JP4076972B2 - Door outer handle structure - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a door outer handle structure applied to a vehicle such as an automobile.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a door of a vehicle such as an automobile has a long outer handle in the front-rear direction, and one end portion of the outer handle is provided so as to be rotatable around a rotation axis along the vertical direction. In some cases, the locking means for holding the door in the fully closed state can be unlatched. Such an outer handle is usually provided in the vicinity of the side edge of the corresponding door, and the rotating end side of the outer handle is positioned on the side edge side of the door and the rotating shaft side is positioned on the opposite side. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-322833 A (FIG. 1)

By the way, the outer handle and the locking means are often linked via a cable member because of the high degree of freedom of arrangement. The cable member is connected to a mechanical part provided at one end of the outer handle on the rotating end side of the outer handle and extends from the rotating end side toward the rotating shaft side, and then locked. It is appropriately routed toward the means.
However, in the above-described configuration, the cable member extends in the direction opposite to the side edge of the door, so that the cable member bypasses the lower portion of the glass lifting / lowering space and reaches the locking means. There is a problem that the operating force of the outer handle is increased due to an increase in the cable member length, and the cost and weight of the parts are increased.
Accordingly, the present invention provides a door outer handle structure that can reduce the operating force of the outer handle by reducing the length of the cable member, and reduce the cost and weight of parts.

  As a means for solving the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to an outer handle (for example, the embodiment of the embodiment) in the vicinity of a side edge portion (for example, the front edge portion 3a of the embodiment) of a vehicle door (for example, the rear door 3 of the embodiment). A rear outer handle 5) is provided, and an end of the outer handle on the side edge side (for example, the front end 5a in the embodiment) is rotatably provided, while the outer handle is opposite to the side edge. One end portion of a cable member (for example, the operation cable 52 of the embodiment) is connected to the end portion (for example, the rear end portion 5b of the embodiment), and the other end portion of the cable member is provided in the vicinity of the side edge portion. The cable member is connected to locking means (for example, the front side lock unit 51 of the embodiment), and the cable member is pulled along the width direction of the door by the turning operation of the outer handle, and the cable member is connected to the door. Characterized in that it is arranged to bypass the side edge portion of the lower sash (e.g. front lower sash 14 in the embodiment).

According to this configuration, when the door is opened and closed, the outer handle provided near the side edge of the door is rotated around the end on the side edge side. The feeling of operation becomes natural, and when the door is configured as a slide door, it is easy to apply a force when sliding the door.
In addition, the cable member extends along the pulling direction, that is, along the width direction of the door, bypasses the front of the lower sash as it is, and reaches the locking means, so that the cable member bypasses the lower part of the glass lifting / lowering space. Thus, the length of the cable member can be shortened compared to the case where the locking means is reached.

  The invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that one end of the cable member connected to the end of the outer handle opposite to the side edge is disposed along the horizontal direction. .

  According to this configuration, as compared with the case where the cable member is pulled along the vertical direction, the width in the vertical direction including the mechanical parts around the end of the outer handle on the side opposite to the side edge is suppressed. Moreover, it is difficult for water that has entered the door to enter the cable member.

  The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that one end of the cable member is provided below the outer handle.

  According to this structure, it becomes possible to arrange | position a cable member avoiding the operation space of an outer handle. That is, it becomes possible to arrange the cable member while avoiding a portion that tends to be narrowed by securing the operation space of the outer handle. In addition, when the lock means is provided below the outer handle, the length of the cable member can be further shortened.

  The invention described in claim 4 is characterized in that the other end portion of the cable connected to the lock means is arranged along the vertical direction.

  According to this configuration, after the cable member extends along the width direction of the door, it is possible to change the direction by approximately 90 ° before reaching the locking means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the operability of the outer handle can be improved, the operating force of the outer handle can be reduced, and the parts cost and weight can be reduced.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the outer handle can be downsized to improve the layout flexibility, and the operability of the cable member can be prevented from being lowered.
According to the invention described in claim 3, the cable member can be efficiently laid out and further shortened.
According to the invention described in claim 4, the operating resistance of the outer handle can be reduced by reducing the operating resistance of the cable member.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the directions such as front, rear, left and right in the following description are the same as those in the vehicle unless otherwise specified. In the figure, an arrow FR indicates the front of the vehicle, an arrow LH indicates the left side of the vehicle, and an arrow UP indicates the upper side of the vehicle.

