JPH06191279A - Door handle device for vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent generation of a sense of incompatibility in a door handle operation when a door is opened outward by means of a door handle fitted to the outside of a vehicle door. CONSTITUTION:A door handle 14 fitted to the outside of a vehicle door is guided in the car width direction by an arm part 15, a pulley 23 is fixed to a pinion 22 meshed with a rack 20 of the arm part 15, a lower end of a wire 24 connected to the pulley 23 is connected to a door latch and therefore an outward operation of the door handle 14 for opening a door nearly coincides with the door opening direction.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door opening / closing handle attached to the outer surface of a vehicle door.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 9 and 10 show a conventional vehicle.
As shown in FIG. 3, the door opening / closing handle 1 mounted near the edge of the outer surface of the door has a front end portion pivotally supported on the longitudinal axis A, and a long hole formed in the rear end arm portion 2 of the door handle 1. 3, one end 5 of the L-shaped lever 4 is engaged from above, and the horizontal axis B
The other end 6 of the lever 4 pivotally supported on the door is connected to the upper end of the rod 7, while a cover 8 for blocking the inside of the door from the outside is provided inside the door handle 1 at an opening of a door outer plate (not shown). It is installed. When the door handle 1 is pulled outward to open the door outward, the door handle 1 rotates about the vertical axis A as shown by the arrow, and the long hole 3 of the handle arm 2 is rotated.
By pulling one end 5 of the lever 4 that engages with the outside, the lever 4 rotates about the horizontal axis B, so that the other end 6 of the lever 4 causes the rod 7 to move toward a lower latch (not shown). The door is pushed down and the door is unlocked so that the door can be opened. In this case, the door handle 1 as a whole is displaced outward together with the door handle 1 because the door is relatively large and the longitudinal axis of the door handle 1 increases. Since it rotates a little around A, it is inevitable that the door handle 1 is uncomfortable when the door is opened outward.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, when a door handle attached to an outer surface of a door of a vehicle is used to open the door outward, the operating direction of the door handle and the displacement direction of the door are substantially aligned with each other. , It is intended to prevent a feeling of strangeness in the operation of the door handle.

[0004]

Therefore, a vehicle door handle device according to the present invention is provided with an arm portion guided in the vehicle width direction and is attached to an outer surface of a vehicle door, and the door handle described above. When the door handle is pulled outward in the vehicle width direction, the arm portion drives the interlocking member to disengage the door latch when the door handle is pulled outward in the vehicle width direction. It is configured.

[0005]

That is, when the door handle guided in the vehicle width direction is pulled outward in the vehicle width direction and displaced, the arm portion of the door handle drives the interlocking member to release the door latch. The door can be opened further by pulling, but in this case, the operation direction of the door handle and the displacement direction of the door portion to which the door handle is attached are substantially the same.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below by assigning the same reference numerals to the same parts. 1 to 4, the opening 12 formed near the edge of the outer plate 11 of the vehicle door 10
The cover 13 is fixed to the cover 13 and the door handle 1 is attached to the cover 13.
2 of the door handle 14 which is attached to the door handle 14 and which extends through the cover 13 in parallel inward in the vehicle width direction.
The arm portion 15 of the book has a protrusion 18 of a guide 17 in which a groove 16 formed along the side thereof is installed in the door 10.
And is guided in the vehicle width direction while engaging with the arm 1
5 is urged inward in the vehicle width direction by a spring 19 connected to the tip. Further, a rack 20 is cut on the lower surface of the handle arm portion 15, and a pinion 22 connected by a horizontal shaft 21 and rotatably supported is engaged with the rack 20 and a pulley fixed to the pinion 22. An upper end of the wire 24 is connected to the wire 23, and a lower end of the wire 24 is connected to a lower door latch (not shown).

With respect to the above device, if the door handle 14 is pulled from the outside of the vehicle against the biasing force of the spring 19,
Since the handle arm 15 is guided by the guide 17 and the door handle 14 is displaced outward in the vehicle width direction as shown by the arrow in FIG. 1 and the chain double-dashed line in FIG. The rack 20 rotates the pinion 22 in the clockwise direction in FIG. 1, and the rotation of the pulley 23 accordingly pulls up the wire 24 and the door latch is released. Therefore, the door 10 can be opened by pulling the door handle 14 further outward, but in this case, the operation direction of the door handle 14 and the door handle 14
Since the displacement direction of the edge portion where is attached is substantially the same, there is no discomfort in the operation of the door handle 14 when the door 10 is opened outward, and the door 10 can be opened very smoothly. You can Further, when the hand is released from the door handle 14, the door handle 14 can be displaced inward in the vehicle width direction and returned to the original state by the biasing force of the spring 19 acting on the handle arm portion 15.

In the modification shown in FIG. 5, the lever 30 is coaxially connected to the pinion 22 which is engaged with the rack 20 of the handle arm portion 15, and
Since it can rotate together with the pinion 22, the pinion 2 can be operated by operating the door handle 14 outward as indicated by the arrow.
When the lever 30 rotates clockwise via 2, the rod 31 connected to the tip of the lever 30 is pulled up,
A door latch (not shown) connected to the lower end of the rod 31 can be removed, and the same effect as that of the above embodiment can be obtained.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the rack 40 is cut on the upper surface of the arm 15 of the door handle 14, and the lever 41 is coaxial with the pinion 22 with respect to the pinion 22 engaged with the rack 40. Linked above,
Since it can be rotated together with the pinion 22, the lever 41 can be operated by operating the door handle 14 outward as indicated by the arrow.
When is rotated counterclockwise, the rod 42 connected to the tip of the lever 41 is pushed down, and the door latch (not shown) connected to the lower end of the rod 42 can be removed, and the same effect as the above embodiment can be obtained. be able to.

