JP2012197040A - Vehicle door handle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve assembly workability of a vehicle door handle.SOLUTION: A waterproof pad 13 of a door handle assy 10 is provided with a temporary holding claw part 13a that can be inserted through a communication port 201a of an outer panel 201 and a claw part through-hole 21c provided in a bracket 21 of a door lock control assy 20 when the door handle assy 10 and the door lock control assy 20 are temporary assembled to the outer panel 201, and can temporary hold the door handle assy 10 and the door lock control assy 20 against the outer panel 201 by engaging with the bracket 21 before being tightened together with the fastening means. Therefore, the assembly workability of vehicle door handle 100 can be improved by effectively using waterproof pad 13 (without increasing the number of parts).

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle door handle, for example, a vehicle door handle (door outside handle) assembled to a back door (door that can be opened and closed in the vertical direction) of an automobile.

  As one of this type of vehicle door handle, for example, there is a vehicle door handle (automobile door outside handle device) disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

JP 7-285341 A

  In the vehicle door handle described in Patent Document 1 described above, the door handle assembly disposed on the outer side and the door lock control assembly disposed on the inner side of the outer panel of the door are coupled together with the outer panel. It is configured to be fastened together by means (bolts and nuts). The door handle assembly includes a handle having an arm portion that can be operated from the outside of the vehicle and penetrates the outer panel through an insertion port provided in the outer panel, and a base that rotatably supports the handle and is fastened by the fastening means ( A handle bracket) and a spring that is interposed between the base and the handle and biases the handle toward a return position (initial position). The door lock control assembly includes a bracket that is fastened together by the fastening means, and a lever that is rotatably supported by the bracket and that can be operated to push the front end portion of the arm portion of the handle. Yes.

(Problems to be solved by the invention)
In the vehicle door handle described in Patent Document 1 described above, the bolt of the fastening means is fixed to the base of the door handle assembly, and this bolt is inserted into the bolt insertion hole provided in the outer panel. The door lock control assembly is assembled to the bolt, and the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly are fastened to the outer panel with a nut screwed onto the bolt.

  By the way, the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly described in Patent Document 1 do not have a configuration for temporarily holding them against the outer panel. Therefore, the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly are assembled to the outer panel. At this time, the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly temporarily assembled on the outer panel may fall off from the outer panel by its own weight.

  Further, in the vehicle door handle described in Patent Document 1 described above, the bolt of the fastening means fixed to the base of the door handle assembly is connected to the bolt insertion hole provided in the outer panel and the bracket of the door lock control assembly. It is configured to be inserted through the provided bolt insertion hole.

  By the way, since the volt | bolt usually has the variation in the external shape, the internal diameter of each bolt insertion hole is set large with respect to the outer diameter of a volt | bolt. For this reason, the assembly accuracy of the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly is poor, and this may cause the operability of the door handle to be impaired.

  Further, in the handle and lever described in Patent Document 1 described above, when each is in the initial position, a predetermined gap is set between the arm portion of the handle and the tip end portion of the lever. For this reason, the above-described gap becomes a stroke loss (invalid stroke) of the handle, and the operability of the handle is impaired.

(Means for solving the problems and their effects)
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems,
The door handle assembly arranged on the outer side of the door outer panel and the door lock control assembly arranged on the inner side are configured to be fastened together with the outer panel by common fastening means (bolts and nuts). A vehicle door handle,
The door handle assembly is operable from outside the vehicle and has a handle having an arm portion that penetrates the outer panel through an insertion port provided in the outer panel, and a base that rotatably supports the handle and is fastened by the fastening means. A waterproof pad that is assembled to the outer panel together with the base in a state assembled to the base before being fastened together by the fastening means, and is interposed between the base and the outer panel,
A bracket that is jointly fastened by the fastening means, a lever that is rotatably supported by the bracket and that can be operated to push the front end portion of the arm portion of the handle, and the lever; A spring interposed between the brackets and biasing the lever toward a return position;
When the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly are temporarily assembled to the outer panel, the waterproof pad can be inserted through the insertion opening of the outer panel and the claw portion insertion hole provided in the bracket, and the fastening A temporary holding claw portion is provided that can be engaged with the bracket and temporarily hold the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly with respect to the outer panel before being fastened together.

