US 11,939,799 B2
Door handle device for vehicle
Takao Toyama, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to ALPHA CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by ALPHA CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/007,954.
Application 17/007,954 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/007715, filed on Feb. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-042785 (JP), filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0392771 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
Int. Cl. E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/107 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle device for a vehicle comprising:
a handle base;
an operation handle;
first and second link members disposed at an interval and rotatably pin-connected to the handle base, respectively, each of the first and second link members consisting of a single link; and
an electric actuator configured to rotatably drive the first link member,
wherein the operation handle is connected to the handle base so as to be able to protrude from an initial position to a use position,
wherein the operation handle is rotatably connected to end portions of the first and second link members,
wherein the handle base, the first and second link members, and the operation handle form a link mechanism in which the operation handle at the use position maintains a posture parallel to the initial position, and
wherein the link of one of the first and second link members is pin-connected to the operation handle, and the link of the other is connected to the operation handle by a slide hole and a connecting pin attached to the operation handle, which connecting pin fits in the slide hole.