  A vehicle 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a so-called 1.5 box type passenger car having a relatively small engine room at the front part of a one box type vehicle body, and includes a front door 2 and a rear door 3 that open and close the side opening of the vehicle body. Among them, the front door 2 is configured as a hinge opening / closing type door that rotates about a hinge shaft along the vertical direction in the vicinity of the front edge thereof, and the rear door 3 is a slide that slides back and forth along the side of the vehicle body. Configured as an openable door.

  The rear edge portion of the front door 2 and the front edge portion of the rear door 3 are adjacent to each other, and a door parting P that is slightly inclined so as to be positioned rearward as they are positioned upward in a side view of the vehicle body is formed. . The front outer handle 4 and the rear outer handle 5 for opening and closing the doors 2 and 3 so as to be adjacent to each other with the door parting P in between are respectively arranged at the substantially vertical center portions of the front door 2 and the rear door 3 respectively. Provided.

  FIG. 2 is a view of the rear door 3 on the right side of the vehicle body as viewed from the inside in the vehicle width direction (generally on the left side of the vehicle body). As shown in this figure, the door inner 6 of the rear door 3 has an upper side portion and front and rear side portions. The sash inner 8 constituting the inner portion of the sash portion 7 and the inner main body 11 constituting the inner portion of the lower door main body 10 from the waist portion 9 extending over both lower ends of the front and rear sides of the sash portion 7 are provided separately. These are superposed at the waist portion 9 and are integrally joined by welding or the like.

  Referring also to FIG. 5, the rear door 3 has a monaca structure in which a door skin 12 that forms an appearance from the outside of the vehicle and the door inner 6 are integrally coupled by hemming at the outer edge. Forming. Here, a space formed in the door body 10 is referred to as a door interior space K.

  As shown in FIG. 2, in the inner edge portion of the sash portion 7 and the upper edge portion of the waist portion 9, the skin side inner edge flange portion formed by the door skin 12, and the inner side inner edge flange portion formed by the sash inner 8 Are opposed to each other with a predetermined gap, and the outer edge portion of the door glass 13 is held by molding or the like at both inner edge flange portions.

The door glass 13 can be moved up and down by a lifting device (not shown) so as to be along the door parting P in the vehicle body side view along both inner edge flange portions of the front side portion of the sash portion 7.
In the door inner space K, a front lower sash 14 is provided below the front side of the sash 7 so as to extend to both inner edge flanges, and below the rear side of the sash 7. A rear lower sash 15 extending parallel to the front lower sash 14 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the front lower sash 14 and the rear lower sash 15 each have a substantially U-shaped cross section opened toward the other (only the front lower sash 14 is shown), and when the door glass 13 is raised and lowered. The front lower sash 14 guides the front edge, and the rear lower sash 15 guides the lower end of the rear edge through molding or the like. Here, in the door interior space K, a glass lifting space S is secured at a substantially central portion of the rear door 3 in the thickness direction (generally in the vehicle width direction).

  The door parting P is formed by the rear hem flange portion 16 of the front door 2 and the bent portion 17 of the door skin 12 of the rear door 3. The front hem flange portion 18 of the rear door 3 is disposed in front of the bent portion 17 by a predetermined amount inward in the vehicle width direction. The front hem flange portion 18 and the rear hem flange portion 16 of the front door 2 are connected to each other. Partly wrapped in the vehicle width direction.

  The door inner 6 once bends inward in the vehicle width direction behind the front hem flange portion 18 and then curves and extends rearward to avoid the B pillar 21 of the vehicle body. Are formed so as to extend rearward so as to form the inner wall portion 24 of the rear door 3.