  In the present invention, with the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly temporarily assembled on the outer panel, the temporary holding claw provided on the waterproof pad passes through the insertion opening provided on the outer panel and the claw insertion hole provided on the bracket. Engage with the bracket. For this reason, the temporary holding claw provided on the waterproof pad can temporarily hold the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly on the outer panel. Therefore, the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly temporarily assembled on the outer panel do not fall off from the outer panel due to their own weight, and the waterproof door is used effectively (without increasing the number of parts), and the vehicle door handle. It is possible to improve the assembly workability.

  In implementing the present invention described above, the lever may be provided at an intermediate portion of the bracket, and a pair of the temporary holding claw portions may be provided so as to sandwich the lever in the longitudinal direction of the handle. is there. In this case, the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly can be temporarily held in a stable state with respect to the outer panel.

  In this case, one of the temporary holding claw portions has a return portion (a portion that engages with a bracket and is prevented from coming off) on one side (for example, upward) of the handle in the short direction, and the temporary holding claw portion The other has a return portion on the other side in the short side of the handle (for example, downward), and the lever is pushed by the arm portion of the handle. It is also possible that a return portion on the other side in the short side direction (for example, downward) of the handle is disposed on the lighter weight. In this case, it is possible to accurately cope with the movement of the door lock control assembly tilting with respect to the outer panel at the time of temporary holding (that is, the return section of each temporary holding claw section can accurately regulate the tilting movement). It is.

  In carrying out the present invention, the base is fitted into a pair of boss portion insertion holes provided in the bracket through a pair of boss portion insertion holes provided in the waterproof pad and the insertion opening of the outer panel. It is also possible to form a pair of positioning bosses. In this case, it is possible to increase the assembly accuracy of the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly with a simple and inexpensive configuration. For this reason, it is possible to reduce the relative positional deviation between the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly, thereby reducing the variation in the operation stroke and reducing the possibility of impairing the operability.

  Further, when the above-described present invention is carried out, the lower end of the arm portion of the handle is slidable along the lower edge portion of the insertion opening of the outer panel when the door handle assembly is assembled to the outer panel. It is also possible to form an inclined surface. In this case, even if the handle is not urged toward the initial position by the handle return spring with respect to the base, the arm portion of the handle is attached to the outer panel even if the arm portion of the handle is tilted downward from the initial position by its own weight. When inserting into the insertion port, the inclined surface formed on the arm portion of the handle slides along the lower edge portion of the insertion port of the outer panel, so that the arm portion of the handle receives an upward force. As a result, the arm portion of the handle tilts upward so that the handle arm portion can be smoothly assembled to the insertion opening of the outer panel, and the handle can be assembled without hindering the assembly of the door handle assembly to the outer panel. It is possible to omit the return spring.

  Further, when the above-described present invention is carried out, the base is formed with a stopper portion for defining the initial position of the handle, and when the fastening means is tightened together, the urging force of the spring is applied to the base. It is also possible to set so as to be received by the stopper portion via the lever and the handle. In this case, there is no play (gap) between the handle and the lever at the return position (initial position) of the handle. For this reason, the stroke loss (invalid stroke) of the handle is eliminated and the stroke efficiency is increased, so that the operation force can be reduced.

It is the figure which looked at one Embodiment of the door handle for vehicles by the present invention from the vehicles outside. It is the figure which looked at the door handle for vehicles shown in Drawing 1 from the vehicle inside. It is sectional drawing along the BB line of FIG. It is sectional drawing along CC line of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line DD in FIG. 2. It is sectional drawing along the FF line of FIG. It is a perspective view of the door handle assembly in the door handle for vehicles shown in Drawing 1 and Drawing 3-Drawing 6. It is a perspective view of the door lock control assembly in the door handle for vehicles shown in Drawings 2-6. It is a figure which shows the principal part (attachment part of a vehicle door handle) in the outer panel of the back door shown in FIGS. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a handle alone in the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 11 is a front view of a single handle shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 11 is a left side view of the handle unit shown in FIG. 10. FIG. 11 is a right side view of the handle alone shown in FIG. 10. It is a top view of the handle | steering_wheel single body shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a base alone in the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 16 is a front view of a single base shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 16 is a left side view of the base unit shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 16 is a right side view of the base unit shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 16 is a plan view of a single base shown in FIG. 15. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a waterproof pad alone in the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 7. It is a front view of the waterproof pad single-piece | unit shown in FIG. It is a left view of the waterproof pad single-piece | unit shown in FIG. It is a right view of the waterproof pad single-piece | unit shown in FIG. It is a top view of the waterproof pad single-piece | unit shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a garnish and a pair of bolts before the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 7 is assembled. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a garnish and a pair of bolts after the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 7 is assembled. It is explanatory drawing at the time of assembling the door handle assembly shown in FIG. 26 to an outer panel.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 show an embodiment of a vehicle door handle 100 according to the present invention. The vehicle door handle 100 is arranged on the outer side of an outer panel 201 of a back door 200 that can be opened and closed in the vertical direction. A door handle assembly 10 and a door lock control assembly 20 disposed inside. In the vehicle door handle 100, the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 are configured to be fastened together with the outer panel 201 by common fastening means 30 and 30. The back door 200 is provided with a door lock device (not shown) at the lower end.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 to 6, and 7, the door handle assembly 10 includes a hard resin handle 11, a hard resin base 12, and a soft resin waterproof pad 13. As shown in detail in FIGS. 10 to 14, the handle 11 has an operation portion 11 a, a pair of left and right shaft portions 11 b, and an arm portion 11 c, and can be rotated from the outside of the vehicle by the operation portion 11 a. A pair of shaft portions 11b is rotatably attached to the base 12. As shown in FIG. 3, the arm portion 11 c penetrates the outer panel 201 through the insertion opening 201 a provided in the outer panel 201. In addition, an inclined surface 11c1 that can slide along the lower edge portion of the insertion opening 201a of the outer panel 201 when the door handle assembly 10 is assembled to the outer panel 201 is formed at the lower end of the arm portion 11c (see FIG. 27 (see broken line).

