EP4108863A1 - Ensemble poignée de porte de véhicule - Google Patents

Ensemble poignée de porte de véhicule Download PDF

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EP4108863A1
EP4108863A1 EP21315111.1A EP21315111A EP4108863A1 EP 4108863 A1 EP4108863 A1 EP 4108863A1 EP 21315111 A EP21315111 A EP 21315111A EP 4108863 A1 EP4108863 A1 EP 4108863A1
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bowl
door panel
concavity
vehicle
door handle
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Christophe Perrin
Thomas LANNO
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Minebea AccessSolutions France SAS
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U Shin France SAS
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
    • E05B77/34—Protection against weather or dirt, e.g. against water ingress
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to the field of vehicle door handles to control the opening of vehicle doors and in particular to vehicle door handles comprising a bowl configured to be fastened to the door panel and automatic door latches that are controlled via electric means to lock or release vehicle door panels in an automated fashion.
  • Automated door latches under normal circumstances, do not require bulging handle levers on the exterior surface of the vehicle. The air drag of the vehicle can consequently be reduced, while the visual aspect of the vehicle can be streamlined.
  • a bowl is disposed in an opening of a door panel and the bowl is fastened to the door panel, for example via a bracket and a slider positioned inside the door panel.
  • the bowl provides a recess and the automatic door latch may be disposed within the recess of the bowl.
  • the upper part of the bowl may comprise a slot configured for receiving an edge of the door panel.
  • the door panel is generally a metallic panel, notably a steel panel, which is painted.
  • frictions may occur at the interface between the bowl and the door panel which may remove the painting of the door panel and lead to a corrosion of the door panel.
  • the bowl is also painted, such friction may also remove the painting of the bowl and lead to the emission of an unpleasant noise at each pulling of the user on the door handle.
  • the present invention refers to a vehicle door handle assembly comprising:
  • the door panel is vertical and the edge of the door panel configured to be received in the concavity of the bowl is directed in a horizontal direction when the door panel is assembled to the vehicle.
  • the peripheral gasket has a flat portion configured for lying against the door panel and the pad extends from the flat portion of the peripheral gasket with an angle comprised between 70° and 110°, especially 90°.
  • the peripheral gasket comprises a plurality of pads distributed along the upper portion of the peripheral gasket when the vehicle is assembled.
  • the peripheral gasket is made of elastomer material.
  • the concavity of the bowl is made in an upper part of the bowl when the vehicle is assembled.
  • the door panel is made of a metallic layer, especially steel.
  • the door panel is painted.
  • the bowl is made of plastic and is painted.
  • the vehicle door handle assembly also comprises a bracket fastened to the inner side of the door panel and a slider configured for linking the bowl to the bracket in order to ensure the fastening of the bowl on the door panel and the compression of the peripheral gasket.
  • the present invention also refers to a method for assembling a vehicle door handle on a door panel, the door panel comprising an opening configured for receiving the vehicle door handle and the vehicle door handle comprising a bowl comprising a concavity on its upper part, a peripheral gasket comprising a pad on its upper part configured to be disposed in the concavity of the bowl wherein the method comprises the following steps:
  • the vehicle door handle also comprises a bracket and a slider and the method also comprises a preliminary step of fastening the bracket to an inner side of the door panel and an additional step of positioning the slider in a slot of the bowl and in a slot of the bracket to ensure the fastening of the bowl to the bracket and the compression of the peripheral gasket between the bowl and the door panel.
  • up, upper, low, lower, vertical, horizontal refers to relative positions or directions when the door handle is assembled to a vehicle.
  • Fig. 1 represents a perspective view of a vehicle door handle assembly 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle door handle 1 being assembled on a vehicle door panel 3.
  • the vehicle door handle assembly 1 comprises a bowl 5 configured to be mounted in an opening 7 of the door panel 3.
  • the door panel 3 may be made of metal, especially steel and may be painted.
  • the bowl 5 may be made of plastic and may also be painted.
  • the side of the bowl 5 configured to be positioned outside of the door panel 3 may have an elongated shape with a long up side, a long low side and two shorter lateral sides linking the up side and the low side.
  • the central part of the bowl (between the up side and the low side and between both lateral sides) is hollow to enable the hand of the user to protrude within a recess defined by the bowl 5 as shown in the top view of the bowl 5 in Fig.4 .
  • the upper part of the bowl 5 comprises a concavity 13 configured to be positioned toward an edge 15 of the door panel 3 formed by the upper part of the opening 7 as represented in the perspective and cut view of Fig.3 .
  • the cut of Fig.3 corresponds to the plane A-A represented in Fig.1 .
  • the vehicle door handle assembly 1 may also comprise a strip 11 (visible in Fig.1 ) configured to be positioned on the upper part of the bowl 5 to hide the upper junction between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3 and to make the vehicle door handle 1 smooth and streamlined.
  • the strip 11 may be clipped and/or glued to the bowl 5.
  • a peripheral gasket 9 is disposed between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3 to ensure waterproofness of the assembly and to prevent dust and water from entering through the opening 7 of the door panel 3 when assembled.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 is configured to be sandwiched and compressed between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3, more particularly between a portion of the bowl 5 configured to be outside of the door panel 3 and an outer side of the door panel 3.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may comprise flat portions such as the upper part 9a of the peripheral gasket 9 to enhance the contact surface with the bowl 5 and with the door panel 3.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 comprises a pad 91 which extends laterally and is configured to protrude in the concavity 13 of the bowl 5.
  • the pad 91 is configured to be placed between the concavity 13 of the bowl 5 and the edge 15 of the door panel 3 in order to avoid contact between the edge 15 of the door panel 3 and the concavity 13 of the upper part of the bowl 5 as represented in Fig.9 .
  • the peripheral gasket 9 comprises two pads 91 distributed along the upper part 9a of the gasket 9 which is configured to extends along the length of the concavity 13 of the bowl 5.
  • another number of pads 91 may be used such as a single pad 91 or three pads 91.
  • the length and the thickness of the pads 91 may be adapted according to the number of pads 91 to ensure that no contact occurs between the edge 15 of the door panel 3 and the concavity 13 of the bowl 5.
  • the length of the pads 91 is for example comprised between 0,5cm and 10cm and the thickness of the pads 91 is for example comprised between 1mm and 6mm.
  • the pads 91 may extend from the flat portion 9a of the peripheral gasket 9 with an angle comprised between 70° and 110°, especially an angle of 90°.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may be made of elastomer.
  • the present invention also refers to a method for assembling the vehicle door handle 1 on the door panel 3.
  • Fig.6 is flowchart of the different steps of the method according to the invention.
  • the first step 101 refers to the fastening of a bracket 23 (visible in Fig.8 ) on the inner side of the door panel 3.
  • the inner side corresponds to the side facing the interior of the vehicle when the vehicle is assembled.
  • the second step 102 refers to the positioning of the peripheral gasket 9 on the bowl 5.
  • a footprint may be designed on the bowl 5 to ease the positioning of the peripheral gasket 9 on the bowl 5.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 is positioned so that the pads 91 protrude in the concavity 13 of the bowl 5.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may be positioned on the outer side of the door panel3 around the opening 7.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may comprise bumps and the door panel 3 may comprise complementary holes configured to receive the bumps to ensure the correct positioning of the peripheral gasket 9.
  • the third step 103 refers to the positioning of the concavity 13 of the bowl 5 toward the edge 15 of the door panel 3 formed by the upper part of the opening 7.
  • the upper part of the bowl 5 is first introduced in the opening 7 and moved up so that the concavity 13 of the upper part of the bowl 5 comes around the edge 15.
  • Such positioning leads to the compression of the pads 91 between the edge 15 of the door panel 3 and the concavity 13 of the bowl 5.
  • the fourth step 104 refers to the swivelling of the lower part of the bowl 5 toward the lower part of the opening 7 while the pads 91 are maintained compressed between the concavity 13 of the bowl 5 and the edge 15 of the door panel 3. Such swivelling produces the compression of the lower part of the peripheral gasket 9 between a lower part of the bowl 5 and a part of the door panel 3 located below the opening 7.
  • the fifth step 105 refers to the positioning of a slider 17 (visible in Fig.7 and 8 ) in a first slot 19 of the bowl 5 and in a second slot 21 of the bracket 23 to ensure the fastening of the bowl 5 to the bracket 23 and the compression of the peripheral gasket 9 between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3.
  • Fig. 7 represents an embodiment of the slider 17 positioned on the bowl 5.
  • the slider 17 comprises a first hook 17a and a second hook 17b configured to be introduced respectively in a first slot 5a and a second slot 5b of the bowl 5.
  • Fig.8 represents the bowl 5 of Fig.7 with a bracket 23.
  • the bowl 5 is fastened to the bracket 23 by the slider 17.
  • the bracket 23 comprises hooks 230 forming a slot configured for receiving the slider 17 in order to ensure the fastening of the slider 17 on the bracket 23.
  • the slider 17 is positioned in both the slots 5a, 5b of the bowl 5 and the hooks 230 of the bracket 23 in order to ensure the fastening of the bowl 5 on the bracket 23.
  • Such fastening of the bowl 5 on the bracket via the slider 17 also ensures the compression of the gasket 9 between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3.
  • Other types of fastening of the bowl 5 to the bracket 23 may also be used.
  • a peripheral gasket 9 comprising at least one pad 91 configured to protrude in the concavity 13 of the bowl 5 in order to be sandwiched between the said concavity 13 and the edge 15 of the door panel 3 allows preventing friction between the bowl 5 and the edge of the door panel 3.
  • Such solution avoids a possible noise created by such friction of painted parts as well as the removal of paint and wear of both parts that may lead to the occurrence of corrosion.

