Abstract: The invention relates to an outer door handle. According to the invention, the press element (15) integrated in the bow-type handle is configured as a multiple-component insert (20) with two components, namely a hard component (21) and a soft component (22). The multiple-component insert is shaped like a cap. The center portion (23) of the cap bottom consists of a plate-shaped hard component (21) on the exterior. The remaining area of the cap, namely especially the contour part (35) towards the plate and the cap coat exclusively consist of the soft component (22). The cap coat is inserted in a force fit in a recess (13) of the bow-type handle by way of contacting surfaces and shoulders (41) and is secured therein by snap-in elements (43).

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a first housing piece adapted to be mounted at one end of a bowl shaped depression formed in the outer skin of the vehicle door, a second housing piece adapted to be mounted at the other end of the depression in the outer skin, and an elongated handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the first housing piece and including a latch finger on the other end thereof received in a receptacle in the second housing piece to allow access to a latch actuator to control the latching and unlatching of the door.

Abstract: A lockset mechanism having a semi-permanent mechanical connection between the interior and exterior components thereof is provided. The lockset mechanism includes an exterior cylinder assembly releasably coupled to a mounting plate, an interior cylinder assembly having a locking blade interdisposed between the mounting plate and the interior cylinder assembly for providing a semi-permanent mechanical connection. The locking blade is rotatably positionable from an unlocked position wherein the interior cylinder assembly is uncoupled from the mounting plate to a locked position wherein the interior cylinder assembly is coupled to the mounting plate upon rotation of a knob assembly.

Abstract: In some preferred embodiments of the present invention, a fastener on a door handle assembly having a door handle is moved by actuation of the door handle into a position in which the fastener connects the door handle assembly to the door. The door handle is preferably capable of transmitting door handle actuation force to the fastener to move the fastener. In one preferred embodiment, this force is transmitted by camming action against a sliding member to which the fastener is connected. In another embodiment, this force is transmitted by pulling a sliding member with links connected to the handle. The movable fastener can connect with a second fastener connected to the door handle assembly or to the door. Therefore, when the movable fastener is moved by actuation of the handle, the movable fastener can connect with the second fastener to secure the door handle assembly to the door.

Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door has a control lever hinged to a connecting structure for connection to the door, and a detecting assembly for detecting the presence of a user's hand about to open the door; the detecting assembly having a magnetic aerial, which is housed inside the lever to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user's hand nearing the handle, and is connected by a sliding connection to a circuit carried by the connecting structure and which supplies a presence signal to a control unit for releasing the respective lock upon reading an identification code carried by the user.

Abstract: A direction changeable handle lock structure includes two handles each provided with a first surface and a second surface, and each formed with a combination hole extended through the first surface and the second surface. The handle is formed with a positioning hole communicating with the combination hole. The lock set includes an inner disk unit and an outer disk unit each provided with a shaft tube, for combination with ornamental covers each having a combination portion, so that the combination hole of the handle may be mounted on the combination portion from the first surface or the second surface, and the handle may be fixed by a positioning member.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly combining the use of a counterweight to preclude inadvertent opening movement of the door in a side impact scenario and the ability to install the handle assembly from outside of the vehicle by passing the handle assembly through an aperture in an outer skin of the door. The handle assembly includes a housing; a handle mounted for opening and closing movement on the housing; an actuator mechanism operative in response to opening movement of the handle to unlatch a latch mechanism of the door and allow opening of the door; and a counterweight.

Abstract: A collar coacts with a chassis, sleeve and lever of a lockset to provide a retention and reinforcement system for lock assemblies. The collar has a flanged portion and a sleeve-engaging portion and is sandwiched between a lever and the cylinder. The sleeve-engaging portion includes at least one tab that engages the sleeve to retain the collar on the sleeve. Alternatively, the collar can be staked to the sleeve. A spring washer can be mounted between the collar and the chassis to take up variation in manufacturing tolerances. The result is a retention and reinforcement system that provides a protection against attack in the zone of attack around the handle-chassis interface.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a motor vehicle door operative for selectively releasing a latch mechanism. The handle assembly includes a mounting portion attached to the motor vehicle door and a handle proper adapted to be manually grasped. The handle proper is translatable between a first position and a second position for releasing the latch mechanism. In a preferred form, the handle proper is biased to the first position by a coil spring.

