US 12,460,444 B2
Alignment guide for a door handle assembly
Jeanette Vy Bui, Lake Forest, CA (US); Michael Winardi, Chino Hills, CA (US); Lynthia Li, Middleton, WI (US); and Gerald Chong, Middleton, WI (US)
Assigned to ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
Appl. No. 17/998,343
Filed by ASSA ABLOY Americas Residential Inc., New Haven, CT (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/064193
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/119243, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/948,090, filed on Dec. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0228118 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 3/06 (2006.01); E05B 3/04 (2006.01); E05B 13/10 (2006.01); E05B 63/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 3/06 (2013.01) [E05B 3/04 (2013.01); E05B 13/10 (2013.01); E05B 63/006 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle assembly comprising:
an interior chassis including:
an interior trim portion;
an interior handle mount rotatably attached to the interior trim portion; and
an interior spindle portion rotatable with the interior handle mount;
an exterior chassis including:
an exterior trim portion;
an exterior handle mount rotatably attached to the exterior trim portion;
an exterior spindle portion rotatable with the exterior handle mount and axially aligned with the interior handle mount; and
a mounting post extending toward the interior chassis from the exterior trim portion offset from the exterior spindle portion; and
an alignment guide removably attached to the interior trim portion chassis and formed of a resilient material, wherein the alignment guide includes a bore engagement surface and first and second extension portions extending from the bore engagement surface, and wherein a partially open channel is formed between the first and second extension portions and the bore engagement surface, the alignment guide extending toward the exterior chassis from the interior chassis and the partially open channel is aligned to receive the mounting post.