to cooperate with a corresponding terminal lug 21 of the lever 4.
  • the links 9, 11, 1a connecting piece 18 and the tab 19 constitute a single piece.
  • the handle 3 is therefore articulated laterally, by each of its cheeks 8, around two axes 16, 17 fixed to the housing 1, and on the other hand around two mobile axes 14, 15, integral with said handle 3, all these axes 14 to 17 being inside the housing 1.
  • Each fixed axis 16, 17 is connected to a movable axis 14, 15 by a respective link 9, 11, 12, 13.
  • the links 11 and 13 each have a lower end portion 11a, 13a bent substantially at right angles to the link itself, and which carries the movable articulation axis 15. These bent end portions 11a, 13a penetrate in corresponding slots 10 formed in the bottom 2 of the housing 1.
  • the axes 14 to 17 are positioned in the housing 1 so that straight lines D1, D2 ( Figure 4) each passing through a fixed axis 16, 17 and through a movable axis 14, 15 connected by the same link 9, 11 or 12, 13 intersect on the outside of the housing on a theoretical axis of articulation of the handle 3 not shown ( Figure 4).
  • the user To tilt the handle 3, the user introduces his fingers into the opening of the face 6, then behind the pallet 7 which is pulled outwards.
  • the handle 3 therefore drives the links 9, 11 and 12, 13 by the movable axes 14, 15 accompanying the movement of the handle 3, while the links 9, 11 rock around the fixed axes 16, 17.
  • the protruding tab 19 lowers the tab 21 of the lever 4 which performs a rotation about its axis 5 and whose end 22 opposite to the tab 21 actuates the opening linkage of the lock.
  • the face 6 of the housing 1 has notches 26 (FIGS. 3 and 6) into which claws 25 projecting from the outer panel 24 can be introduced.
  • the pre-assembled block consisting of the housing 1, the handle 3 and its articulation mechanism in the housing can be put in place very simply by a suitably programmed robot. It suffices for the latter to introduce the block into the cutout of the door by a first horizontal translation, perpendicular to the general plane of the door, then to execute a second horizontal translation perpendicular to the first to bring in the claws 25 in the notches 26.
  • the final position of the block can be ensured by clipping or by screwing the housing 1 onto the panel 24 from the inside of the door ( Figure 3).
  • the articulation mechanism described can be modified without departing from the scope of the invention, insofar as the effective articulation axes of the handle 3 remain circumscribed within the volume defined by the housing 1.

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Abstract

This device comprises a handle (3) capable of tilting a lever (4) for actuating a lock and articulated on an outwardly open housing (1) capable of receiving the handle (3), the latter being articulated laterally, on the one hand, about two axles (16, 17) fastened to the housing (1) and, on the other hand, about two movable axles (14, 15) fixed to said handle, all these axles being within the housing (1), each axle (16, 17) fastened to the housing being connected by means of a link (9, 11; 12, 13) to a movable axle (14, 15), and these axles (14-17) being positioned in such a way that straight lines (D1, D2) each passing through a fixed axle (16, 17) and a movable axle (14, 15) connected by means of the same link intersect on the outside of the housing. This articulated mechanism makes it possible to mount the housing (1)/handle (3) assembly on the door by means of a simple sequence of horizontal translational movements which can also be executed by a robot, the latter being of very simple design. <IMAGE>

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La présente invention a pour objet un dis­positif de commande manuelle d'ouverture de porte de véhicule, du type comprenant une poignée susceptible de faire basculer un levier d'actionnement d'une ser­rure associée et articulé sur un boîtier ouvert vers l'extérieur et pouvant recevoir la poignée, de manière que lorsque celle-ci est en position de repos, sa sur­face extérieure se trouve pratiquement dans le plan du panneau extérieur de la porte.The subject of the present invention is a device for manually controlling the opening of a vehicle door, of the type comprising a handle capable of tilting an actuating lever of an associated lock and articulated on a casing open towards the outside and capable of receive the handle, so that when the latter is in the rest position, its outer surface is practically in the plane of the outer panel of the door.

Le boîtier contient également un barillet à clé et une batteuse adaptée pour actionner la condam­nation de la serrure.The case also contains a key cylinder and a threshing machine adapted to actuate the locking of the lock.