Abstract: A bellcore-style latch with a safety lock feature, having a handle with a shank. The shank has an axial bore, with side apertures extending through the shank into the bore. A lock plug is positioned in the bore of the handle, and has a head and a shaft. The shaft has recessed portions and unrecessed portions, and the lock plug is rotatable to move the lock plug between a locked position, wherein the unrecessed portions are in alignment with the side apertures to cause the ball bearings located therein to protrude from the side apertures, and an unlocked position, wherein the unrecessed portions are in alignment with the side apertures permitting the ball bearings to retract into the side apertures. A spring is used to bias the lock plug to its locked position. An escutcheon with an aperture is provided for receiving the shank portion. The aperture has pockets for the ball bearings.

Abstract: A lockset assembly comprises an inner handle assembly, a chassis, a latch assembly, an outer spindle, an outer handle assembly of cylinder type, and an outer handle assembly of interchangeable core type. One of the outer handle assembly of cylinder type and the outer handle assembly of interchangeable core type is releasably engaged with the outer spindle to allow an interchange between a cylinder and an interchangeable core via an interchange between the outer handle assembly of cylinder type and the outer handle assembly of interchangeable core type without the need of replacement of a whole lockset.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle wherein a lever, operated manually by a user, has a core having a seat and an aerial housed inside the seat and for identifying the user; the seat being insulated from the outside by at least one continuous layer of thermoplastic material at least partly surrounding the core and separated from the aerial by at least one spacer body.

Abstract: The invention proposes a motor vehicle opening-leaf handle including a handle including a handle support which is arranged in an interior space of the opening leaf, of the type in which an external element of the handle is equipped with an attachment tang which is engaged transversely inward through an orifice formed in the outer panel, to be secured to the handle support, which handle includes a member for immobilizing the attachment tang, the immobilizing member being mounted so that it can move on the handle support and being maneuvered between an unlocked position and an immobilizing position by a maneuvering mechanism which can be manipulated through an opening made in the edge panel of the opening leaf.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for locking a part (3; 21; 31) that is to be secured, arranged so that it can move on a motor vehicle, a securing part (11; 26; 36) engaging in a slot-shaped cavity (7; 28; 38) of the part (3; 21; 31) that is to be secured under the effect of the acceleration forces that occur when the corresponding vehicle coincides with an obstacle. To allow the device to be fitted simply and in a non-bulky way and to reliably prevent unintentional opening of the door of the vehicle when acceleration forces from different directions are applied on the part that is to be secured, the invention proposes that the securing part (11; 26; 36) be controlled by a control element (10; 22; 32) of spherical shape, the control element (10; 22; 32) resting on a guide (8; 23; 33) via domed or conical control surfaces (9).

Abstract: A safety handle for opening a deck lid of a vehicle from inside the trunk compartment includes a handle and a housing having an outer wall and a perimeter surface. The housing defines a recess therein, which is positioned below or behind a plane defined by the perimeter surface of the housing. The handle is positioned in the recess and includes a handle portion and a shaft portion which defines a pivot axis of the handle. The shaft portion is pivotably mounted to the housing whereby said handle portion is positioned within the recess and below the plane defined by the perimeter surface such that the handle is pivotable within the recess. The handle is connectable to the release mechanism of the deck lid and pivotable to actuate the release mechanism to open the deck lid of the trunk.

Abstract: The present invention provides a closure handle lever comprising a gripping portion rotatably mounted along an axis and a catch lever rotatably mounted along this same axis. The catch lever is rotatable about the axis from a first position to a second position independent of the gripping portion. The first position provides a greater mechanical advantage for the gripping portion than the second position. The gripping portion is engaged to the catch lever such that rotation of the gripping portion about the axis causes rotation of the catch lever about this same axis.

Abstract: A device for attaching to a door knob which comprises a metal strip which has an arced width which clamps on to two peripheries of the door knob and which arced surface is also curved to encircle and contact 90% of the door knob diameter and which curved section has two free ends which are pulled into a tubular section by means of a hook bolt and end nut, the whole being assembled on to the door knob without the use of any tools or other attaching means and which complete device can be readily attached and removed for further installation on other door knobs as required.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly for actuating a door latch of the vehicle. The assembly includes a housing adapted to be mounted on the vehicle door, a handle mounted on the door on the housing for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position, and a latch actuator mounted on the housing, operated by the handle, and operative to unlatch the vehicle door in response to opening movement of the handle. The handle and housing define coacting detent structures operative in response to closing movement of the handle to catch the handle on the housing in the closed position of the handle and thereby resist inadvertent opening movement of the handle in a side impact scenario while allowing forceful opening movement of the handle by an operator.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly, including a face plate positioned flush with the door outer surface. When operator pressure is applied to the face plate, the face plate pops out under spring pressure to a position where it may be gripped by the operator and pulled outwardly to unlatch the door and allow opening of the door. When the face plate is thereafter released, the face plate is returned to its flush position in the door by a damper mechanism which overcomes the face plate spring during the return movement of the door handle to return the face plate to its flush position.

