US 11,859,415 B2
Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle
Marco Savant, Pianezza (IT); and Anthony Guerin, Pianezza (IT)
Assigned to U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A., Pianezza (IT)
Filed by U-Shin Italia S.p.A., Pianezza (IT)
Filed on May 15, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/874,974.
Application 16/874,974 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2018/081449, filed on Nov. 15, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 17202035 (EP), filed on Nov. 16, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0277812 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. E05B 79/06 (2014.01); E05B 79/12 (2014.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 79/06 (2013.01) [E05B 79/12 (2013.01); E05B 85/16 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle assembly configured to be mounted on a door of a motor vehicle, the door handle assembly comprising:
a base configured to be fastened on the door the base including a housing;
an arm slidably mounted in the housing and comprising a hook at one of its ends;
a hinge;
a handle, wherein a first end of the handle is coupled to the base via the hinge such that the handle is rotatable between a rest position and an open position, wherein a second end of the handle is coupled to the base via the arm, wherein when in the rest position, the handle is positioned approximately parallel to the base and the arm extends into the housing, wherein when in the open position, the handle is inclined relative to the base and the arm is partially outside the housing;
an actuation device housed in the base, configured to be linked to a mechanism for opening the door and comprising a first lever and a return spring, the first lever being movably mounted in the housing for movement relative to the housing between a retracted position and a deployed position, wherein the first lever engages the hook such that when the handle is in the rest position the first lever is in the retracted position, and when the handle is in the open position the first lever is in the deployed position, the rotation of the handle from the rest position to the open position causing the sliding of the hook along a sliding path to begin in a sliding direction to move the first lever to the deployed position such that the first lever is displaced toward the outside of the base and actuates the mechanism to open the door, wherein the return spring exerts a return force on the first lever to bring the first lever back toward its retracted position; and
a blocking device movably mounted on the base for displacement relative to the base between an unlocked position in which the blocking device is disconnected from the actuation device and a locked position, wherein when the handle is in the open position and the blocking device is displaced toward its locked position, the blocking device displaces the actuation device toward a mounting/dismounting position of the handle in which the first lever of the actuation device is shifted in a direction transverse to the sliding direction to block the actuation device and permit the arm to freely slide within the housing of the base for its mounting in the base or its dismounting from the base.