En raison de la position extérieure au boî­tier à l'arrière et au-dessus de celui-ci de l'axe de rotation de la poignée, la mise en place de l'ensemble boîtier et poignée dans la porte nécessite une séquen­ce de mouvements relativement complexes, exécutée ma­nuellement sur les chaînes de montage de véhicules. Une telle séquence ne peut être décomposée en mouve­ments simples de translations verticales et/ou hori­zontales, qui peuvent être effectués très facilement par des robots.Due to the position outside the housing at the rear and above it of the axis of rotation of the handle, the installation of the housing and handle assembly in the door requires a sequence of movements relatively complex, executed manually on vehicle assembly lines. Such a sequence cannot be broken down into simple movements of vertical and / or horizontal translations, which can be carried out very easily by robots.

L'invention a donc pour but de proposer un mécanisme d'articulation de la poignée tel que l'axe d'articulation effectif de cette poignée se trouve ra­mené à l'intérieur du boîtier. Ceci permet de simpli­fier la séquence des mouvements de mise en place du bloc boîtier-poignée préassemblé, seules des transla­tions horizontales exécutables par un robot restant nécessaires.The object of the invention is therefore to propose a hinge mechanism for the handle such that the effective hinge axis of this handle is brought back inside the housing. This makes it possible to simplify the sequence of movements for placing the preassembled housing-handle block, only horizontal translations executable by a robot remaining necessary.

Suivant l'invention, la poignée est articu­lée latéralement, d'une part autour de deux axes fixés au boîtier et d'autre part autour de deux axes mobi­les, solidaires de ladite poignée, tous ces axes étant intérieurs au boîtier, chaque axe fixé au boîtier étant relié par une biellette à un axe mobile et ces axes étant positionnés de telle sorte que des droites passant chacune par un axe fixe et par un axe mobile reliés par une même biellette se coupent à l'extérieur du boîtier.According to the invention, the handle is articulated laterally, on the one hand around two axes fixed to the housing and on the other hand around two mobile axes, integral with said handle, all these axes being inside the housing, each axis fixed to the housing being connected by a link to a movable axis and these axes being positioned so that straight lines each passing by a fixed axis and by a mobile axis connected by the same link intersect with the outside of the housing.

Ainsi, la poignée est articulée sur un sys­tème de quadrilatères déformables dont les côtés sont définis par les deux axes fixes et les deux axes mo­biles.Thus, the handle is articulated on a system of deformable quadrilaterals whose sides are defined by the two fixed axes and the two movable axes.

Suivant un mode de réalisation de l'inven­tion, la poignée comporte une palette munie de deux joues latérales s'étendant à l'intérieur du boîtier et respectivement articulées sur deux biellettes dont les articulations sur les joues constituent les axes mobiles et les articulations sur le boîtier forment les axes fixes, et deux biellettes coopérant chacune avec une joue respective sont solidaires d'une pièce de liaison agencée pour que son basculement autour des deux axes fixes associés entraîne le levier d'action­nement de la serrure.According to one embodiment of the invention, the handle comprises a pallet provided with two lateral cheeks extending inside the housing and respectively articulated on two rods whose articulations on the cheeks constitute the movable axes and the articulations on the housing form the fixed axes, and two rods each cooperating with a respective cheek are integral with a connecting piece arranged so that its tilting around the two associated fixed axes causes the actuating lever of the lock.

D'autres particularités et avantages de l'invention apparaitront au cours de la description qui va suivre, faite en référence aux dessins annexés qui en illustrent à titre d'exemple un mode de réa­lisation non limitatif :

  • - la Figure 1 est une vue en perspective extérieure d'un ensemble poignée et boîtier consti­tuant un dispositif de commande manuelle d'ouverture de porte de véhicule selon l'invention;
  • - la Figure 2 est une vue en perspective d'un mode de réalisation du mécanisme articulé de la poignée basculante du dispositif de la Figure 1;
  • - la Figure 3 est une vue de dessus du dis­ positif de la Figure 2;
  • - la Figure 4 est une vue mi-coupe, mi-élé­vation transversale suivant le repère 4 de la Figure 2, la poignée manuelle étant en position inactive à l'intérieur du boîtier;
  • - la Figure 5 est une vue analogue à la Fi­gure 4 montrant la poignée en position active d'ou­verture de la serrure après basculement vers l'exté­rieur du boîtier;
  • - la Figure 6 est une vue en élévation ar­rière du mécanisme de la Figure 2.
Other features and advantages of the invention will appear during the description which follows, given with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate by way of example a non-limiting embodiment:
  • - Figure 1 is an external perspective view of a handle and housing assembly constituting a manual vehicle door opening control device according to the invention;
  • - Figure 2 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the articulated mechanism of the tilting handle of the device of Figure 1;
  • - Figure 3 is a top view of the dis positive of Figure 2;
  • - Figure 4 is a half-sectional, mid-elevation view along the line 4 in Figure 2, the manual handle being in the inactive position inside the housing;
  • - Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 4 showing the handle in the active open position of the lock after tilting out of the housing;
  • - Figure 6 is a rear elevational view of the mechanism of Figure 2.

