EP2933407B1 - Fahrzeuggriffvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP2933407B1
EP2933407B1 EP14760608.1A EP14760608A EP2933407B1 EP 2933407 B1 EP2933407 B1 EP 2933407B1 EP 14760608 A EP14760608 A EP 14760608A EP 2933407 B1 EP2933407 B1 EP 2933407B1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B79/00—Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof
    • E05B79/02—Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof
    • E05B79/06—Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock
    • 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
    • E05B85/12—Inner door handles
    • E05B85/13—Inner door handles with a locking knob forming part of the inside door handle unit

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  • the present invention relates to a vehicle handle device.
  • a device described in Patent Document 1 has been known as a vehicle handle device including a handle base on which an operation handle and a lock lever are disposed next to each other and rotatably held.
  • an inside handle (operation handle) is mounted by fitting a first rotation shaft part which protrudes from one side wall of a rotation base end section into a first supporting part bored in a cover member (handle base) and by fitting a first swivel hole in the opposite wall face of the rotation base end section onto a third supporting part on the handle base.
  • a lock knob mounted adjacently to the operation handle restricts movement of the operation handle in a disengagement direction.
  • Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent No. 3138422
  • the lock knob restricts the movement of the operation handle in the direction of pulling it from the shaft parts, i.e. widthwise movement. For this reason, clanking easily occurs in lateral directions due to the influence of errors in the dimensions of the lock knob or the like.
  • the operation handle and the lock knob are in sliding contact with each other, which in turn leads to a problem such as unintentional operation of the lock knob as a result of following the operation of the operation handle, or an increase in the frictional resistance against the operation of the operation handle.
  • this problem may be solved by adding an additional component which restricts the movement of the operation handle.
  • a mounting step is required for the added component, which leads to a problem of lowered assembly workability.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above drawbacks, and an object thereof is to provide a vehicle handle device which has excellent assembly workability and which is capable of effectively preventing the operation handle from clanking and the lock knob from drag turning.
  • a vehicle handle device including: a handle base 5 which includes a hinge-forming wall 1 disposed between a pair of mutually facing regions of a peripheral wall of the handle base 5, and is configured such that hinge receiving parts 2 formed at opposite side faces of an operation handle 3 are rotatably pivoted on hinge receiving parts 2 formed respectively at one of the mutually facing regions of the peripheral wall and the hinge-forming wall 1, and opposite side faces of a lock lever 4 are pivoted on the hinge-forming wall 1 and the other of the mutually facing regions of the peripheral wall, in which the operation handle 3 is mounted to the handle base 5 by inserting a shaft-form hinge receiving part 2 which is formed integrally with either one of the handle base 5 and the operation handle 3, into a hole-form hinge receiving part 2 formed on the other, by sliding the operation handle 3 in an axial direction of a rotation shaft from a position where the hinge-forming wall 1 is laid between a hinge plate 6 in which the hinge receiving part 2 at one of the side faces of the operation handle 3 is formed
  • the handle device is formed by rotatably pivoting the operation handle 3 and the lock lever 4 on the handle base 5.
  • the opposite side walls of the operation handle 3 are coupled to the handle base 5 by inserting the shaft-form hinge receiving part (hinge shaft part 2A) which is formed integrally with either one of each side wall and the corresponding section of the handle base 5, into the hole-form hinge receiving part (hinge hole 2B) formed in the other.
  • a shaft member such as a shaft is not additionally required. Accordingly, the number of components can be reduced and the assembly workability is improved as well.
  • the restriction of the movement of the operation handle 3 is done by the engagement claw 7 and does not involve the lock lever 4. This makes it possible to ensure the prevention of clanking due to errors in the dimensions of the lock lever 4 or the like, and drag turning of the lock lever 4 due to pressure contact between the operation handle 3 and the lock lever 4.
  • the engagement claw 7 engages elastically with the operation handle 3 to thereby restrict axial movement of the operation handle 3. In this way, neither the number of components nor the man hours for the mounting increases.
  • the operation handle 3 can be held on the handle base 5 without the lock lever 4 mounted. This allows the operation handle 3 to be stored in a sub-assembled state and also improves the workability for the mounting of a return spring to the operation handle 3.
  • the vehicle handle device can be configured such that on the hinge plate 6 of the operation handle 3, an arc-form peripheral part 8 is formed which is centered at a rotation center of the operation handle 3 and with which the engagement claw 8 engages elastically.
  • the position of engagement of the engagement claw 7 may be set as appropriate on the operation handle 3.
  • the engagement claw 7 can be moved relative to the operation handle 3 along the arc-form peripheral part 8 when the operation handle 3 is turned.
  • interference with the engagement claw 7 in the turning of the operation handle 3 can be easily avoided with a simpler structure.
  • lock lever 4 can be pivoted on the handle base 5 by using appropriate members.
