Door handle assembly for an automobile

US10017969B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US

Inventors

• Roland Och · Rottendorf, DE
• Andreas Rudolf · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2018
• Expiry date: May 16, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05B85/12
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A door handle assembly for an automobile comprising a grab section being manually actuatable from the outside or the inside of the door of an automobile, which grab section is moveably mounted between a resting position and an opening position on a bearing component to be mounted on the door, and which is connected to an actuating lever, which is also moveably mounted on the bearing component such that the actuating lever upon a movement of the grab section between its resting position and its opening position is also moved between a resting position and an opening position, wherein the grab section is biased into its resting position and wherein the grab section or the actuating lever can be coupled with a lock of the door such that the lock is opened when the grab section is moved from its resting position into its opening position, further comprising a fly weight which is moveably mounted between a releasing position in which it allows a movement of the grab section into its opening position and at least one locking position in which it effects a locking of the grab section against a movement into its opening position, wherein the fly weight is biased into the releasing position…