Le dispositif de commande manuelle de l'ou­verture d'une porte de véhicule représenté à la Figure 1 comprend un boîtier 1, de forme générale parallélé­pipédique et adapté pour être logé dans une découpe du panneau extérieur 24 de la porte du véhicule de telle manière que sa face extérieure 6 affleure la surface du panneau extérieur de la porte.The device for manually controlling the opening of a vehicle door shown in FIG. 1 comprises a box 1, of generally parallelepipedal shape and adapted to be housed in a cutout in the outer panel 24 of the vehicle door so that its outer face 6 is flush with the surface of the outer panel of the door.

Le boîtier 1 est ouvert du côté extérieur, fermé par un fond 2 du côté intérieur, et adapté pour recevoir une poignée 3 susceptible de faire basculer un levier 4 (Figures 2 à 6) d'actionnement d'une ser­rure associée, par l'intermédiaire d'une tringlerie connue en soi et non représentée. Le levier 4 est en majeure partie situé à l'extérieur du fond 2 sur le­quel il est articulé par un axe 5. La face avant du boîtier 1 est constituée par une plaque 6 évidée pour permettre le passage de la poignée 3 et des doigts d'un utilisateur pour manoeuvrer cette poignée.The housing 1 is open on the outside, closed by a bottom 2 on the inside, and adapted to receive a handle 3 capable of tilting a lever 4 (Figures 2 to 6) for actuating an associated lock, by through a linkage known per se and not shown. The lever 4 is mainly located outside of the bottom 2 on which it is articulated by an axis 5. The front face of the housing 1 is constituted by a plate 6 hollowed out to allow the passage of the handle 3 and the fingers of a user to operate this handle.

La poignée 3 comporte une palette ou plaque 7 munie de deux joues latérales 8 s'étendant perpendi­culairement dans le boîtier 1 à partir des extrémités de la palette 7. Chaque joue 8 est articulée sur deux biellettes 9, 11 et 12, 13 autour d'axes mobiles respectifs 14 et 15. D'autre part, chaque paire de biellettes 9, 11 et 12, 13 est également articulée, aux extrémités de celles-ci opposées aux axes mobiles 14, 15, autour d'axes 16, 17 fixés au boîtier 1. Les deux biellettes 9, 12 contiguës à la palette 7 sont solidaires d'une pièce de liaison 18 prolongée à l'une de ses extrémités par une patte saillante 19 adaptée pour coopérer avec une patte terminale correspondante 21 du levier 4.The handle 3 comprises a pallet or plate 7 provided with two lateral cheeks 8 extending perpendicularly in the housing 1 from the ends of the pallet 7. Each cheek 8 is articulated on two links 9, 11 and 12, 13 around moving axes respective 14 and 15. On the other hand, each pair of rods 9, 11 and 12, 13 is also articulated, at the ends of these opposite the movable axes 14, 15, around axes 16, 17 fixed to the housing 1 The two connecting rods 9, 12 contiguous to the pallet 7 are integral with a connecting piece 18 extended at one of its ends by a projecting lug 19 adapted to cooperate with a corresponding terminal lug 21 of the lever 4.

De préférence, les biellettes 9, 11, 1a pièce de liaison 18 et la patte 19 constituent une pièce monobloc.Preferably, the links 9, 11, 1a connecting piece 18 and the tab 19 constitute a single piece.

La poignée 3 est donc articulée latérale­ment, par chacune de ses joues 8, autour de deux axes 16, 17 fixés au boîtier 1, et d'autre part autour de deux axes mobiles 14, 15, solidaires de ladite poignée 3, tous ces axes 14 à 17 étant intérieurs au boîtier 1. Chaque axe fixe 16, 17 est relié à un axe mobile 14, 15 par une biellette respective 9, 11, 12, 13.The handle 3 is therefore articulated laterally, by each of its cheeks 8, around two axes 16, 17 fixed to the housing 1, and on the other hand around two mobile axes 14, 15, integral with said handle 3, all these axes 14 to 17 being inside the housing 1. Each fixed axis 16, 17 is connected to a movable axis 14, 15 by a respective link 9, 11, 12, 13.

