JP2004052506A - Door handle device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To excellently hold handle operation feeling by simplifying the structure of a door handle device for a vehicle. <P>SOLUTION: The door handle device fixes a base plate body 2 in the inside of a recess part 8 formed on the outer face of an outer panel 7 of a door for the vehicle, pivots the handle 10 on the base plate body 2 through a support shaft 12, extends up to the neighborhood of the outside face of the recess part 8 while covering the lower edge part of the base plate body 2 with a skirt part 14 provided on the handle 10, and forms beads 30 protruded to the vehicle outside downward from the lower end of the skirt part 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a structure of a handle device in a vehicle door.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art A conventional vehicle door handle device includes a box-shaped base and a door pivotally supported in the box-shaped base, as illustrated in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 4-60071. The outer handle is integrally attached, and the outer panel is covered with a portion where the door outer handle is disposed, leaving an opening through which a finger of a person operating the door outer handle can be inserted among the outer openings of the box-shaped base. The locked state of the door is released when the operating finger is inserted into the recess of the door outer handle and the door outer handle is drawn toward the outer panel.
[0003]
However, in this case, the box-shaped base and the door outer handle are attached to the inside of the vehicle on the outer panel, and the structure of the handle device is complicated and relatively large, which leads to an increase in cost. there were.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
An object of the present invention is to simplify the structure of a vehicle door handle device and to maintain a good operation feeling of a handle.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
For this reason, the vehicle door handle device according to the present invention includes a concave portion formed on the outer surface of the outer panel of the vehicle door, a base plate fixed to the outer surface of the concave portion and holding a support shaft extending substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction. A handle provided with an arm that covers the base plate from the outside of the vehicle and that is pivotally supported by the support shaft and that is connected to a door lock link mechanism inside the outer panel; A skirt portion is provided extending to approach the outer side surface of the skirt portion, and a bead is formed on the outer side surface of the concave portion so as to project below the lower end of the skirt portion and proximate to the lower end toward the vehicle outside.
[0006]
That is, the base plate in the vehicle door handle device is fixed to the outer surface of the recess formed in the outer surface of the outer panel, and the handle pivotally supported by the support shaft of the base plate covers the base plate from the outside of the vehicle. On the other hand, the handle is easy to operate because the skirt portion of the handle covers the lower edge of the base plate and approaches the outer surface of the recess on the outer surface of the outer panel, so that the handle is easy to operate. Is formed below the lower end of the skirt portion and protrudes outward from the vehicle in the vicinity of the lower end, so that even if the operating finger of the handle is displaced upward along the outer surface of the concave portion, the bead is formed. Due to the presence, the operating finger of the handle is guided upward along the skirt portion, and the outer surface of the concave portion and the skirt are It is possible to reliably prevented from entering the gap to the nail operation fingers with the lower end of.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention shown in the drawings will be described.
[0008]
The base plate 1 made of sheet metal has a pair of arms 3, 3 protruding from a flat plate-shaped main body 2, and a projection 4 provided at an end thereof, and a bolt 6 inserted through a bolt hole 5 formed in the main body 2. Is fixed to the outer surface of a concave portion 8 formed in an outer panel 7 of the vehicle door. At this time, the arm 3 protrudes from the outer surface of the concave portion 8 to the outside of the vehicle, and at the same time, the protrusion 4 It is to extend in the direction.
[0009]
The resin handle 10 has a pair of ribs 11 integrally formed on the back surface thereof, and each pair of the ribs 11 sandwiches each of the arms 3 and extends through the arms 3 and each of the ribs 11 to extend substantially in the vehicle longitudinal direction. When the base plate 1 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 12 to cover the base plate 1 from the outside of the vehicle, and one end of a coil spring 13 attached to the support shaft 12 is locked to the base plate 1. At the same time, the other end of the coil spring 13 engages with the back surface of the handle 10 to be elastically urged in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 3 and is normally kept in the state shown in FIG.