  Referring also to FIG. 2, the rear outer handle 5 that is long in the front-rear direction is disposed at a portion of the door skin 12 near the waist portion 9. The rear outer handle 5 has a front end portion 5a positioned on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the front edge portion 3a (bent portion 17) of the rear door 3, and as a whole protrudes slightly from the outer surface of the door skin 12 to the vehicle outer side. Provided. Immediately after the front edge 3 a of the rear door 3, a mounting opening 25 is formed in the door skin 12, and the rear outer handle 5 is supported by a handle plate 26 fitted in the mounting opening 25.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the handle plate 26 extends from the upper and lower ends of the front edge along the door parting P toward the front, and has an upper edge and a lower edge that are parallel to each other. A vehicle body side view shape that is connected by a rear edge portion that forms a rearward convex semicircular shape in the vicinity of the rear end portion 5b of the handle 5, and that protrudes rearward at a substantially central portion in the vertical direction of the rear edge portion. A portion 27 is formed.

  The mounting opening 25 is an inner edge along the upper edge, the lower edge, the rear edge, and the protrusion 27 of the handle plate 26 except that the front edge is provided at a position retracted by a predetermined amount from the door parting P. Has a shape. Here, the inner edge portion of the mounting opening 25 abuts on the outer edge portion of the handle plate 26 from the door inner space portion K side (the vehicle width direction inner side) (see FIG. 6).

  The rear outer handle 5 is disposed outside the handle plate 26 in the vehicle width direction and substantially at the center in the vertical direction, and is provided so as to straddle the projecting portion 27 from the front edge portion of the handle plate 26. Here, the vertical width of the protrusion 27 of the handle plate 26 is provided to be substantially the same as the vertical width of the rear end portion 5 b of the rear outer handle 5.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the front outer end 5 a of the rear outer handle 5 extends inward in the vehicle width direction, passes through the front opening 28 of the handle plate 26 and the attachment opening 25 of the door skin 12, and is a door inner space K. A hook-shaped connecting piece 31 extending forward after entering the inside is provided. The front end of the connecting piece 31 is connected to a support portion (not shown) provided in the vicinity of the front edge of the handle plate 26 via a rotating shaft 32 extending in the vertical direction.

  When the rear outer handle 5 is operated so as to be pulled out from the non-operation state indicated by the solid line in the figure, the rear end part 5b swings around the rotation shaft 32 and is indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure. The operation state shown in FIG. 2 is established, and the latching engagement of the rear door 3 is released by such an opening operation of the rear outer handle 5.

  Here, the rear door 3 in this embodiment is configured as a power slide door that opens and closes (slides) using a driving force of a driving means (not shown), and the opening operation of the rear outer handle 5 serves as a trigger. The driving means is operated to open and close the rear door 3 in the closed state or the open state. It is also possible to manually open and close the rear door 3 without using drive means.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the rear half of the handle plate 26 is provided with a concave wall portion 33 that bulges out to have an arcuate cross section on the door inner space K side (in the vehicle width direction). The concave wall 33 is for forming a relief as an operation space on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the rear outer handle 5.

  The rear outer handle 5 and the handle plate 26 are mainly made of synthetic resin, and are connected to each other to constitute a rear outer handle unit. The rear outer handle unit is fixed to the door skin 12 by a metal protector 34 attached to the handle plate 26 from the door inner space K.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the protector 34 is displaced to the handle plate 26 side (vehicle width direction outer side) in front of the upper portion of the intermediate plate portion 35 and a flat intermediate plate portion 35 formed in the intermediate portion. Displaced to the handle plate 26 side below the intermediate plate part 35 and the rear extended plate part 37 provided to be displaced to the handle plate 26 side at the upper rear side of the intermediate plate part 35 provided. And a downwardly extending plate portion 38 provided.

  Referring also to FIG. 6, each extending plate portion 36, 37, 38 is provided with a bolt insertion hole corresponding to the boss portion 39 provided on the handle plate 26. Here, each boss portion 39 is provided in plural (three in this embodiment) on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the handle plate 26, and has an insert nut therein. The protector 34 and the handle plate 26 are integrally coupled by screwing and fastening the fixing bolts inserted into the respective bolt insertion holes into the respective boss portions 39.

  In the protector 34, the extended plate portions are displaced toward the handle plate 26 with respect to the intermediate plate portion 35. The reason is that the intermediate plate portion 35 is relatively displaced toward the inside of the door space portion, so that the door interior space is displaced. This is to avoid interference with the bulging top portion 33a of the concave wall portion 33 of the handle plate 26 that bulges in a circular arc shape on the portion K side.