  As shown in detail in FIGS. 15 to 19, the base 12 has a pair of left and right shaft support portions 12 a and a rectangular arm portion insertion hole 12 b, and the side on which the waterproof pad 13 is assembled (inside the vehicle). Are formed with a pair of left and right positioning boss portions 12c, a pair of left and right annular seating surfaces 12d, and seven pad support pin portions 12e. Further, the pair of left and right shaft support portions 12a described above is formed on the side on which the handle 11 is assembled (the vehicle outer side), and a stopper for defining an initial position of the pair of left and right annular seating surfaces 12f and the handle 11. A portion 12g is formed.

  The pair of left and right shaft support portions 12a are disposed to face each other and support the shaft portion 11b of the handle 11 so as to be rotatable. The arm part insertion hole 12b is for inserting the arm part 11c of the handle 11, and a rectangular waterproof sheet 14 for sealing between the arm part insertion hole 12b and the arm part 11c of the handle 11 on the outside of the vehicle (FIG. 25), a recess 12b1 is formed.

  As shown in FIG. 4, each positioning boss portion 12 c is fitted into each boss portion insertion hole 21 b provided in the bracket 21 through each boss portion insertion hole 13 c provided in the waterproof pad 13 and the insertion opening 201 a of the outer panel 201. It is what is done. The pair of left and right annular seat surfaces 12d are in direct contact with the outer surface of the outer panel 201, are formed coaxially with the pair of left and right annular seat surfaces 12f, and each annular seat surface 12d and each annular seat surface 12f. Are formed with through holes 12h into which the shaft portions 31b of the bolts 31 are press-fitted. Each pad support pin part 12e supports the waterproof pad 13, and the annular recessed part 12e1 (refer FIG. 18) is formed in the outer periphery. Each annular seating surface 12f receives the head portion 31a of the bolt 31 in the fastening means 30 via an annular waterproof sheet 33 (see FIGS. 6 and 25).

  As shown in detail in FIGS. 20 to 24, the waterproof pad 13 has a pair of left and right temporary holding claw portions 13a and a rectangular arm portion insertion hole 13b, and a pair of left and right boss portion insertion holes 13c. The seat surface insertion hole 13d is formed, and seven cylindrical portions 13e are formed on the base side (vehicle outer side). Further, a laterally long oval seal portion 13f for sealing between the waterproof pad 13 and the outer panel 201 is formed on the outer panel side (the vehicle interior side), and the waterproof pad 13 is assembled in the assembling direction (vertical direction). The arrow 13g which shows is formed. In addition, in the outer panel 201, in the region where the seal portion 13f of the waterproof pad 13 is joined, the above-described insertion port 201a is formed, and the bolt insertion through which the tip portions of the pair of bolts 31, 31 are inserted. A hole (not shown in FIG. 6) is formed.