  • the hinge receiving part 2A of the hinge-forming wall 1 may be formed in a shaft form, and one of side walls of the lock lever 4 may be pivoted on a portion of the shaft-form hinge receiving part 2A, the portion projecting from the hinge plate 6. In this way, the structure is simple.
  • the vehicle handle device may be configured such that the shaft-form hinge receiving part 2A is formed in a stepped pin form including a small diameter protrusion 9 at a tip thereof, the smaller diameter protrusion 9 being inserted in one side wall section of the lock lever 4 and including a base end part restricting movement of the lock lever 4 toward the operation handle 3. In this way, it is possible to ensure the prevention of contact between the lock lever 4 and the operation handle 3 with the help of the engagement claw 7 on the operation handle 3 side.
  • the operation handle is mounted to the handle base by sliding the operation handle in the axial direction of the rotation shaft, and the engagement claw, which has come into engagement with the operation handle as a result of the mounting operation, restricts the movement of the operation handle in the sliding direction, so that the operation handle is held at a predetermined position independently of the lock knob.
  • the operation handle can be prevented from contacting the lock knob without lowering the assembly workability.
  • it is possible to effectively prevent the operation handle from clanking and the lock knob from drag turning.
  • Fig. 1 and the following figures show an embodiment of the present invention which is made as an inside vehicle handle device.
  • the inside handle device includes: a handle base 5 in the form of a thin container with a peripheral wall rising along substantially the entire periphery; and a lock lever 4 and an operation handle 3 which are rotatably pivoted at a given spot on the handle base 5.
  • the lock lever 4 and the operation handle 3 are disposed next to each other.
  • a door lock device not shown can be unlocked by turning the lock lever 4 from an initial rotation position shown in part (b) of Fig. 1 in the direction of arrow A to pull it toward the outer side.
  • the operation handle 3 is urged toward its initial rotation position shown in part (b) of Fig. 1 by a torsion spring 10.
  • a latch in the door lock device can be disengaged by turning the operation handle 3 from the initial rotation position in the direction of arrow B.
  • a hinge housing opening 11 is bored in a front end section (left end side in Fig. 1 ) of the handle base 5, and a hinge-forming wall 1 is laid at the middle of the hinge housing opening 11, thereby defining a lever opening 11A and a handle opening 11B.
  • the wall face of the hinge-forming wall 1 on the lever opening 11A side is integrally provided with a shaft-form hinge receiving part (hinge shaft part 2A) including a small diameter protrusion 9 at the tip.
  • the operation handle 3 includes a finger hooking part 3a at one end while a pair of hinge receiving parts 2 are formed at the other end.
  • One of the pair of the hinge receiving parts 2 is formed in a hinge plate 6 as a hole-form hinge receiving part (hinge hole 2B) through which the hinge shaft part 2A of the hinge-forming wall 1 can be inserted.
  • the other hinge receiving part 2 is formed as a hinge shaft part 2A.
  • the hinge plate 6 protrudes laterally from a free end portion of a support column part 6a having a semi-circular tube form.
  • the distance (D) between the inner wall of this hinge plate 6 and the inner wall face of the operation handle 3 facing the inner wall of the hinge plate 6 (hereinafter, referred to as the facing inner wall face) is set to be larger than the distance (d) between the tip of the hinge shaft part 2A of the hinge-forming wall 1 and the opposite wall face of the hinge-forming wall 1.
  • the operation handle 3 can sandwich the hinge-forming wall 1 between the hinge plate 6 and the facing inner wall face.
  • the operation handle 3 can be mounted by sliding it laterally (in the direction of arrow C in part (b) of Fig. 2 ) with the hinge-forming wall 1 laid between the hinge plate 6 and the facing inner wall face. By this sliding, the hinge hole 2B of the hinge plate 6 is fitted onto the hinge shaft part 2A of the hinge-forming wall 1, and the hinge shaft part 2A on the wall face facing the hinge plate 6 is fitted into a hinge hole 2B in the handle base 5.
  • an engagement claw 7 which includes a support column part 7a and a claw part 7b protruding from the tip thereof.
  • the support column part 7a of the engagement claw 7 is disposed on the hinge-forming wall 1 at a position separated by an appropriate distance from the center of the hinge shaft part 2A on the hinge-forming wall 1.
  • the claw part 7b of the engagement claw 7 protrudes toward the hinge shaft part 2A.
  • an arc-form peripheral part 8 is formed which is centered at the center of the above hinge shaft part 2A.
  • the arc-form peripheral part 8 is formed such that its diameter is slightly smaller than the distance between the support column part 7a of the claw 7 and the hinge shaft part 2A, and is provided with an engagement recess 8a in the outer peripheral face thereof within a range slight larger than the angle of operation of the operation handle 3.
  • the arc-form peripheral part 8 of the hinge plate 6 comes into contact with the claw part 7b of the engagement claw 7.
  • An inclined face is formed on the region of the claw part 7b where it comes into contact with the hinge plate 6.
