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Automotive door handle container

US4681357A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 3, 1984
Grant dateJul 21, 1987
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T292/82
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An automotive door handle container which is formed by and on an escutcheon fixedly attached to a door panel, for normally containing a pivotable handle piece. The escutcheon is formed at a slightly lower level than the inside edge of the handle piece for covering a small idle gap between the handle piece and the escutcheon to prevent harmful physical damage to the operator's finger nail otherwise occurring during manual handling of the handle piece.

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