JP3150860B2 - Outside handle - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outside handle for opening and closing a vehicle door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional outside handle,
Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-open No. Sho 62-196859 and Japanese Utility Model Application Hei-1-100871
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the handle 50 is attached to the main body 50a disposed outside the vehicle body.
And a pair of connecting portions 50b extending from the main body 50a at a predetermined interval from each other and inserted into the vehicle body through the openings 52a of the outer panel 52 of the vehicle body. The front end of the bracket 54 is fixed to the outer panel 52 with the opening 52 a interposed therebetween, and the bracket 54 has a pair of connecting portions 50 b of the handle 50.
A pair of support pieces 5 each of which is rotatably supported by a predetermined angle.
4b and a bottom 54a spanned between a pair of support pieces 54b.
And Since the opening 52a is open to the extent that the bracket 54 can be inserted from the outside of the vehicle body, the cover bracket 56 made of an elastically deformable member as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open Publication No. 63-78665 is used. Is connected to a bracket 54 so as to cover the opening 52a of the outer panel 52 from outside. A lever 58 is rotatably supported on the bottom 54a of the bracket 54, one end of which is engaged with one connecting portion 50b of the handle 50, and the other end of which is a lock as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-142262. A rod connected to the mechanism is attached.

[0003]

However, in the conventional outside handle as described above, the handle 50
When the cover bracket 56 is rotated in the stroke direction of the handle 50 in order to remove the cover bracket 56 from the vehicle body, a part of the opening 52a of the outer panel 52 closed by the cover bracket 56 is opened. Wire or the like is caused to enter the vehicle body through the opened opening 52a of the outer panel 52, and
The device in the door such as the lock mechanism and the lock rod of the inside handle connected to the lock mechanism through the space formed between the pair of connecting portions 50b may be operated improperly. The present invention is to solve such a problem.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a closing portion is formed in a bracket so as to close between a pair of connecting portions of a handle and to extend from a bottom portion of the bracket to a vicinity of an opening of an outer panel so as to pass therebetween. The above object is attained by forming a rib on the cover bracket which extends from the free end of the closing portion of the bracket to the back of the closing portion. That is, the outside handle for opening and closing the vehicle door according to the first aspect of the present invention extends from the main body portion disposed outside the vehicle body at a predetermined interval from the main body portion. A pair of connecting portions each inserted into the vehicle body through the opening,
A pair of support pieces, each of which supports the pair of connecting portions of the handle so as to be rotatable by a predetermined angle, and whose distal end portions are fixed to the outer panel with the opening portion interposed therebetween, A cover bracket, which is composed of a bracket having a bottom portion erected between the pieces and an elastically deformable member, and connected to the bracket so as to cover the opening of the outer panel from outside the vehicle body; and A lever rotatably supported by the bottom portion, one end of which engages with one of the connecting portions, and the other end of which is operatively connected to the locking device, wherein the bracket closes the pair of connecting portions. A cover extending from the bottom to the vicinity of the opening of the outer panel is formed between them, and the cover bracket includes a closing part of the bracket. Ribs extending bent to the back of the closure portion from the vicinity of the free end parts are formed, characterized in that. In the outside handle according to the present invention, when the cover bracket covers the opening of the outer panel, the rib of the cover bracket does not contact the closing portion of the bracket. When the bracket is rotated in the rotation direction of the handle, the bracket is configured to come into contact with a closing portion of the bracket. The outside handle according to the third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the rib of the cover bracket is configured to always contact the closing portion of the bracket.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a closing portion extending from the bottom of the bracket to near the opening of the outer panel is formed between the pair of connecting portions of the handle so as to close the pair of connecting portions of the handle. The cover bracket is formed with a rib extending from the free end of the closing portion of the bracket to the back of the closing portion. The space formed therebetween (hereinafter simply referred to as “space”) can be closed by the closing portion of the bracket and the rib of the cover bracket. In addition, since the ribs of the cover bracket bend and extend from the vicinity of the free end of the closed portion of the bracket to the back of the closed portion, it is impossible to elastically deform the ribs of the cover bracket to allow wire or the like to enter. Thus, theft can be reliably prevented.

