EP4108869A1 - Ensemble poignée de porte de véhicule - Google Patents

Ensemble poignée de porte de véhicule Download PDF

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EP4108869A1
EP4108869A1 EP21315117.8A EP21315117A EP4108869A1 EP 4108869 A1 EP4108869 A1 EP 4108869A1 EP 21315117 A EP21315117 A EP 21315117A EP 4108869 A1 EP4108869 A1 EP 4108869A1
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bowl
strip
door handle
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door panel
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Christophe Perrin
Thomas LANNO
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Minebea AccessSolutions France SAS
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U Shin France SAS
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
    • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
    • E05B79/00—Mounting or connecting vehicle locks or parts thereof
    • E05B79/02—Mounting of vehicle locks or parts thereof
    • E05B79/06—Mounting of handles, e.g. to the wing or to the lock

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  • the present invention relates to the field of vehicle door handles to control the opening of vehicle doors and in particular to vehicle door handles comprising a bowl configured to be fastened to the door panel and automatic door latches that are controlled via electric means to lock or release vehicle door panels in an automated fashion.
  • Automated door latches under normal circumstances, do not require bulging handle levers on the exterior surface of the vehicle. The air drag of the vehicle can consequently be reduced, while the visual aspect of the vehicle can be streamlined.
  • a bowl is disposed in an opening of a door panel and the bowl is fastened to the door panel, for example via a bracket and a slider positioned inside the door panel.
  • the bowl provides a recess and the automatic door latch may be disposed within the recess of the bowl.
  • the outer and upper part of the bowl may be covered by a strip hiding the interface between the upper part of the bowl and the door panel.
  • a strip hiding the interface between the upper part of the bowl and the door panel.
  • Such strip is fastened to the bowl, for example by clips.
  • the present invention refers to a vehicle door handle assembly comprising:
  • the height of the apertures corresponds to the height of the pins to prevent a displacement of the pins in the apertures in the vertical direction when the door handle is assembled to the vehicle.
  • the extremity of the pins configured to be positioned in the respective apertures has a rectangular or squared section.
  • the strip extends in a horizontal direction and the pins are disposed toward the ends of the strip.
  • the pins comprise a proximate part having a hook shape configured to be slid in a complementary slot of the bowl to ensure the vertical positioning of the strip with respect to the bowl.
  • the hook shape of the pins and the complementary slots are directed in the horizontal direction.
  • the strip and the bowl also comprise clipping means to block the horizontal displacement of the strip with respect to the bowl when the door handle is assembled to the vehicle.
  • the extremity of the pins is chamfered to ease the insertion of the pins in the apertures of the door panel.
  • the vehicle door handle assembly also comprises a bracket attached to the inner side of the door panel and a slider configured for linking the bracket and the bowl in order to ensure the fastening of the bowl on the door panel.
  • the present invention also refers to a method for assembling a vehicle door handle on a door panel, the door panel comprising an opening configured for receiving the vehicle door handle and the vehicle door handle comprising a bowl, a peripheral gasket and a strip comprising pins wherein the method comprises the following steps:
  • the step of fastening the strip to the bowl also comprises the clipping of the strip to the bowl.
  • the vehicle door handle also comprises a bracket and a slider and wherein the method also comprises a preliminary step of fastening the bracket to an inner side of the door panel and an additional step of positioning the slider in a slot of the bowl and in a slot of the bracket to ensure the fastening of the bowl to the bracket and the compression of the peripheral gasket between the bowl and the door panel.
  • up, upper, low, lower, vertical, horizontal refers to relative positions or directions when the door handle is assembled to a vehicle.
  • Fig.1 represents the outer side of a vehicle door handle 1 when it is assembled on a door panel 3 and Fig.2 represents an exploded view of different parts of the vehicle door handle 1.
  • the vehicle door handle assembly 1 comprises a bowl 5 defining a recess 6 in which a switch (not represented) is arranged.
  • the recess 6 is configured to receive the fingers of a user who wants to activate the switch.
  • the bowl 5 is configured to be positioned in an opening 7 of the door panel 3.
  • the vehicle door handle assembly 1 also comprises a peripheral gasket 9 arranged between the bowl 5 and the opening 7 of the door panel 3 in order to ensure waterproofness of the assembly 1.
  • the vehicle door handle 1 also comprises a strip 11 configured to be positioned on the top part of the outer side of the bowl 5 in order to hide the interface between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3.
  • the strip 11 is configured to be fastened to the bowl 5.
  • the bowl 5 and the strip 11 may be made of plastics and may be painted.
  • the strip 11 comprises two pins 112 configured to extend through holes 52 made in the bowl 5 and to protrude in two respective apertures 32 of the door panel 3 to ensure the positioning of the strip 11 with respect to the door panel 3 in the vertical direction when the door handle 1 is assembled to the vehicle.
  • the pins 112 may be made in one piece with the strip 11. In order to allow the pins 112 to protrude to the apertures 32 of the door panel 3, the peripheral gasket 9 may be cut.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 comprises two cut-outs 92 located at the position of the pins 112 when the vehicle door handle 1 is assembled.
  • the pins 112 comprises a proximate part having a hook shape and forming a hook 110 of the strip 11 configured for fastening the strip 11 to the bowl 5.
