US 11,788,324 B2
Outer handle device for vehicle door
Tatsuya Ooyama, Miyazaki (JP); and Yasuhiro Saitou, Miyazaki (JP)
Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Honda Lock, Miyazaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA HONDA LOCK, Miyazaki (JP)
Filed on May 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/421,928.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-234108 (JP), filed on Dec. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0190867 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. E05B 79/06 (2014.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 79/06 (2013.01) [E05B 85/16 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outer handle device for a vehicle door, comprising
an outer handle that has a supported portion on one end part in a longitudinal direction of the outer handle and extends lengthwise in a vehicle fore-and-aft direction;
a support member that has a pair of leg portions sandwiching the supported portion from opposite sides; and
a base that has a pair of support side walls sandwiching the pair of leg portions from opposite sides and is mounted inside an outer panel of a door, wherein
the supported portion is pivotably supported on the support member attached to the base by engagement projection portions of the leg portions engaging with latching recesses of the support side walls,
a restriction device is provided between the supported portion and the support member, the restriction device restricting displacement of the support member toward a side on which engagement of the support member with the base is released at least when pulling the outer handle,
the restriction device includes an interposing part provided with and projecting from the supported portion at the one end part of the outer handle and restricting projecting parts provided on the pair of leg portions of the support member,
the restricting projecting parts are structured to engage the interposing part when the outer handle is pulled, and
the restricting projecting parts do not engage the interposing part when the outer handle is not pulled.