Further, in the present invention described in claim 2,
When the cover bracket is turned in the stroke direction of the handlebar to remove it from the vehicle body, the ribs of the cover bracket come into contact with the closing part of the bracket. Can be closed and the ribs of the cover bracket can be elastically deformed to prevent wires or the like from entering. Also, when the cover bracket is turned in the stroke direction of the handle to remove it from the vehicle body, the rib contacts the closing part of the bracket,
Since the rotation of the cover bracket is restricted, the allowable rotation angle of the cover bracket can be reduced, so that the opening of the outer panel cannot be easily exposed. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the rib of the cover bracket is always in contact with the closing portion of the bracket, the space can be closed by the closing portion of the bracket and the rib of the cover bracket, and the cover bracket can be closed. The elastic deformation of the rib can prevent the wire or the like from entering. Also,
Since the cover bracket can hardly be rotated, the opening of the outer panel can be made more difficult to be exposed.

[0007]

1, 2 and 3 show an embodiment of the present invention. Outside handle 11 for opening and closing vehicle doors
Has a handle 10, a bracket 14, a cover bracket 16, and a lever 18. The handle 10 includes a main body 10a disposed outside the vehicle body at the rear end of the vehicle door.
And a pair of connecting portions 10 extending from the main body 10a at a predetermined interval from each other and inserted into the vehicle body through the opening 12a of the outer panel 12 of the vehicle body.
b. As shown in FIG. 3, the bracket 14 has an opening 12 formed by screws 19 and nuts 20, 20 whose tips 14d, 14d are embedded in the tips 14d, 14d.
a and a pair of connecting portions 10b, 10b of the handle 10 while being fixed to the outer panel 12 with the
And a pair of support pieces 14b, 14b respectively supporting the pin 21 and a torsion spring (not shown) wound around the pin 21 so as to be rotatable by a predetermined angle.
b, 14b.

The cover bracket 16 is made of an elastically deformable member such as rubber. The cover bracket 16 is disposed so as to cover the opening 12 a of the outer panel 12 from the outside of the vehicle body. Part 14
d, 14d, and is fixed to the outer panel 12 together with the tip portions 14d, 14d. The cover bracket 16 can be deformed, but preferably has some rigidity. A lever 18 is rotatably supported at a side end of the bottom 14 a of the bracket 14 on the inner side of the vehicle body.
One end of the handle 8 is engaged with one connecting portion 10b of the handle 10, and the other end is attached with a rod (not shown) connected to a lock mechanism as described in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 3-142262. The lever 18 for locking the vehicle door is connected to a side end of the bottom 14a of the bracket 14 on the inside of the vehicle body.

As best shown in FIG.
Is further bent at an angle of about 45 ° from a side end of the bottom portion 14a opposite to the side end to which the lever 18 is connected, and passes through a pair of connection portions 10b of the handle 10 to form an opening portion of the outer panel 12. Closure 14 extending to near 12a
c is formed. In addition, the cover bracket 16 is formed at a substantially right angle from the vicinity of the free end (the upper end in FIG. 2) of the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14 to the back of the closing portion 14c (the side facing the left side of the closing portion 14c in FIG. 2). A bent rib 16a is formed. When the cover bracket 16 covers the opening 12 a of the outer panel 12, the rib 16 a closes the closing portion 14 of the bracket 14.
c, but does not contact the cover bracket 16 with the handle 1
When rotated in the zero stroke direction, the bracket 14 is configured to come into contact with the back of the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. Holding the main body 10a of the handle 10 and
When the cover bracket 16 is peeled in the stroke direction of the handle 10 in order to open the opening 12a in a state where the cover bracket 16 has been stroked until the full stroke state shown in FIG. The rotation of the bracket 16a to the position where the bracket 16a overlaps and contacts the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14 is restrained by the closing portion 14c. At this time, the space formed between the pair of connecting portions 10b, 10b of the handle 10 is mainly closed by the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14 and the bracket 1
4 that cannot be closed only by the closing portion 14c of FIG. 4 (that is, the portion from the upper end of the closing portion 14c in FIG. 4 to the end of the opening 12a of the outer panel 12) is closed by the rib 16a of the cover bracket 16. Can come off.

Thus, the closing portion 14 of the bracket 14
c and the ribs 16a of the cover bracket 16 completely block the space,
Since the lower end of the rib 16a is overlapped with the back of the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14, the rib 16a of the cover bracket 16 cannot be elastically deformed to allow wire or the like to enter. Thus, theft can be reliably prevented. Also, by providing the cover bracket 16 with the rib 16a, when the cover bracket 16 is rotated in the stroke direction of the handle 10, the rib 16a overlaps and comes into contact with the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14, and the cover bracket has Since the rotation of the cover bracket 16 is restricted by the rigidity, the allowable rotation angle of the cover bracket 16 can be reduced, and it is difficult to easily expose the opening 12.

