JPH0526203Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to an improvement of an automobile door outside handle (hereinafter referred to as "door handle").

(Prior Art) In recent years, from the aerodynamic standpoint and appearance requirements of the vehicle body, a so-called flare surface has been adopted, in which the door handle of a vehicle is placed flush with the surface of the door outer panel. , In terms of door handle operation, in both the bezel type shown in FIG.
A door handle C is provided, leaving a space D where the hand can be inserted. Therefore, since this portion is not flush with panel A, there remain problems in terms of aerodynamics and appearance, and there are also drawbacks such as requiring a large installation space.
In order to slightly improve these shortcomings, the door handle is made to protrude when the door lock is unlocked.
There are proposals such as Japanese Utility Model Application No. 59-38365 to avoid taking up extra space below the door handle, but the link device connected to the locking lever is complicated and it is difficult to pull the door handle open when the door handle is locked. If you try to do so, force will be applied to the entire link device together with the door handle C, and there is a risk that the internal mechanism will be damaged.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) Therefore, this invention improves the shortcomings of the conventional and proposed ones, and as shown in Figure 6, the door handle can be made into either a bezel type or a bracket type. , there is no need to prepare a space to put one's hand under the handle, and furthermore, there is no risk of the entire handle device being damaged even if it is inadvertently operated.

(Means for solving the problem) For this purpose, the upper end of the lever of the door handle is positioned below the lever pressing part of the pusher link connected to the locking lever, and the lever of the door handle and the handle link are loosely fitted. When the door handle is locked and the locking lever is unlocked, the free end of the door handle, which is flush with the surface of the outer panel when locked, is caused to protrude outward via the pusher link.

(Function) With this structure, when the door is unlocked using a normal lock cylinder or actuator, the upper end of the lever on the door handle is lowered by lowering the lever pressing part at the upper end of the pusher link. is pressed down, the lever of the door handle is rotated around the hinge, and the lower end of the door handle protrudes from the outer panel of the door to prepare the door for opening and closing.In addition, the upper end of the lever of the handle Since the lever end of the above pusher link is located below the lever pressing part of the pusher link, the lever end rotates in response to the pusher link being pushed down, but the door lock is not in the locked state. In this case, the pusher link has nothing to do with the rotation of the lever, and the handle link loosely fits and locks on the end of the lever, so only the door handle rotates and no force is applied to the other link devices. Therefore, it will not be damaged even by careless operation.

(Embodiment) This invention will be explained in detail with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 is an automobile door outer panel;
is the bezel (Figure 6). Reference numeral 3 designates a door handle, and this door handle 3 has a lever 5 configured to rotate around a hinge 1. A vertically long elongated hole 6 is bored at the end of the lever 5, and a handle link is inserted into the lever 5. 8 is loosely fitted, and the ratchet lever 11 is rotated via this handle link 8, and this shaft 17 is rotated to open and close the conventional door opening/closing device 1.
The door can be opened by activating 3. Reference numeral 11' indicates the position at which the ratchet lever 11 is rotated by lowering the handle link 8 when the handle 3 is at the door opening position 3'. Reference numeral 7 denotes a lever pressing portion provided at the upper end of the pusher link 15, and the door is activated by the actuation of the lock cylinder 16 or actuator 10 by a key, or in the case of a lock cylinder by the actuating rod 12 which rotates in response to this rotation. Locking lever 9 connected to this
9', the locking lever 9 rotates, and the rotation of the shaft 18 causes the door opening/closing device 13 to rotate.
When the lock is unlocked inside, the end of the operating rod 12 connected to one end of the locking lever 9 and the pusher link 15 are lowered to the 8' position, and the pusher link provided at the upper end of the pusher link 15 is moved downward. 7
is lowered, thereby working to push down the upper end of the handle lever 5.

When the lever 5 is pressed down, the door handle 3 rotates about the hinge 4, and its free end protrudes from the door outer panel 1 to a position 3'. 14
is a guide portion that guides the vertical movement of the pusher link 15. A spring (not shown) is built into the door handle 3, so that the door handle 3 can be automatically housed in the door outer panel 1 after operation. Push up the lever pressing part 7 at the upper end of the link 15 and rotate the locking lever 9,
It can also be locked in the door opening/closing device 13. With this structure, when the lock cylinder 11 or the actuator 10 is unlocked, the door handle 3 protrudes, and when the door is locked by inserting your hand into the protruding part, the outer panel 1 and the handle 3 are are the same plane, and no concave surfaces are formed.

The other embodiments shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 are of a direct link type, and the same parts as in the above embodiments are represented by the same symbols. Guide grooves 6, 6' are provided in the lever 5 on the circumference around the hinge 4 of the door handle 3, and the ends of the pusher link 15 and the handle link 8 are slidably fitted into these, respectively. do. The operation of FIG. 5 is similar to that of the previous embodiment, but
This simplifies the overall configuration.

(Effects of the invention) With the structure as described above, there is no recess between the door handle and the door outer panel, so there is no aerodynamic resistance of the car body, and the surface is the same, which makes it look good. Not only does it not require extra space to store the door handle, but it also has a simple mechanism that allows the pusher link to loosely fit and lock onto the end of the door handle lever, making it easy to hold the door handle when the door is locked. This provides excellent effects in automobile doors, such as not affecting the entire link device even if operated carelessly.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line A-A in Fig. 3 of an embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 is a view seen from the X direction of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an external view of the door, Fig. 4, FIG. 5 is a longitudinal sectional side view of another embodiment, FIGS. 6a and 6b show the door handle portion of this invention, and FIGS. 7a and b show the handle portion of the conventional door handle. 1...Door outer panel, 2...Door handle, 4...Hinge, 5...Lever, 6...Slot hole,
7...Lever pressing part, 8...Handle link, 9
... Locking lever, 10 ... Actuator, 11 ... Ratchet lever, 15 ... Pusher link.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] The upper end of the lever of the door outside handle provided on the same surface as the outer surface of the door outer panel is located below the lever press provided at the upper end of the pusher ring, and this pusher link is connected to the lock cylinder or actuator that releases and locks the door lock. An automobile door that is connected to a locking lever that is linked to a yuator to move up and down, and that the end of a handle link that is connected to a door opening/closing device is loosely fitted and locked in a long hole formed in the lever of the door outside handle. outside handle.