JPH0354231B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an outside handle mechanism for a door for a vehicle such as an automobile. This type of outside handle is pivotally attached to the door and rotates to release the lock mechanism of the door. Conventionally, for example, as shown in FIG. An outer hinge system in which the upper edge of the handle 2 is directly pivoted from the
As shown in FIG. 2, there is an inner hinge system in which an arm 13 is pivotally mounted inside the upper edge of a recess 11A of an outer panel 11 of the door, and a handle 12 is formed at the tip of the arm 13. When the door is locked, the door is not unlocked by the rotation of the handle due to the idle swing mechanism, and when the door is unlocked, the door is unlocked by the rotation of the handle. However, both types have handles 2 and 12.
Spaces 4 and 14 are formed in which the hands can be placed. The space is not flush with the outer panel of the door, which is a defect in appearance. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to prevent the above-described space for the hand from being formed in the outside handle attachment part of the door under normal conditions.
An outside handle 22 for unlocking the door is housed in a recess 21A formed at a predetermined position in the outer panel 21 of the vehicle door, and the outside handle 22 is attached to a bracket 23 rotatably incorporated inside the outer panel 21. The bracket 23 is pivotally attached to the outside end, and rotates in conjunction with the key cylinder 28, so that when the key cylinder 28 is locked, the outside handle 22 is in a position where the outer surface of the outside handle 22 does not protrude from the recess 21A of the outer panel 21 of the door. The main idea is that when the key cylinder 28 is in the unlocked state, the bracket 23 rotates and the outside handle 22 protrudes from the recess 21A. The present invention will be described with reference to an embodiment shown in FIG.
The handle 22 is pivotally attached to the tip of a dogleg-shaped bracket 23 whose root end is pivotally attached to a base bracket 24 fixed to the inside of the outer panel 21. The handle 22 is urged in the direction of arrow A by a spring 22A and comes into contact with a stopper 23B of a bracket 23, and the bracket 23 is urged in the direction of arrow B by a spring 23A. The handle 22 is further formed with a bracket 25 that rotates integrally with the rotation of the handle 22, and the lower end of a rod 26 is rotatably connected to the bracket 25. An engagement block 26A is fixed to the upper end of the rod 26, and the engagement block 26A is connected to an arm 27A extending to the side of a lever 27 of a remote control system in the door locking mechanism. 28 is a key cylinder located on the side of the handle 22, and a key hole 28A is exposed on the surface of the outer panel 21 of the door. As shown in FIG. 4, the key cylinder 28 is rotatable and biased in the direction of arrow C by a spring 28B, and an arm 29 is extended from the key cylinder 28.
One end of a lock pin 31, which is slidably supported by a bearing bracket 31A, is pivotally connected to the lock pin 31, and the lock pin 31 slides left and right by a distance S by the rotation of the key cylinder 28, and reaches the right end position of the distance S ( In the locked state), the bracket 23 comes into contact with the lower edge of the bracket 23 and prevents the bracket 23 from rotating in the biasing direction of the spring 23A, and in the left end position (unlocked state), the bracket 23 separates from the lower edge of the bracket 23 and the bracket 23 is pressed against the spring. Rotates in the biasing direction 23A. Further, a rod 30 connected to an arm 29 of the key cylinder 28 is rotatably connected to a door opener for unlocking the door from inside the vehicle body. In the remote control system, the lever 27 extended from the arm 27A is connected to the bracket 33.
Rods 32A and 32B are rotatably connected to both ends of the lever 27 and connect directly or indirectly to the lock knob, respectively, and a rod 26 is slidably inserted through the arm 27A. ing. In the above structure, in the locked state shown in FIG. 3, the rotation of the bracket 23 by the spring 23A is prevented by the lock pin 31 as described above.
The handle 22 is located in the recess 2 of the outer panel 21 of the door.
1A, and its outer surface is on the same plane as the surface of the outer panel 21. In this normal position, for example, handle 2
Even if you insert a screwdriver or the like into the lower part of the handle 22 and force it to rotate outward, the rod 26 will not be able to descend through the bracket 25 when the handle 22 is rotated to its maximum extent as shown in Fig. 5. Joint block 26
A to lever 27 of the remote control system
The lever 27 is not moved. By providing such an idle mechanism with a play of the moving distance L of the engagement block 26A as the handle 22 rotates in the locked state, the door lock mechanism can be prevented from being released in the locked state. When the key is inserted through the key hole 28A and the key cylinder 28 is turned in the unlocking direction shown by arrow D in FIG. the handle 22 to the position shown in FIG. In this way, a space 35 for handling is formed between the handle 22 and the outer panel 21 of the door. As the bracket 23 rotates, the bracket 25 also moves down, and the engagement block 2
6A descends through the rod 26 and comes into contact with the upper surface of the arm 27A of the lever 27. At the protruding position , when the handle 22 is pulled and rotated outward through the space 35, the engagement block 26A descends to the position shown in FIG. 7 via the bracket 25 and the rod 26. The lever 27 is rotated via the arm 27 to the state shown in FIG.
