Handle assembly for motor-vehicle door latch

US6602077B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kiekert AG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Kasper
• Jurgen Kill · Recklinghausen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2002
• Grant date: Aug 5, 2003
• Expiry date: May 1, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05B81/78
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A handle assembly for a motor-vehicle door latch has an adapter plate shaped to fit on a motor-vehicle door and forming a pivot and a seat, an electrical connector sleeve snugly fittable in the seat, and a handle having an arm fittable in the connector sleeve and with the pivot. The handle is movable between a partially installed position and a fully installed position. In the partially installed position the arm snugly engages in the connector, the connector is snugly fitted in the seat, and the arm is out of engagement with the pivot. In the fully installed position the arm is still engaged snugly in the connector but the connector is pulled out of the seat, and the arm is in pivotal engagement with the pivot and pivotal about the pivot jointly with the connector sleeve.