  Each temporary holding claw portion 13 a is formed in a hook shape that engages with the bracket 21 and is prevented from coming off, and when the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 are temporarily assembled to the outer panel 201, the outer panel 201. Can be inserted through the insertion opening 201a and the claw insertion hole 21c provided in the bracket 21 (see FIG. 4). In addition, each temporary holding claw portion 13a engages with the bracket 21 in a state before being fastened together by the fastening means 30 (temporary assembled state), and the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 are attached to the outer panel 201. On the other hand, temporary holding is possible.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, each temporary holding claw portion 13 a is provided so as to sandwich a lever 22 provided at an intermediate portion of the bracket 21 in the left-right direction. One (right side in FIG. 2) temporary holding claw portion 13a has an upward return portion 13a1, and the other (left side in FIG. 2) temporary holding claw portion 13a has a downward return portion 13a1. A downward return portion 13a1 is disposed on the tip 22a side (left side in FIG. 2) of the lever 22 that is pushed by the arm portion 11c of the handle 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 6 and 8, the door lock control assembly 20 includes a metal bracket 21, a metal lever 22, a metal spring 23, and an operation cable 24. . The bracket 21 has a pair of left and right bolt insertion holes 21a, a pair of left and right boss portion insertion holes 21b, and a pair of left and right claw portion insertion holes 21c. A stopper portion 21d, a locking portion 21e, and a holding portion are provided on the inner side of the vehicle. 21f is provided. The bolts 31 of the fastening means 30 can be inserted through the respective bolt insertion holes 21a. Each positioning boss portion 12c formed in the base 12 can be fitted into each boss portion insertion hole 21b. Each claw portion insertion hole 21c allows each temporary holding claw portion 13a formed in the waterproof pad 13 to be inserted in one direction from the vehicle outer side toward the vehicle inner side.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the stopper 21d engages with the tip 22a of the lever 22 in a state where the door lock control assembly 20 is configured separately from the door handle assembly 10. It defines the position. The locking portion 21 e is engaged with the one end 23 a of the spring 23. The holding portion 21f holds one end 24a1 of the outer tube 24a in the operation cable 24.

  The lever 22 is rotatably attached to a support pin 25 (see FIGS. 5 and 8) fixed to the bracket 21 at one end, and a pushing portion of the arm portion 11c in the handle 11 at the distal end portion 22a. 11c2 (see FIGS. 2 and 3), and is connected to one end 24b1 of the inner wire 24b of the operation cable 24 at the base end 22b.

  As shown in FIGS. 2, 5, and 8, the spring 23 is attached to the support pin 25, engages with the locking portion 21e of the bracket 21 at one end 23a, and the lever 22 at the other end 23b. Is engaged between the lever 22 and the bracket 21 and urges the lever 22 toward the return position. The operation cable 24 transmits the movement of the lever 22 to a door lock device (not shown), and is constituted by an outer tube 24a and an inner wire 24b.

  The return position of the lever 22 described above is such that the distal end portion 22a of the lever 22 is engaged with the pushing portion 11c2 of the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 when the vehicle door handle 100 is assembled to the outer panel 201 of the back door 200. It is a position to be joined (position indicated by a solid line in FIGS. 2 and 3). 2 and 3, the tip 22a of the lever 22 shown in phantom lines is in the state shown in FIG. 8 (the door lock control assembly 20 is configured separately from the door handle assembly 10). ) Is engaged with the stopper portion 21d of the bracket 21 and held at the initial position.

  The fastening means 30 is for fastening the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 together with the outer panel 201 and fixing the garnish 202 to the outer panel 201 as shown in FIGS. A pair of left and right bolts 31 and a pair of left and right nuts 32 are provided. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 25, each bolt 31 is integrally fixed to the garnish 202 at the head portion 31a, and an annular waterproof sheet 33 is attached to the shaft portion 31b. As shown in FIG. 26, the base 12 of the door handle assembly 10 is press-fitted and assembled to the shaft portion 31b of each bolt 31 through the through holes 12h formed in the annular seat surfaces 12d and 12f. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 6, each nut 32 is screwed to a screw portion 31 c of a bolt 31 that passes through the base 12 of the door handle assembly 10, the waterproof pad 13, the outer panel 201, the bracket 21 of the door lock control assembly 20, and the like. It is comprised so that. As shown in FIGS. 25 and 26, a pair of left and right clips 203 are assembled to the garnish 202, and the clips 203 are attached to an attachment portion (not shown) of the outer panel 201, so that the garnish 202 is configured to be temporarily held by the outer panel 201.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 6 and 9, the outer panel 201 has a horizontally long and rectangular insertion hole 201 a and a pair of left and right bolt insertion holes 201 b. Further, as shown by phantom lines in FIG. 9, the outer panel 201 includes a pair of left and right annular portions with which the respective annular seating surfaces 12 d of the base 12 abut, and a horizontally long and oval seal portion 13 f in the waterproof pad 13. A laterally long and oval part is provided. The insertion port 201a, the pair of left and right bolt insertion holes 201b, and the pair of left and right annular portions are configured to be accommodated in a horizontally long / oval portion (13f of an imaginary line).