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Citations (6)

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DE7034349U (de) * 1970-09-16 1970-12-23 Witte & Co Ewald Tuerbeschlag, insbesondere fuer kraftfahrzeuge.
US5352004A (en) * 1993-08-26 1994-10-04 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Gasket rib lock for door handle assembly
US5499851A (en) * 1994-10-31 1996-03-19 Chrysler Corporation Outside door handle attaching bracket arrangement
KR19980026973U (ko) * 1996-11-13 1998-08-05 김영귀 차량도어의 아웃핸들
US6059329A (en) * 1998-03-13 2000-05-09 Adac Plastics Inc. Door handle assembly with self-actuated mounting
FR2857684A1 (fr) * 2003-07-15 2005-01-21 Mecaplast Sam Poignee de porte laterale de vehicule

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE7034349U (de) * 1970-09-16 1970-12-23 Witte & Co Ewald Tuerbeschlag, insbesondere fuer kraftfahrzeuge.
US5352004A (en) * 1993-08-26 1994-10-04 Illinois Tool Works Inc. Gasket rib lock for door handle assembly
US5499851A (en) * 1994-10-31 1996-03-19 Chrysler Corporation Outside door handle attaching bracket arrangement
KR19980026973U (ko) * 1996-11-13 1998-08-05 김영귀 차량도어의 아웃핸들
US6059329A (en) * 1998-03-13 2000-05-09 Adac Plastics Inc. Door handle assembly with self-actuated mounting
FR2857684A1 (fr) * 2003-07-15 2005-01-21 Mecaplast Sam Poignee de porte laterale de vehicule

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