JPH0332191Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Subject of the Invention] The present invention relates to an outside handle for an automobile and relates to improving the safety thereof.

[Application field of this invention]

The invention is suitable for use in automobiles, especially trucks.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, as this type of outside handle for automobiles, there is one described in US Pat. No. 2,604,346. As shown in FIG. 1, this device has a configuration in which a push button 12 is provided on the outside of a grip 11 that is attached to the outside of a door (not shown). The door lock was unlocked.

[Problems with conventional technology and its technical analysis]

In this prior art, a push button 12 is used to release the door lock. Moreover, the push button 12 was attached to the outside of the grip 11. Therefore, when the automobile rolls over, there is a problem in that the push button 12 is pressed by the road surface, etc., and the door lock is unlocked and the door is opened.

[Technical issues]

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to prevent the outside handle from operating when the vehicle rolls over.

[Technical means]

In order to solve the above problems, the technical measures taken in the present invention include a grip attached to an automobile door, a grip located between the inside of the grip of the grip and the automobile door, and a grip attached to the grip along the automobile door. The present invention includes a slidably disposed operating knob, and a crank rotatably supported by the grip, one end of which protrudes onto the sliding trajectory of the operating knob and is engageable with the operating knob.

[Effect of technical means]

The above means works as follows. Slide the operating knob along the door. As the operating knob slides, one end of the crank that protrudes on the sliding trajectory of the operating knob directly engages and presses the operating knob.
The crank rotates. This unlocks the door lock.

However, even if the vehicle rolls over, the operating knob remains within the grip and cannot be activated by simply pressing it. Therefore, the operating knob cannot be easily operated simply by the vehicle rolling over.

[Effects of technical means]

Moreover, according to the above means, the operation knob can be operated simply by grasping the grip and shifting the hand, without requiring any finger operation. Therefore, operations can be performed smoothly. Furthermore, since the operating knob and the crank directly engage with each other by sliding the operating knob and rotate the crank, there is no need for a connection mechanism such as a link between the operating knob and the crank. This is advantageous in terms of assembly work and cost.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 2, the outside handle 10
It consists of a grip 1, an operating knob, and a bell crank 3, which are attached to the automobile. Grip 1
has a groove 1b with a U-shaped cross section that opens inward, and a housing portion 1a for the operation knob 2 at the right end in the figure. The operating knob 2 is fitted into the groove 1b of the grip 1 so as to be slidable along the longitudinal direction of the grip 1, that is, along the door. A groove 2a is formed at the right end of the operating knob 2 in the drawing, into which one end 3a of a bell crank 3 is loosely fitted. Further, a stopper portion (not shown) is provided on the upper and lower surfaces of the right end side of the operation knob 2. The stop portion engages with the open end 1e of the receiving portion 1a of the grip 1.

The bell crank 3 is pivotally attached to a mounting surface 1c, which is the bottom surface of the grip 1, by a pin 4. Therefore,
The bell crank 3 rotates along the surface of the door.
The other end 3b of the bell crank 3 is connected to a door lock (not shown), and its rotation unlocks the door lock. Note that the bell crank 3 is always biased from the door lock side to the left side in the drawing.

Another embodiment of the outside handle 20 shown in FIG. 3 differs from the previous embodiment in the arrangement of the bell crank 7. The grip 1 has an extending portion 1d that extends further inward from the mounting surface 1c of the grip 1.
There is. An L-shaped bell crank 7 is pivotally supported by a shaft 8 on this extending portion 1d. Therefore,
The bell crank 7 rotates around the pin 8 toward the inside of the door. And one end 7b of the bell crank 7
is connected to the door lock side, and the other end 7a is loosely fitted into the groove 2a of the knob 2.

The outside handles 10 and 20 constructed as described above function as follows.

Normally, the operating knob 2 is biased to the left in the figure by a biasing force from the door lock side, so that the operating knob 2 is at the position shown in the figure, determined by the engagement of the stopper portion with the open end 1e of the grip 1. Push the operating knob 2 to the right in the figure to slide it along the door surface. As a result, one end 3a or 7a of the bell crank 3 or 7, which is loosely fitted into the groove 2a of the operation knob 2, is directly pressed. The bellcrank 3 or 7 is thus rotated clockwise around the pin 4 or 8. As a result, the other end 3 of the bell crank 3 or 7
The door lock connected to b or 7b is operated and unlocked. Thereafter, when the pressure on the operating knob 2 is stopped, the operating knob 2 returns to its original position as shown in the figure due to the biasing force from the door lock.

In this way, the operating knob 2 slides along the door surface and thereby unlocks the door.
When the car rolls over, the road surface touches the outside handle 1
Even if 0 or 20 is pressed, the outside handle 10 or 20 is not operated at all.
Therefore, the door will not open even if the car rolls over, making it extremely safe.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view showing a conventional outside handle, FIG. 2 is an external view showing an outside handle according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an external view showing another embodiment. 1...Grip, 2...Operation knob, 3,7...
Bell crank (crank), 10, 20...outside handle.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A grip attached to an automobile door, an operation knob located between the inside of the grip portion of the grip and the automobile door and disposed on the grip so as to be slidable along the automobile door, the operating knob being rotatable on the grip. An outside handle for an automobile, comprising a crank that is pivotally supported, one end of which protrudes onto the sliding trajectory of the operating knob, and is engageable with the operating knob.