  In the vehicle door handle 100 of this embodiment configured as described above, a pair of left and right temporary holding claw portions 13a are provided on the waterproof pad 13 of the door handle assembly 10, and the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly are configured. 20 is temporarily assembled to the outer panel 201, the temporary holding claw portions 13 a provided on the waterproof pad 13 are inserted into the bracket 21 through the insertion holes 201 a provided in the outer panel 201 and the claw portion insertion holes 21 c provided in the bracket 21. Engage in a state of being prevented from coming off. The temporary assembly of the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 with respect to the outer panel 201 is normally performed with the back door 200 opened upward.

  Therefore, each temporary holding claw portion 13 a provided on the waterproof pad 13 can temporarily hold the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 with respect to the outer panel 201. Therefore, the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 temporarily assembled on the outer panel 201 are not dropped from the outer panel 201 by their own weight, and the waterproof pad 13 is effectively used (without increasing the number of parts). Assembling workability of the vehicle door handle 100 can be improved.

  In this embodiment, the lever 22 is provided at an intermediate portion of the bracket 21, and each temporary holding claw portion 13 a is provided in a pair so as to sandwich the lever 22 in the left-right direction (longitudinal direction of the handle). For this reason, it is possible to temporarily hold the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 with respect to the outer panel 201 in a stable state.

  One temporary holding claw portion 13a has a return portion 13a1 facing upward (one side in the short direction of the handle), and the other temporary holding claw portion 13a is returning portion 13a1 facing downward (the other side in the short direction of the handle). On the distal end side of the lever 21 that is pushed by the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 (the weight is lighter than the proximal end side of the lever 21 to which the operation cable 24 is assembled). A downward return portion 13a1 is disposed. For this reason, during temporary holding, the door lock control assembly 20 accurately copes with the movement of tilting with respect to the outer panel 201 (that is, the tilting movement is accurately regulated by the return portion 13a1 of each temporary holding claw portion 13a). Is possible.

  Further, in this embodiment, a pair of positioning members respectively fitted to the boss portion insertion holes 21b provided in the bracket 21 through the boss portion insertion holes 13c provided in the waterproof pad 13 and the insertion openings 201a provided in the outer panel 201. A boss portion 12 c is formed on the base 12. Thereby, the assembly accuracy of the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 can be increased with a simple and inexpensive configuration. For this reason, the relative position shift of the door handle assembly 10 and the door lock control assembly 20 can be reduced, the variation of the operation stroke is reduced, and the possibility of impairing the operability is reduced.

  In this embodiment, when the door handle assembly 10 is attached to the lower end of the arm 11c of the handle 11 with respect to the outer panel 201, the inclined surface 11c1 is slidable along the lower edge of the insertion opening 201a of the outer panel 201. Is formed. Therefore, the handle 11 is not biased toward the initial position by the handle return spring with respect to the base 12, and the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 is under its own weight as shown by the broken line in FIG. When the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 is inserted into the insertion opening 201a of the outer panel 201, the inclined surface 11c1 formed on the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 is the outer panel. By sliding along the lower edge portion of the insertion opening 201a of the 201, the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 receives an upward force. As a result, the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 tilts upward, and the arm portion 11c of the handle 11 can be smoothly assembled to the insertion port 201a of the outer panel 201, and the door handle assembly 10 is assembled to the outer panel 201. The handle return spring can be omitted without impairing the performance.

  Further, in this embodiment, the stopper portion 12g for defining the initial position of the handle 11 is formed on the base 12, and when the fastening means 30 is fastened together, the biasing force of the spring 23 is applied to the lever 22 and the handle 11. Is set to be received by the stopper portion 12g. As a result, no play (gap) occurs between the handle 11 and the lever 22 at the return position (initial position) of the handle 11. For this reason, the stroke loss (invalid stroke) of the handle 11 is eliminated and the stroke efficiency is increased, so that the operating force can be reduced.

  In the above embodiment, the waterproof pad 13 is provided with a pair of left and right temporary holding claw portions 13a. However, the number (number) of the temporary holding claw portions (13a) can be appropriately increased and decreased. Or it is also possible to implement with three.