  A handle plate 26 is provided at each of the front end portion of the front extension plate portion 36, the lower end portion of the rear extension plate portion 37, the lower end portion of the lower extension plate portion 38, and the upper edge intermediate portion of the intermediate plate portion 35 in the protector 34. A clamping piece 40 is provided which contacts the back side of the inner edge of the mounting opening 25 of the door skin 12 and is clamped together with the outer edge of the handle plate 26 in a state where the door skin 12 is coupled.

  In this way, by sandwiching the door skin 12 between the protector 34 and the handle plate 26, the rear outer handle unit is fixed to the door skin 12 in a state of being attached thereto. Here, the front end portion 5a of the rear outer handle 5 is rotatable to a handle plate 26 as a part on the side of the rear door 3 fixed to the door skin 12 via a hinge including a connecting piece portion 31 and a support portion thereof. It can be said that it is supported. A cushioning material may be interposed between each clamping piece 40 and the door skin 12.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the rear end portion 5 b of the rear outer handle 5 extends inward in the vehicle width direction and is provided with a rear opening 29 provided on the protrusion 27 of the handle plate 26 and a mounting opening 25 of the door skin 12. An operation piece 41 that passes through the door and enters the door interior space K is provided. A bell crank 43 is provided on the inner side in the vehicle width direction in the vicinity of the base end of the protrusion 27 of the handle plate 26 and is rotatable about a rotation shaft 42 that is positioned in front of the operation piece 41 and extends in the vertical direction. It is done.

  The bell crank 43 includes an input piece portion 44 that extends obliquely rearward inward in the vehicle width direction from the rotation shaft 42, and an output piece portion 45 that extends obliquely forward inward in the vehicle width direction from the rotation shaft 42. The front end of the input piece 44 is in contact with the sliding contact surface on the outer side in the vehicle width direction of the locking wall 46 provided at the front end of the operation piece 41 of the rear outer handle 5, and the opening operation of the rear outer handle 5 is performed. When the operation piece portion 41 moves outward in the vehicle width direction, the tip of the input piece portion 44 moves outward in the vehicle width direction while sliding on the sliding contact surface, and the bell crank 43 moves the output piece portion 45 rearward. It is designed to be rotated.

  A coil spring 47 is mounted on the rotating shaft 42 of the bell crank 43, and the bell crank 43 causes the input piece portion 44 to be connected to the locking wall portion 46 of the operation piece portion 41 by the spring force of the coil spring 47. To be pressed against. In other words, the rear outer handle 5 is biased by the spring force of the coil spring 47 so as to return to its non-operating state.

  The output piece 45 of the bell crank 43 has an operation cable (cable member) 52 for linking the rear outer handle 5 and a front lock unit (locking means) 51 provided in the door inner space K. One end is connected. Here, the front side lock unit 51 is operated together with a rear side lock unit (not shown) provided in the vicinity of the rear edge portion of the rear door 3, for example, to hold the rear door 3 in a fully closed state.

  Referring to FIG. 4 as well, the operation cable 52 is configured such that the inner cable 54 is slidably inserted into the outer cable 53, and the inner cable 53 is fixed in a predetermined position at both ends of the inner cable 54. By sliding the cable 54, the pulling force input to one end of the inner cable 54 can be transmitted to the other end.

  One end of the inner cable 54 of the operation cable 52 is connected to the output piece 45 of the bell crank 43 of the rear outer handle unit, and one end of the outer cable 53 is on the inner side in the vehicle width direction of the handle plate 26. It is fixed via a fixing bracket 26a. That is, when the bell crank 43 is rotated with the opening operation of the rear outer handle 5, the inner cable 54 is pulled backward as the output piece 45 moves.

  Referring also to FIG. 6, the connecting portion of the inner cable 54 in the output piece 45 is in the vertical direction where the rear outer handle 5 is located, in other words, the concave wall portion 33 of the handle plate 26. It is provided so that it may be located below with respect to the height in the vertical direction where the bulging top portion 33a is located. Accordingly, a portion of the operation cable 52 in the vicinity of the handle plate 26 is disposed at a position below the rear outer handle 5.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the front lock unit 51 is fixed to the opposing wall portion 23 of the door inner 6, and the front lock unit 51 and the striker 55 fixed to the rear wall portion 22 of the B-pillar 21 of the vehicle body and the latch mechanism. It comes to match. The release of the latch engagement is performed when the front lock unit 51 is operated via the operation cable 52 in accordance with the opening operation of the rear outer handle 5.