On remarque que les biellettes 11 et 13 ont chacune une partie terminale inférieure 11a, 13a cou­dée sensiblement à angle droit par rapport à la biel­lette proprement dite, et qui porte l'axe d'articula­tion mobile 15. Ces parties terminales coudées 11a, 13a pénètrent dans des lumières correspondantes 10 formées dans le fond 2 du boîtier 1.Note that the links 11 and 13 each have a lower end portion 11a, 13a bent substantially at right angles to the link itself, and which carries the movable articulation axis 15. These bent end portions 11a, 13a penetrate in corresponding slots 10 formed in the bottom 2 of the housing 1.

Grâce à cet agencement, les axe 14 à 17 sont positionnés dans le boîtier 1 de telle sorte que des droites D1, D2 (Figure 4) passant chacune par un axe fixe 16, 17 et par un axe mobile 14, 15 reliés par une même biellette 9, 11 ou 12, 13, se coupent à l'ex­térieur du boîtier sur un axe théorique d'articulation de la poignée 3 non représenté (Figure 4).Thanks to this arrangement, the axes 14 to 17 are positioned in the housing 1 so that straight lines D1, D2 (Figure 4) each passing through a fixed axis 16, 17 and through a movable axis 14, 15 connected by the same link 9, 11 or 12, 13 intersect on the outside of the housing on a theoretical axis of articulation of the handle 3 not shown (Figure 4).

Le fonctionnement du dispositif qui vient d'être décrit est le suivant.The functioning of the device that comes to be described is as follows.

Au repos, celui-ci est dans la position illustrée aux Figures 2, 4 et 6. La poignée 3 est complètement rentrée à l'intérieur du boîtier 1, sa palette 7 se trouvant pratiquement dans le plan de la face extérieure 6 du boîtier 1. Le levier 4 est pra­tiquement horizontal, sa patte 21 qui traverse une ouverture 20 du fond 2, étant au contact avec la patte 19 et les deux axes 15 se trouvant dans les ouvertures 10.At rest, it is in the position illustrated in Figures 2, 4 and 6. The handle 3 is completely retracted inside the housing 1, its pallet 7 lying practically in the plane of the outer face 6 of the housing 1 The lever 4 is practically horizontal, its tab 21 which passes through an opening 20 in the bottom 2, being in contact with the tab 19 and the two pins 15 being in the openings 10.

Pour faire basculer la poignée 3, l'utilisa­teur introduit ses doigts dans l'ouverture de la face 6, puis derrière la palette 7 que est tirée vers l'ex­térieur. La poignée 3 entraîne donc les biellettes 9, 11 et 12, 13 par les axes mobiles 14, 15 accompagnant le mouvement de la poignée 3, tandis que les biellet­tes 9, 11 basculent autour des axes fixes 16, 17. En même temps, la patte saillante 19 abaisse la patte 21 du levier 4 qui exécute une rotation autour de son axe 5 et dont l'extrémité 22 opposée à la patte 21 action­ne la tringlerie d'ouverture de la serrure.To tilt the handle 3, the user introduces his fingers into the opening of the face 6, then behind the pallet 7 which is pulled outwards. The handle 3 therefore drives the links 9, 11 and 12, 13 by the movable axes 14, 15 accompanying the movement of the handle 3, while the links 9, 11 rock around the fixed axes 16, 17. At the same time, the protruding tab 19 lowers the tab 21 of the lever 4 which performs a rotation about its axis 5 and whose end 22 opposite to the tab 21 actuates the opening linkage of the lock.

Après relâchement de la poignée 3, celle-ci et les biellettes 9-13 reviennent à leur position ini­tiale par les mouvements inverses des précédents, de même que le levier 4, sous l'action d'un ressort (non représenté) associé au levier 4 de façon connue en soi.After releasing the handle 3, the latter and the links 9-13 return to their initial position by the reverse movements of the previous ones, as well as the lever 4, under the action of a spring (not shown) associated with the lever 4 in a manner known per se.

Sur un des côtés verticaux, la face 6 du boîtier 1 présente des échancrures 26 (Figures 3 et 6) dans lesquelles peuvent être introduites des griffes 25 de maintien saillant du panneau extérieur 24.On one of the vertical sides, the face 6 of the housing 1 has notches 26 (FIGS. 3 and 6) into which claws 25 projecting from the outer panel 24 can be introduced.

Le bloc préassemblé, constitué par le boî­tier 1, la poignée 3 et son mécanisme d'articulation dans le boîtier peut être mis en place très simplement par un robot convenablement programmé. Il suffit en effet à ce dernier d'introduire le bloc dans la décou­pe de la porte par une première translation horizon­tale, perpendiculaire au plan général de la porte, puis d'exécuter une seconde translation horizontale perpendiculaire à la première pour faire entrer les griffes 25 dans les échancrures 26.The pre-assembled block, consisting of the housing 1, the handle 3 and its articulation mechanism in the housing can be put in place very simply by a suitably programmed robot. It suffices for the latter to introduce the block into the cutout of the door by a first horizontal translation, perpendicular to the general plane of the door, then to execute a second horizontal translation perpendicular to the first to bring in the claws 25 in the notches 26.