In the above embodiment, the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14 and the rib 1 of the cover bracket 16 are used.
6a, when the cover bracket 16 is covering the opening 12a of the outer panel 12, the rib 16
a does not contact the closing portion 14c, but when theft is performed, that is, when the cover bracket 16 is rotated in the stroke direction of the handle 10, the rib 16a is configured to contact the closing portion 14c. The present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may be employed in which the back of the closing portion 14c of the bracket 14 and the rib 16a of the cover bracket 16 are always in contact. With such a configuration, the cover bracket 16 can hardly be peeled off, so that the opening 12 can be made more difficult to be exposed.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, even if the cover bracket is rotated in the stroke direction of the handlebar to remove it from the vehicle body, the space can be closed by the closing portion of the bracket and the rib of the cover bracket. At the same time, it is also difficult to elastically deform the ribs of the cover bracket to allow wire or the like to enter. This makes it difficult to operate a device inside the door such as a lock mechanism or a lock rod of an inside handle connected to the lock mechanism by allowing a wire or the like to enter the inside of the vehicle body, thereby more reliably preventing theft. can do.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the cover bracket is rotated in the stroke direction of the handle to remove the cover bracket from the vehicle body, the rib of the cover bracket comes into contact with the closing portion of the bracket, so that the closing portion of the bracket is closed. The space can be closed by the ribs of the cover bracket, and the ribs of the cover bracket can be elastically deformed to prevent wire or the like from entering. In addition, since the rotation of the cover bracket is restricted by the rib of the cover bracket being in contact with the closing portion of the bracket, the allowable rotation angle of the cover bracket can be reduced, so that the opening cannot be easily exposed. be able to.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the ribs of the cover bracket are always in contact with the closing portion of the bracket, the wires and the like are moved inside the vehicle body by the closing portion of the bracket and the ribs of the cover bracket. It is possible to block the space to be penetrated, and to prevent the wire or the like from penetrating by elastically deforming the rib of the cover bracket. Further, since the cover bracket can hardly be rotated, it is possible to make the opening portion more difficult to be exposed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an outside handle according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to an outer panel.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a view taken in the direction of arrow 3 in FIG. 1;

4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2, showing a state in which a cover bracket is rotated in a stroke direction of a handle.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Handle 10a Body part 10b Connecting part 11 Outside handle 12 Outer panel 12a Opening 14 Bracket 14a Bottom part 14b Supporting piece 14c Closed part 14d Tip part 16 Cover bracket 16a Rib 18 Lever

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Yoshimitsu Takeda 2 Takaracho, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-8-93279 (JP, A) 187515 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 63-34761 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 7-35663 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model 62-52653 (JP, U) (58) Field surveyed (Int. ⁷ , DB name) E05B 1/00 301 B60J 5/04

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A main body disposed outside the vehicle body, and a pair of connecting portions extending from the main body at predetermined intervals from each other and inserted into the vehicle body through openings in an outer panel of the vehicle body. A pair of support pieces each of which supports the pair of connecting portions of the handle so as to be rotatable by a predetermined angle, and whose distal end portions are fixed to the outer panel with the opening therebetween. A bracket having a bottom portion provided between the support pieces, and a cover bracket formed of an elastically deformable member and connected to the bracket so as to cover the opening of the outer panel from outside the vehicle body; and A lever rotatably supported by the bottom of the vehicle door, one end of which engages with one of the connecting portions, and the other end of which is operatively connected to a lock device. In the outside handle for closing, the bracket is formed with a closing portion extending from the bottom portion to the vicinity of the opening of the outer panel so as to cover between the pair of connecting portions so as to close between the pair of connecting portions, An outside handle, wherein the cover bracket has a rib formed to bend from a free end of the closing portion of the bracket to extend to a back portion of the closing portion. When the cover bracket covers the opening of the outer panel, the rib of the cover bracket is not in contact with the closing portion of the bracket, but the cover bracket is rotated in the rotation direction of the handle. The outside handle according to claim 1, wherein the outside handle is configured to be in contact with a closing portion of the bracket when the handle is closed. 3. The outside handle according to claim 1, wherein the rib of the cover bracket is configured to always contact a closing portion of the bracket.