  Referring also to FIG. 3, the front lock unit 51 is provided at a position below the rear outer handle unit and immediately below the lower end of the front lower sash 14, and most of the front lock unit 51 is from the glass lifting / lowering space S. Is also provided so as to be located on the inner side in the vehicle width direction. When the rear door 3 is fully closed, the striker 55 provided on the B pillar 21 passes through the locking opening 23a of the opposing wall portion 23 and enters the front lock unit 51. 51 latch plates (not shown) are engaged.

  A bell crank mechanism 58 including a base bracket and a lock side bell crank that is rotatably supported by the base bracket is provided at the rear portion of the front side lock unit 51. The bell crank mechanism 58 is located on the inner side in the vehicle width direction than the glass lifting space S, and the other end portion of the inner cable 54 of the operation cable 52 is connected to the input piece portion of the lock side bell crank. The other end of the outer cable 53 is fixed to the base bracket.

  When the inner cable 54 is pulled in accordance with the operation of the rear outer handle 5 and the lock side bell crank rotates, the output piece of the lock side bell crank operates the front side lock unit 51 to engage with the striker 55. Is to be canceled. 3 denotes a connecting rod for releasing the latch engagement of the rear lock unit in conjunction with the latch release operation of the front lock unit 51.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 3, 4, and 5, the operation cable 52 is disposed in the gap between the concave wall portion 33 of the handle plate 26 and the protector 34 in the vicinity of the handle plate 26. And along the front-rear direction, which is the pulling direction of the inner cable 54 and also the width direction of the rear door 3, in other words, along the horizontal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 3, such an operation cable 52 is routed so as to be gently curved so as to bypass the front side of the front lower sash 14, that is, the front edge portion 3 a side of the rear door 3. After going around to the inner side in the vehicle width direction from the glass lifting space S, it is arranged along the vertical direction toward the bell crank mechanism 58 of the front lock unit 51 located below the rear outer handle 5. The In addition, the code | symbol 63 in a figure shows the shock absorbing material in the proximity | contact part with the front side lower sash 14 of the operation cable 52. FIG.

  That is, in the bell crank mechanism 58 of the front lock unit 51, when the inner cable 54 is pulled upward as the rear outer handle 5 is opened, the lock bell crank rotates to release the latch engagement. It is like that. Here, reference numeral 64 in the figure denotes an inner side operation cable for enabling the latch release by the inner handle of the rear door 3, and the inner side operation cable 64 extends along the vertical direction in the same manner as the operation cable 52. It is arranged.

  In addition, a coil spring is also attached to the rotating shaft of the lock-side bell crank. In other words, the lock-side bell crank pulls the inner cable 54 of the operation cable 52 downward by the spring force of the coil spring. In this case, it is urged to return to the state before the latch release.

  As described above, in the door outer handle structure in the above embodiment, the rear outer handle 5 that is long in the front-rear direction, which is the width direction of the rear door 3, is provided in the vicinity of the front edge 3a of the rear door 3 of the vehicle 1. A front end portion 5a which is an end portion of the outer handle 5 on the front edge portion 3a side is provided to be rotatable around a rotation shaft 32 along the vertical direction, while being opposite to the front edge portion 3a of the rear outer handle 5. One end portion of the operation cable 52 is connected to the rear end portion 5b which is the side end portion, and the other end portion of the operation cable 52 is in the vicinity of the front edge portion 3a and is closer to the vehicle elevating direction than the glass lifting / lowering space S. The inner cable 54 of the operation cable 52 is pulled along the width direction (front-rear direction) of the door by the rotation operation of the rear outer handle 5 and is connected to the front lock unit 51 provided on the inner side. With releasing the latching engagement of A 3, in which the operation cable 52 is disposed so as to bypass the front edge portion 3a of the forward or rear door 3 of the front lower sash 14.

  According to this configuration, when the rear door 3 is opened and closed, the rear outer handle 5 provided in the vicinity of the front edge 3a of the rear door 3 is rotated around the front end 5a. When the rear door 3 is configured as a slide door, it is easy to apply a force when sliding the handle 5 when the handle 5 becomes natural. That is, the operability of the rear outer handle 5 can be improved.