La position définitive du bloc peut être assurée par clipsage ou par vissage du boîtier 1 sur le panneau 24 de l'intérieur de la porte (Figure 3).The final position of the block can be ensured by clipping or by screwing the housing 1 onto the panel 24 from the inside of the door (Figure 3).

Le mécanisme d'articulation décrit peut être modifié sans sortir du cadre de l'invention, dans la mesure où les axes d'articulation effectifs de la poi­gnée 3 restent circonscrits à l'intérieur du volume défini par le boîtier 1.The articulation mechanism described can be modified without departing from the scope of the invention, insofar as the effective articulation axes of the handle 3 remain circumscribed within the volume defined by the housing 1.

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1 - Dispositif de commande manuelle d'ou­verture de porte de véhicule, comprenant une poignée (3) susceptible de faire basculer un levier (4) d'actionnement d'une serrure associée et articulé sur un boîtier (1), ce dernier étant ouvert vers l'exté­rieur et pouvant recevoir la poignée, caractérisé en ce que la poignée (3) est articulée latéralement, d'une part autour de deux axes (16, 17) fixés au boîtier (1) et d'autre part autour de deux axes mobi­les (14, 15), solidaires de ladite poignée, tous ces axes étant intérieurs au boîtier (1), chaque axe (16, 17) fixé au boîtier étant relié par une biellette (9, 11; 12, 13) à un axe mobile (14, 15) et ces axes (14-17) étant positionnés de telle sorte que des droi­tes (D1, D2) passant chacune par un axe fixe (16, 17) et par un axe mobile (14, 15) reliés par une même biellette se coupent à l'extérieur du boîtier.1 - Device for manually controlling the opening of the vehicle door, comprising a handle (3) capable of tilting a lever (4) for actuating an associated lock and articulated on a housing (1), the latter being open outwards and able to receive the handle, characterized in that the handle (3) is articulated laterally, on the one hand around two axes (16, 17) fixed to the housing (1) and on the other hand around two movable axes (14, 15), integral with said handle, all these axes being internal to the housing (1), each axis (16, 17) fixed to the housing being connected by a link (9, 11; 12, 13) to a mobile axis (14, 15) and these axes (14-17) being positioned so that straight lines (D1, D2) each passing through a fixed axis (16, 17) and through a mobile axis (14, 15) connected by the same link intersect on the outside of the housing. 2 - Dispositif selon la revendication 1, ca­ractérisé en ce que la poignée (3) comporte une pa­lette (7) munie de deux joues latérales(8) s'étendant à l'intérieur du boîtier (1) et qui sont chacune arti­culée sur deux biellettes (9, 11; 12, 13) dont les ar­ticulations sur les joues (8) constituent les axes mobiles (14, 15) et les articulations sur le boîtier forment les axes fixes (16, 17), et deux biellettes (9, 12) coopérant chacune avec une joue respective (8) sont solidaires d'une pièce de liaison (18) agencée pour que son basculement autour des deux axes fixes associés entraîne le levier (4) d'actionnement de la serrure.2 - Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the handle (3) comprises a pallet (7) provided with two lateral cheeks (8) extending inside the housing (1) and which are each articulated on two links (9, 11; 12, 13) whose articulations on the cheeks (8) constitute the mobile axes (14, 15) and the articulations on the housing form the fixed axes (16, 17), and two links (9, 12) each cooperating with a respective cheek (8) are integral with a connecting piece (18) arranged so that its tilting around the two associated fixed axes causes the lever (4) for actuating the lock. 3 - Dispositif selon la revendication 2, ca­ractérisé en ce que ladite pièce de liaison (18) relie les biellettes (9, 12) contigües à la palette (7) et est pourvue d'une patte (19) saillant dans le boîtier (1) et apte à coopérer avec une extrémité correspon­dante (21) du levier (4) intérieure au boîtier, le reste du levier (4) s'étendant extérieurement au fond (2) du boîtier.3 - Device according to claim 2, characterized in that said connecting piece (18) connects the connecting rods (9, 12) contiguous to the pallet (7) and is provided with a tab (19) projecting into the housing (1) and able to cooperate with a corresponding end (21) of the lever (4) inside the housing, the rest of the lever (4) extending outwardly at the bottom ( 2) of the housing.
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