US 12,065,861 B2
Vehicle door handle device
Nobukazu Araki, Kariya (JP); and Mizuya Sakamoto, Kariya (JP)
Assigned to AISIN CORPORATION, Aichi (JP)
Filed by AISIN CORPORATION, Kariya (JP)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,061.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-106380 (JP), filed on Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0386014 A1, Dec. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. E05B 79/06 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 79/06 (2013.01) [E05B 85/10 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle device for a vehicle door, the door handle device comprising:
a base frame formed of a resin material and arranged on a vehicle inner side of a door outer panel of the vehicle door;
a pad member arranged on a vehicle outer side of the door outer panel;
a first fastening member formed of a metal material and having 1) a base frame engaging portion that is directly engaged with the base frame and 2) a first panel engaging portion that is directly engaged with a surface of the door outer panel on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel; and
a second fastening member formed of a metal material and having 1) a held portion held by the pad member by contact of the pad member with a surface of the held portion facing away from the door outer panel and with a surface of the held portion facing toward the first fastening member when the first fastening member and the second fastening member are fastened to each other such that the held portion is sandwiched between the door outer panel and the pad member, and 2) a second panel engaging portion that is directly engaged with a surface of the door outer panel on the vehicle outer side of the door outer panel, wherein
when the first fastening member and the second fastening member are fastened to each other, the first panel engaging portion is directly engaged with the surface of the door outer panel on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel and the second panel engaging portion is directly engaged with the surface of the door outer panel on the vehicle outer side of the door outer panel such that the door outer panel is sandwiched between the first panel engaging portion and the second panel engaging portion, and the base frame engaging portion is directly engaged with the base frame so as to restrict movement of the base frame in a direction away from the door outer panel,
the second fastening member has a male screw portion,
the first fastening member has a female screw portion that is fastenable with the male screw portion of the second fastening member, and
the male screw portion and the female screw portion are fastened to each other on the vehicle inner side of the door outer panel.