  • Fig.4 represents an enlarged view of a pin 112 comprising a hook 110.
  • the pin 112 is positioned at the end of the hook 110 and extends perpendicularly to the plane of the strip 11.
  • the strip 11 comprises a plurality of hooks 110 to ensure the fastening of the strip 11 to the bowl 5.
  • the strip 11 comprises five hooks 110 but a different number of hooks 110 may also be used. However, a high number of hooks 110 enables a good positioning of the strip 11 with respect to the bowl 5.
  • the hooks 110 are configured to be introduced in slots 50 formed between a wall of the bowl 5 and the door panel 3 (or the peripheral gasket 9) by openings arranged in the bowl 5.
  • the hooks 110 are distributed along the strip 11.
  • the hooks 110 are oriented in the longitudinal direction of the strip 11 corresponding to a horizontal direction when assembled on the vehicle.
  • the different hooks 110 are all directed in the same direction
  • the hooks 110 are introduced in the openings associated with the slots 50 and the strip 11 is slid horizontally so that the extremity of the hooks 110 be positioned behind a wall of the bowl 5 forming the slot 50.
  • These hooks 110 ensure the vertical positioning of the strip 11 with respect to the bowl 5.
  • the pins 112 are arranged on two of the hooks 110, preferably on the two hooks 110 located closed to the ends of the strip 11. Alternatively a higher number of pins 112 may be used and the pins 112 may be located at a different location and can be distant from the hooks 110.
  • the pins 112 are configured to protrude into apertures 32 made in the door panel 3 as represented in fig.5 .
  • the pins 112 and the apertures 32 have a complementary height so that the pins 112 enable to set the vertical position of the strip 11 with respect to the door panel 3.
  • the apertures 32 may have a larger width to allow the pin 112 to be translated horizontally within the aperture 32.
  • the aperture 32 may also be used for the fastening of a bracket 23 (visible in Fig.8 ).
  • the pins 112 have for example a rectangular or squared cross section with an upper flat part configured to come into contact with the upper side of the aperture 32 and a lower flat section configured to come into contact with the lower side of the aperture 32.
  • the cross-section has a U shape with both legs of the U shape corresponding to the upper and lower flat parts and configured to extend horizontally when the vehicle is assembled but other shapes may be chosen for the cross-section of the pins 112.
  • the height of a pins 112 matches the height of an aperture 32 and the extremity of the pins 112 may be chamfered to ease the insertion of the pin 112 in the aperture 32 of the door panel 3.
  • the bowl 5 and the strip 11 also comprises clipping means to block the horizontal displacement of the strip 11 when the hooks 110 and the pins 112 get in the right position (respectively within the slots 50 and within the apertures 32).
  • these clipping means are achieved by a lever (not represented), for example a flexible lever, arranged on the bowl 5 and a stop 111 arranged on the strip 11, the stop 111 being configured to block the translation of the strip 11 in the horizontal direction when assembled on the vehicle.
  • the lever may be made in one piece with the bowl 5 and the stop 111 may be made in one piece with the strip 11.
  • the lever could also be arranged on the strip 11 and the stop could be arranged on the bowl 5 and other configurations of clipping means may also be used.
  • the stop 111 is positioned at an end of the strip 11 but other positions of the stop 111 may also be chosen.
  • the pins 112 enables therefore positioning the strip 11 with respect to the door panel 3 and therefore aligning the strip to the door panel 3, especially in the vertical direction. Furthermore, such solution does not require additional parts or additional assembling steps.
  • the present invention also refers to a method for assembling the vehicle door handle 1 on the door panel 3.
  • Fig.6 is flowchart of the different steps of the method according to the invention.
  • the first step 101 refers to the fastening of a bracket 23 (visible in Fig.8 ) on the inner side of the door panel 3.
  • the inner side corresponds to the side facing the interior of the vehicle when the vehicle is assembled.
  • the second step 102 refers to the fastening of the strip 11 on the bowl 5.
  • the hooks 110 of the strip 11 are introduced within the slots 50 of the bowl 5.
  • the strip 11 is then translated laterally to be clipped to the bowl 5.
  • the third step 103 refers to the positioning of the peripheral gasket 9 on the bowl 5.
  • a footprint may be designed on the bowl 5 to ease the positioning of the peripheral gasket 9 on the bowl 5.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may be positioned on the outer side of the door panel 3 around the opening 7.
  • the peripheral gasket 9 may comprise bumps and the door panel 3 may comprise complementary holes configured to receive the bumps to ensure the correct positioning of the peripheral gasket 9.
  • the fourth step 104 refers to the positioning of the set comprising the bowl 5 and the strip 11 in the opening 7 of the door panel 3, the peripheral gasket 9 being sandwiched between the bowl 5 and the outer side of the door panel 3 and the pins 112 being introduced within the apertures 32.
  • Fig.7 represents an embodiment of the slider 17 positioned on the bowl 5.
  • the slider 17 comprises a first hook 17a and a second hook 17b configured to be introduced in a first slot 5a and a second slot 5b of the bowl 5.
  • Fig.8 represents the bowl 5 of Fig.7 and the bracket 23, the bowl 5 being fastened to the bracket 23 by the slider 17.
  • the bracket 23 comprises hooks 230 forming a slot configured for receiving the slider 17 in order to ensure the fastening of the slider 17 on the bracket 23.
  • the slider 17 is positioned in both the slots 5a, 5b of the bowl 5 and the hooks 230 of the bracket 23 in order to ensure the fastening of the bowl 5 on the bracket 23.
  • Such fastening of the bowl 5 on the bracket 23 via the slider 17 also ensures the compression of the gasket 9 between the bowl 5 and the door panel 3.
  • Other types of fastening of the bowl 5 to the bracket 23 may also be used.
  • the different steps of the method may be achieved in a different order.