[0010]
A skirt portion 14 is integrally formed at a substantially central portion of the back surface of the handle 10 and extends to approach the outer surface of the concave portion 8 while covering the lower edge portion of the base plate main body 2 from the outside of the vehicle. The arm 15 integrally formed with the handle 10 penetrates a hole (not shown) of the recess 8 and protrudes toward the vehicle interior of the outer panel 7 as shown in FIG. By rotating the handle 10 about the center, the locking action of a door lock mechanism (not shown) arranged inside the door can be released.
[0011]
The resin cover 20 is disposed substantially adjacent to the handle 10 in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, has an integral appearance with the handle 10, is provided with a door key operation hole 21, and the protrusion 22 of the cover 20 is It is fixed to the base plate 1 by being screwed to the second projection 4.
[0012]
In addition, a bead 30 is formed on the outer side surface of the concave portion 8 and extends substantially in the vehicle front-rear direction below the lower end of the skirt portion 14 and close to the lower end, and protrudes outward.
[0013]
In the above device, the base plate 1 is fixed to the outer surface of the concave portion 8 formed on the outer surface of the door outer panel 7, and the handle 10 pivotally supported by the support shaft 12 of the base plate 1 covers the base plate 1 from the outside of the vehicle. Since the mechanical structure is very simple and the size can be easily reduced, the required cost can be reduced, and the integration and miniaturization of the handle 10 and the cover 20 become relatively simple. Therefore, there is an advantage that the appearance of the vehicle can be easily improved.
[0014]
Further, since the skirt portion 14 of the handle 10 extends to approach the outer surface of the recess 8 while covering the lower edge of the base plate body 2 from the outside of the vehicle, the handle 31 is inserted by the finger 31 inserted into the recess 8. The bead 30 can be easily operated at all times, and a bead 30 is formed on the outer side surface of the recess 8 below the lower end of the skirt portion 14 and protrudes to the outside of the vehicle near the lower end. Even when the operation finger 31 inserted into the recess 8 is displaced upward along the outer surface of the recess 8 during operation, the fingertip is moved along the skirt portion 14 as shown by the arrow B in FIG. Even if the claw of the operation finger 31 is relatively long, the claw enters the gap between the outer surface of the concave portion 8 and the lower end of the skirt portion 14 and is guided obliquely upward. Because reliably prevented so as to interfere with the lower edge, there is a great advantage that it is possible to always satisfactorily hold the operation feeling of the handle 10.
[0015]
【The invention's effect】
In the vehicle door handle device according to the present invention, the base plate is fixed to the outer surface of the concave portion formed on the outer surface of the outer panel, and the handle pivotally supported by the support shaft of the base plate covers the base plate from the outside of the vehicle, Since the overall structure is very simple, the required cost can be reduced, and the presence of the beads formed on the outer surface of the concave portion allows the handle operation to be performed into the gap between the outer surface of the concave portion and the lower end of the skirt portion. It is possible to reliably prevent a fingernail from entering, and it is possible to satisfactorily maintain the operation feeling of the handle.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a rear view of the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV of FIG. 2;
[Explanation of symbols]
REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 base plate 3 arm 4 protrusion 7 door outer panel 10 handle 11 rib 12 support shaft 13 coil spring 14 skirt portion 20 cover 22 protrusion 30 bead 31 operating finger

Claims (1)

A concave portion formed on the outer surface of the outer panel of the vehicle door, a base plate fixed to the outer surface of the concave portion and holding a support shaft extending substantially in the front-rear direction of the vehicle; A handle provided with an arm connected to a door lock link mechanism inside the outer panel, wherein the handle is provided with a skirt portion that covers a lower edge of the base plate and extends to approach an outer surface of the concave portion, A door handle device for a vehicle, wherein a bead is formed on an outer side surface of the concave portion below the lower end of the skirt portion and protruding outward from the vehicle near the lower end.

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