  Further, the operation cable 52 extends along the pulling direction, that is, along the front-rear direction which is the width direction of the rear door 3, and bypasses the front of the front lower sash 14 as it is inside the glass lifting space S in the vehicle width direction. The length of the operation cable 52 is shortened compared to the case where the operation cable 52 bypasses the lower part of the glass lifting / lowering space S and reaches the front lock unit 51 by going around to the front lock unit 51. It becomes possible to do. Thereby, there is an effect that it is possible to reduce the operating force of the rear outer handle 5 and to reduce the cost and weight of parts.

In the door outer handle structure, one end of the operation cable 52 connected to the rear end 5b of the rear outer handle 5 is disposed along the horizontal direction so that the operation cable 52 can be moved in the vertical direction. As compared with the case where the rear outer handle 5 is pulled along, the width in the vertical direction including the mechanical parts (the operation piece 41, the bell crank 43, etc.) around the rear end 5b of the rear outer handle 5 is suppressed. As a result, there is an effect that the rear outer handle 5 can be miniaturized and the layout flexibility can be improved.
In addition, since it is difficult for water that has entered the interior space K of the door to enter the operation cable 52 (in the outer cable 53), it is possible to prevent deterioration of the operability of the operation cable 52.

  Further, in the door outer handle structure, one end portion of the operation cable 52 is provided below the rear outer handle 5, so that the operation space of the rear outer handle 5 is expanded to the door inner space portion K side. The operation cable 52 can be disposed avoiding the bulging top portion 33a of the concave wall portion 33 that protrudes. As described above, by arranging the operation cable 52 so as to avoid a portion that tends to be narrowed by securing the operation space of the rear outer handle 5, there is an effect that the operation cable 52 can be laid out efficiently. In addition, since the front lock unit 51 is provided below the rear outer handle 5, the operation cable 52 can be further shortened.

  Furthermore, in the door outer handle structure, the operation cable 52 is arranged in the width direction of the rear door 3 by arranging the other end portion of the operation cable 52 connected to the front lock unit 51 along the vertical direction. After extending along a certain front-rear direction, it is possible to change the direction by approximately 90 ° before reaching the front lock unit 51, so that the outer cable 53 and the inner cable 54 of the operation cable 52 are slid. There is an effect that the operation force of the rear outer handle 5 can be reduced by reducing the dynamic resistance.

In addition, this invention is not restricted to the said Example, For example, it is applicable also to the front door 2. FIG. That is, the present invention can also be applied to a door provided with an outer handle near the rear edge or a hinged door. Similarly, it can be applied to a tailgate.
And the structure in the said Example is an example, and it cannot be overemphasized that a various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the summary of invention.

It is the perspective view which looked at the vehicle in the Example of this invention from the right front. It is the perspective view which looked at the right rear door of the said vehicle from the vehicle width direction inner side. It is a principal part enlarged view in FIG. It is a principal part enlarged view in FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the AA line in FIG. It is sectional drawing which follows the BB line in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

3 Rear door (door)
3a Front edge (side edge)
5 Rear outer handle (outer handle)
5a Front end (side edge side end)
5b Rear end (end opposite to side edge)
14 Front lower sash (lower sash)
51 Front lock unit (locking means)
52 Operation cable (cable member)

Claims (4)

  An outer handle is provided in the vicinity of a side edge of a vehicle door, and an end of the outer handle on the side edge is provided to be rotatable, while an end of the outer handle opposite to the side edge The cable member is connected to one end of the cable member, and the other end of the cable member is connected to a locking means provided in the vicinity of the side edge, and the cable member is connected to the width of the door by rotating the outer handle. A door outer handle structure, wherein the cable member is pulled along a direction and is disposed so as to bypass the side edge of the lower sash of the door.   2. The door outer handle according to claim 1, wherein one end portion of the cable member connected to an end portion of the outer handle opposite to the side edge portion is disposed along a horizontal direction. Construction.   The door outer handle structure according to claim 2, wherein one end portion of the cable member is provided below the outer handle. The door outer handle structure according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the other end portion of the cable connected to the locking means is disposed along the vertical direction.

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