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FR2592909A1 (fr) * 1986-01-10 1987-07-17 Renault Montage de poignee affleurante pour porte de vehicule.
WO1999046463A1 (fr) * 1998-03-13 1999-09-16 Adac Plastics, Inc. Ensemble poignee de porte et procede d'assemblage
EP2708690A2 (fr) * 2012-09-06 2014-03-19 Seat, S.A. Poignée intérieure d'ouverture de porte d'un véhicule automobile

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CA1293756C (fr) * 1986-12-03 1991-12-31 Wolfgang Thau Cache-entree a compensation pour protiere de vehicule
JP3052529B2 (ja) * 1992-02-05 2000-06-12 日産自動車株式会社 ドアアウトサイドハンドルの取付構造
FR2687425B1 (fr) * 1992-02-17 1994-04-29 Mgi Goutier Sa Poignee encastree pour une porte de vehicule.

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FR2592909A1 (fr) * 1986-01-10 1987-07-17 Renault Montage de poignee affleurante pour porte de vehicule.
WO1999046463A1 (fr) * 1998-03-13 1999-09-16 Adac Plastics, Inc. Ensemble poignee de porte et procede d'assemblage
EP2708690A2 (fr) * 2012-09-06 2014-03-19 Seat, S.A. Poignée intérieure d'ouverture de porte d'un véhicule automobile

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