  In the above-described embodiment, the handle return spring (the spring for returning the handle to the initial position) is omitted. In this case, the inclined surface (11c1) is not necessary on the arm portion (11c) of the handle, and there may be a gap between the arm portion (11c) of the handle and the tip end portion (22a) of the lever.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the embodiment in the case where the back door 200 is provided with the garnish 202 has been described. However, the present invention is also applied to the embodiment in which the back door 200 is not provided with the garnish 202. It is possible to implement similarly or appropriately. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is implemented on the back door 200, but the present invention can be implemented on doors other than the back door in the same manner or appropriately modified.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Door handle for vehicles, 10 ... Door handle assembly, 11 ... Handle, 11a ... Operation part, 11b ... Shaft part, 11c ... Arm part, 11c1 ... Inclined surface, 11c2 ... Pushing part, 12 ... Base, 12a ... Shaft Support part, 12b ... arm part insertion hole, 12b1 ... concave part, 12c ... positioning boss part, 12d ... annular seat surface, 12e ... pad support pin part, 12e1 ... concave part, 12f ... annular seat surface, 12g ... stopper part, 12h ... penetrating Hole, 13 ... Waterproof pad, 13a ... Temporary holding claw part, 13a1 ... Return part, 13b ... Arm part insertion hole, 13c ... Boss part insertion hole, 13d ... Seat surface insertion hole, 13e ... Tube part, 13f ... Seal part, 13g ... Arrow, 14 ... Tarpaulin, 20 ... Door lock control assembly, 21 ... Bracket, 21a ... Bolt insertion hole, 21b ... Boss part insertion hole, 21c ... Claw part insertion 21d: Stopper part, 21e ... Locking part, 21f ... Holding part, 22 ... Lever, 22a ... Tip part, 22b ... Base end part, 23 ... Spring, 23a ... One end, 23b ... Other end, 24 ... Operation cable, 24a ... outer tube, 24b ... inner wire, 25 ... support pin, 30 ... fastening means, 31 ... bolt, 32 ... nut, 33 ... waterproof sheet, 200 ... back door, 201 ... outer panel, 201a ... insertion port, 201b ... bolt Insertion hole

Claims (6)

A vehicle door handle configured such that a door handle assembly disposed on the outer side of an outer panel of the door and a door lock control assembly disposed on the inner side are fastened together with the outer panel by a common fastening means. And
The door handle assembly is operable from outside the vehicle and has a handle having an arm portion that penetrates the outer panel through an insertion port provided in the outer panel, and a base that rotatably supports the handle and is fastened by the fastening means. A waterproof pad that is assembled to the outer panel together with the base in a state assembled to the base before being fastened together by the fastening means, and is interposed between the base and the outer panel,
A bracket that is jointly fastened by the fastening means, a lever that is rotatably supported by the bracket and that can be operated to push the front end portion of the arm portion of the handle, and the lever; A spring interposed between the brackets and biasing the lever toward a return position;
When the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly are temporarily assembled to the outer panel, the waterproof pad can be inserted through the insertion opening of the outer panel and the claw portion insertion hole provided in the bracket, and the fastening The vehicle door handle is provided with a temporary holding claw portion capable of engaging the bracket and temporarily holding the door handle assembly and the door lock control assembly with respect to the outer panel before being fastened together by the means. .   2. The vehicle door handle according to claim 1, wherein the lever is provided at an intermediate portion of the bracket, and the temporary holding claw portion is provided in a pair so as to sandwich the lever in a longitudinal direction of the handle.   One of the temporary holding claw portions has a return portion on one side in the short side direction of the handle, and the other of the temporary holding claw portions has a return portion on the other side in the short side direction of the handle. The vehicle door handle according to claim 2, wherein a return portion on the other side in the lateral direction of the handle is disposed on a distal end side of the lever that is pushed by the arm portion.   The base is formed with a pair of positioning boss portions that are respectively fitted into a pair of boss portion insertion holes provided in the bracket through the pair of boss portion insertion holes provided in the waterproof pad and the insertion opening of the outer panel. The door handle for vehicles according to any one of claims 1 to 3.   An inclined surface that is slidable along a lower edge portion of the insertion opening of the outer panel is formed at a lower end portion of the arm portion of the handle when the door handle assembly is assembled to the outer panel. Item 5. The vehicle door handle according to any one of Items 1-4.   The base is formed with a stopper portion that defines an initial position of the handle. When the base is fastened together by the fastening means, the urging force of the spring is applied to the stopper portion via the lever and the handle. The vehicle door handle according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the vehicle door handle is set to be received by the vehicle.

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