Pull A and 32B to release the door lock mechanism and open the door. When the handle 22 is released, the spring 22A causes the handle 22 to return to the inside and come into contact with the stopper 23B. When the handle 22 is grasped again and pulled outward, the handle 22 rotates outward, and the locking mechanism is released in the same manner as described above, allowing the door to be opened without the key. As described above, the key cylinder 28 is biased in the direction of the arrow C by the spring 28B, so that in the unlocked state, the tip of the lock pin 31 is in pressure contact with the side surface of the protrusion 23C of the bracket 23. Then, push the handle 22 inward by hand against the elasticity of the spring 23A of the bracket 23, and when the bracket 23 returns to the position shown in FIG. The keys are propelled through the key cylinder 28 and the arm 29 and come into contact with each other, automatically becoming locked. In this state, the outer surface of the handle 22 is flush with the surface of the outer panel 21 and occupies a normal position. Therefore, in order to open the door again, it is necessary to unlock it with the key. The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and for example, without providing an idle swing mechanism that plays with the movement distance of the engagement block as the handle rotates in the locked state, it can be moved to the normal position as shown in FIG. A configuration may also be adopted in which rotation of the handle 22 is stopped by a stopper 24A extending from the base bracket 24 . In the above configuration, in the normal position, the base end of the handle 22 comes into contact with the stopper 24A of the base bracket 24 , and rotation is prevented. Furthermore, the mechanism for ejecting the handle 22 is a barracket 23.
However, the handle 22 may be mechanically protruded by the rotation of the key cylinder. In this mechanism, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, a rod 34 is connected from the arm 29 of the key cylinder 28 to the bracket 23, and when the locked state shown by the solid line is changed to the unlocked state shown by the dotted line, the rotation of the key cylinder 28 is controlled. Arm 29,
The handle 2 is connected via the rod 34 and the bracket 23.
2 is projected at the dotted line position. As described above, the present invention provides an outside handle that is pivotably mounted on a vehicle door and that rotates to release the locking mechanism of the door.
In the unlocked state, it is in the protruding position, and in the normal position, the outside handle outer surface is flush with the outer panel surface of the door or in a recessed position, so the handle space is not formed on the door surface, and the appearance due to this space is On the other hand, in the protruding position, a space for the handle to be placed is formed between the outside handle and the outer panel of the door, and there is no problem in turning the handle. The locking mechanism of the door is released by turning the outside handle only when the outside handle is in the unlocked position and placed in the protruding position. The door lock mechanism is not released and is useful as a theft prevention mechanism.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the conventional example, and Figures 3 and below show an embodiment of the present invention.
The figure is a side view of the normal position (locked state), Figure 4 is a partially cutaway front view, Figure 5 is a side view of the handle in the normal position with the handle rotated outward, and Figure 6 is the pop-out position. (unlocked state), Fig. 7 is a side view with the handle turned outward in the protruding position, Fig. 8 is a front view of the lever in the same state, and Fig. 9 is another embodiment. FIG. 10 is a side view of still another embodiment. In the figure, 21...Outer panel, 22...Handle, 23...Bracket, 23A...Spring, 24 ...Base bracket, 24A ...Stopper, 25...Bracket, 26...Rod, 26
A...Engagement block, 27...Lever, 28...
Key cylinder, 29...arm, 31...lock pin, 34...rod, 35 ...space for hand.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An outside handle for unlocking the door is housed in a recess formed at a predetermined position in the outer panel of the vehicle door, and the outside handle is pivoted to the outgoing end of a bracket rotatably incorporated inside the outer panel. The bracket rotates in conjunction with the key cylinder, and when the key cylinder is locked, the outside handle is in a position where the outer surface of the outside handle does not protrude from the recess in the outer panel of the door;
An outside handle mechanism for a vehicle door, characterized in that when the key cylinder is unlocked, the bracket rotates and the outside handle protrudes from the recess.