Next, in the embodiment shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, a relatively shallow recess 50 is formed near the edge of the outer plate 11 of the vehicle door 10, and a rubber-like sealing material is formed in the recess 50. 5
1 is attached, and when the door 10 is locked, the grip portion 52 of the door handle 14 is housed in the recess 50,
The door handle 14 is in contact with the sealing material 51.
The arm part 15 extends through the outer plate 11 of the recess 50 and the sealing material 51 toward the inner side in the vehicle width direction and is guided in the vehicle width direction as in the above-described embodiment, while the tip end of the arm part 15 is formed. The pinion 2 is biased inward in the vehicle width direction by a spring 19 connected to the pinion 2 and is engaged with the rack 20 of the handle arm 15.
The upper part of the wire 24 is connected to the second pulley 23, and the lower part of the wire 24 is connected to the pulley 54 of the actuator 53.

When the door 10 of the vehicle which is locked as shown in the drawing is opened from the outside, first, a key is inserted into a key hole of the door 10 or an electronic key is irradiated to unlock the door 10. Then, the actuator 53
Activates to rotate the pulley 54 and move the wire 24 to the arrow X
7, the pinion 22 connected to the pulley 23 rotates clockwise in FIG. 7, the handle grip 52 is displaced outward in the vehicle width direction, and moved to the unlocked position indicated by the alternate long and short dash line. To do.

At this time, the recess 50 and the handle grip 52
Since a gap is formed between the door handle 14 and the inner surface, if the handle grip portion 52 is gripped against the urging force of the spring 19 and further pulled outward in the vehicle width direction, the door handle 14 is displaced above the unlock position. Since the actuator 53 idles, or the pinion 22 idles with respect to the pulley 23 by an appropriate differential mechanism or the like formed between the pinion 22 and the pulley 23, the handle grip portion 52 is relatively light in the vehicle width direction. When it is pulled out and reaches the door unlocked position of the chain double-dashed line, the door latch is released by the interlocking mechanism (not shown),
It is possible to open the door 10 by further pulling the handle grip portion 52 stopped at the door unlocked position by the stopper outward in the vehicle width direction.

When the handle grip portion 52 is released, the handle grip portion 52 is pulled to the unlocked position by the urging force of the spring 19, and after the door 10 is closed, the key or the inside of the vehicle is illustrated. If the lock operation is performed with a lock button or the like, and / or if the vehicle speed sensor detects traveling of the vehicle, the actuator 53 operates to reversely rotate the pulley 54 and pull the wire 24 in the direction of the arrow Y to pull the pulley 23. 7 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7, and the handle grip portion 5 is rotated.
2 is displaced inward in the vehicle width direction and returns to the lock position indicated by the solid line.

Therefore, as in the case of the above-described embodiment, the operation direction of the door handle 14 for opening the door 10 and the displacement direction of the edge portion of the door 10 to which the door handle 14 is attached are substantially the same. Therefore, the door handle 14 can be opened very smoothly without any discomfort in the operation of the door handle 14. When the door handle 14 is in the lock position, the handle grip 5
2 is accommodated in the recess 50 and the sealing material 51 in the recess 50
Since there is no space between the handle grip portion 52 and the recess 50 and the outer surface of the door 10 can be made substantially flat without any recess, the appearance of the door 10 can be easily improved to improve the appearance of the vehicle. It is possible to improve the design, reduce wind noise when the vehicle is running, and improve the riding comfort of the vehicle.

Furthermore, the notch formed in the outer plate 11 in the recess 50 accommodating the handle grip 52 may be as small as the arm 15 of the door handle 14 penetrates, and the entire interior of the recess 50. Since the sealing material 51 is attached over the area, there is an advantage that the sound insulation performance in the portion of the door handle 14 can be improved relatively easily.
The drive wire in FIG. 7 can be easily changed to a link mechanism such as a lever as in the above-described embodiments, and the return spring connected to the handle arm in each of the above-described embodiments is the horizontal shaft of the pinion. Needless to say, it can be replaced with a coil spring or the like that gives a rotational force as appropriate.

[0016]

In the vehicle door handle device according to the present invention, when the door is opened outward by the door handle attached to the outer surface of the vehicle door, the door handle is pulled outward and the door in the vehicle width direction. Since the displacement direction of the door portion to which the handle is attached is substantially the same, there is no discomfort in the operation of the door handle when opening the door, and the door can be opened very smoothly.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken along the line II-II in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic outside view of the above embodiment.

4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along the line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an essential part in still another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of an essential part in still another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a sectional view corresponding to FIG. 4 in the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a main part of a conventional device.

FIG. 10 is a top view of relevant parts of the conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Door 14 Door Handle 15 Arm 17 Guide 19 Spring 20 Rack 22 Pinion 23 Pulley 24 Wire 30 Lever 31 Rod 40 Rack 41 Lever 42 Rod 53 Actuator 54 Pulley

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A door handle having an arm portion guided in the vehicle width direction, the door handle attached to an outer surface of a door of a vehicle, and an interlocking member engaged with the arm portion of the door handle and connected to a door latch. A door handle device for a vehicle configured such that, when the door handle is pulled outward in the vehicle width direction, the arm portion drives the interlocking member to release the door latch.