US 12,187,105 B2
Vehicular slider door handle with internal detent mechanism
Brett A. Gorby, Rockford, MI (US); and James E. Niemiec, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US)
Filed by Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/203,202, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/198,363, filed on Oct. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0111709 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E05C 19/00 (2006.01); B60J 5/04 (2006.01); B60J 5/06 (2006.01); E05B 85/12 (2014.01)
CPC B60J 5/0468 (2013.01) [B60J 5/06 (2013.01); E05B 85/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular slider door handle assembly, the vehicular slider door handle assembly comprising:
a base portion configured for mounting at a vehicular slider door;
a handle pivotally mounted at the base portion;
a detent mechanism, wherein the detent mechanism comprises a pivot tube mounted at the base portion;
wherein the handle is pivotally mounted at the pivot tube, and wherein the handle is pivotable relative to the base portion about a pivot axis of the detent mechanism, and wherein the pivot axis of the detent mechanism comprises a longitudinal axis of the pivot tube, and wherein the handle is pivotable between a neutral position and a door opening position;
wherein the detent mechanism releasably retains the handle relative to the base portion at the neutral position; and
wherein, with the base portion mounted at the vehicular slider door, and as the handle pivots about the pivot axis via actuation by a person at the vehicular slider door, the detent mechanism allows the handle to pivot relative to the base portion from the neutral position toward the door opening position without axially moving the handle along the pivot axis away from the base portion.