  • the claw part 7b In the state where the claw part 7b is in engagement with the hinge plate 6, the claw part 7b restricts movement of the operation handle 3 in a direction of pulling it from the hinge shaft part 2A and therefore maintains the operation handle 3 in the mounted state. Further, since the arc-form peripheral part 8 moves along the support column part 7a of the engagement claw 7, the arc-form peripheral part 8 will never interfere with the turning of the operation handle 3.
  • the handle device is assembled by: mounting the torsion spring 10 to the operation handle 3 which has been mounted as described above; and then mounting the lock lever 4 adjacently to the operation handle 3.
  • the lock lever 4 is provided with a hinge hole 2B bored therethrough, and the small diameter protrusion 9, which is formed at the tip of the hinge shaft part 2A on the hinge-forming wall 1, can be inserted through the hinge hole 2B.
  • the lock lever 4 is mounted by inserting, into the hinge hole 2B, the small diameter protrusion 9 and a hinge shaft part 2A protruding from an outer wall section of the handle base 5 facing the hinge-forming wall 1.
  • the hinge shaft part 2A inserted in the hinge hole 2B of the lock lever 4 is formed on a cantilevered leg piece 12 formed on the outer wall of the handle base 5.
  • the lock lever 4 can be mounted at a predetermined position by elastically deforming this leg piece 12.
  • Movement of the lock lever 4, which is pivoted on the hinge shaft part 2A, toward the operation handle 3 is restricted by a step formed at the base end of the small diameter protrusion 9 of the hinge shaft part 2A formed on the hinge-forming wall 1, so that contact of the lock lever 4 with the operation handle 3 is prevented.

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  1. Eine Fahrzeuggriffvorrichtung, umfassend: einen Grifffuß (5), welcher eine Scharnier-formende Wandung (1) beinhaltet, welche zwischen einem Paar sich gegenseitig zugewandter Bereiche einer peripheren Wandung des Grifffußes (5) angeordnet ist, und derart eingerichtet ist, dass Scharnieraufnahmeteile (2), gebildet an entgegengesetzten Seitenflächen eines Bediengriffes (3), drehbar auf Scharnieraufnahmeteile (2) geschwenkt sind, welche entsprechend an einem der einander zugewandten Bereiche der peripheren Wandung und der Scharnier-formenden Wandung (1) gebildet sind, und gegenüberliegende Seitenflächen eines Rasthebels (4) auf die Scharnier-formende Wandung (1) und den anderen der sich gegenüberliegenden Bereiche der peripheren Wandung geschwenkt sind, worin der Bediengriff (3) auf den Grifffuß (5) montierbar ist durch das Einsetzen eines schachtförmigen Scharnieraufnahmeteils (2A), welches integral mit einem von beiden, dem Grifffuß (5) und dem Bediengriff (3), ausgebildet ist, in ein lochförmiges Scharnieraufnahmeteil (2B), welches auf dem anderen gebildet ist, durch Einschieben des Bediengriffes (3) in einer axialen Richtung eines Rotationsschachts von einer Position, in welcher die Scharnier-formende Wandung (1) zwischen eine Scharnierplatte (6), in welcher das Scharnieraufnahmeteil (2) an einer der Seitenflächen des Bediengriffes (3) gebildet ist, und der Seitenfläche des Bediengriffes (3) gelegt ist, der Scharnierplatte (6) zugewandt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass eine Eingriffpratze (7), welche aus der Scharnier-formenden Wandung (1) heraussteht, elastisch in die Scharnierplatte (6) eingreift, als ein Resultat der Montageoperation, um dadurch eine Bewegung des Bediengriffes (3) in eine Trennungsrichtung zu beschränken.
  2. Die Fahrzeuggriffvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, worin auf der Scharnierplatte (6) des Bediengriffes (3) ein bogenförmiges peripheres Bauteil (8) gebildet ist, welches auf ein Drehzentrum des Bediengriffes (3) zentriert ist, und elastisch in die Eingriffpratze (7) eingreift.
  3. Die Fahrzeuggriffvorrichtung nach Anspruch 1, worin das Scharnieraufnahmeteil (2) der Scharnier-formenden Wandung (1) in einer Schachtform ausgebildet ist, und eine der Seitenflächen des Rasthebels (4) auf einen Teil des schachtförmigen Scharnieraufnahmeteils (2) geschwenkt ist, wobei der Teil aus der Scharnierplatte (6) hervorsteht.
  4. Die Fahrzeuggriffvorrichtung nach Anspruch 3, worin das schachtförmige Scharnieraufnahmeteil (2) in einer abgestuften Stiftform ausgebildet ist, enthaltend einen Vorsprung mit einem kleinen Durchmesser (9) an einer Spitze davon, wobei der Vorsprung mit kleinem Durchmesser in einen Seitenflächenbereich des Rasthebels (4) eingeschoben ist, und enthaltend ein Basisendteil, welches eine Bewegung des Rasthebels (4) in Richtung des Bediengriffes (3) einschränkt.
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