US 12,305,430 B2
Door handle assembly and related methods
Yong Sang Cho, Novi, MI (US); Suat Kaya, Novi, MI (US); Sami Yanikoglu, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Ayushi Srivastava, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GMBH & Co. KG, Velbert (DE)
Appl. No. 17/253,186
Filed by Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG, Velbert (DE)
PCT Filed May 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/054451
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/012261, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/695,218, filed on Jul. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0324663 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 79/06 (2014.01); E05B 85/16 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 79/06 (2013.01) [E05B 85/16 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle assembly comprising:
a bracket including a clip having a flexible arm and a catch disposed at an end of the arm;
a slide member coupled to the bracket and configured to translate between a first position and a second position;
an actuation screw that is rotatably coupled to the bracket and threadably coupled to the slide member via threads on the actuation screw and corresponding threads on the slide member, the actuation screw translating the slide member from the first position to the second position upon rotation of the actuation screw;
a lock cylinder including a cylindrical body having a projection extending outwardly from the cylindrical body, the projection being configured to engage with the catch to couple the lock cylinder to the bracket, wherein the slide member engages the lock cylinder in the second position; and
a counterweight pivotally coupled to the bracket and configured to rotate between a first rotational position and a second rotational position,
wherein, upon translation of the slide member from the second position to the first position, the slide member is operable to (i) rotate the counterweight in a first direction from the second rotational position to the first rotational position and (ii) prevent rotation of the counterweight in a second direction from the first rotational position.