Abstract: An actuator for a vehicle door lock has an exterior handle with a flap and an inner support on which the flap is pivotally supported. The flap has stays with connecting points penetrating an opening in the vehicle door. A first connecting point has a pivot pin and a pivot seat. When inserting the pivot pin into the pivot seat, the handle is in an angular position relative to its final fastening position. The pivot seat has an inner shoulder engaged by a radial projection of the pivot pin for axially securing the pivot pin. The second connecting point has a first part on the handle and a second part on the flap. The handle is rotated back from the angular position until the first and second parts of the second connecting point are radially aligned. They are then connected to one another and the final fastening position of the handle is determined.

Abstract: A limit piece and fixing plate structure of a lock includes a limit piece defining a drive hole which is driven by a drive plate, so that a short side thereof may be extended into the notch of the fixing plate. The short side defines a recess in which the lug formed on the bottom of the notch of the fixing plate may be locked, thereby forming a double lock effect between the limit piece and the fixing plate.

Abstract: A collar coacts with a chassis, sleeve and lever of a lockset to provide a retention and reinforcement system for lock assemblies. The collar has a flanged portion and a sleeve-engaging portion and is sandwiched between a lever and the cylinder. The sleeve-engaging portion includes at least one tab that engages the sleeve to retain the collar on the sleeve. Alternatively, the collar can be staked to the sleeve. A spring washer can be mounted between the collar and the chassis to take up variation in manufacturing tolerances. The result is a retention and reinforcement system that provides a protection against attack in the zone of attack around the handle-chassis interface.

Abstract: An auxiliary lock structure includes a housing seat and a base plate each provided with a positioning hole for allowing a positioning member to be fixed to a door plate. The housing seat is provided with a protruding ring mating with a hole of the door plate. A pivot shaft rotatably passes through the central hole of the base plate and the axial hole of the housing seat. The central hole of the base plate has a periphery provided with protruding lugs. The pivot shaft is fitted with a control piece and an elastic member. The control piece is urged by the elastic member, so that the recesses of the control piece mate with the protruding lugs of the base plate so that the rotation knob can be positioned when its rotation stops.

Abstract: A keyed knob assembly (10) having a knob portion (12), a knob insert (14) partially received within a bore (18) formed in the knob portion (12) and a shank portion (16) partially covering the knob insert (14) is disclosed. A throughbore (48) formed in the knob insert (14) is provided which operably supports a locking cylinder assembly (42). An axial channel (50) formed in the shank portion (16) terminates at a radial slot (52) to provide a means for releasably coupling the knob,assembly (10) of the present invention to a catch (54) of a lever catch subassembly associate with the chassis of the lockset.

Abstract: The door handle assembly includes a pivoting child lock out cam which pivots between a first locked position and a second unlocked position with respect to a door handle. More particularly, the child lock out cam includes a latch with an aperture through which a hook on an underside of the door handle passes in the first locked position. In order to reduce unwanted noises, such as rattling, from the child lock out cam in a vibratory environment, a flexible tab integrally extends from a plate of the door handle assembly to laterally bear against a radially enlarged cam section on the child lock out cam thereby urging the journal of the child lock out cam against the interior walls of the bearing apertures through which the journal passes.

Abstract: A vehicle door handle having a supporting structure connected to a door of a vehicle; a movable grip hinged to the supporting structure; and an inertial-mass safety device for preventing movement of the grip in the event of lateral impact on the vehicle. The device has a slide movable between a forward position retaining the grip and positively engaging a seat formed on the grip, and a withdrawn rest position permitting free movement of the grip; and an inertial mass separate from the slide and movable, in the event of lateral impact, to move the slide into the forward position.

Abstract: A door lock includes a main body having a transmission assembly and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly includes an inside seat and an outside seat. An inside rose liner is mounted around the inside seat. An inside rose is mounted around the inside rose liner. An anti-torque ring is mounted around the outside seat and includes two positioning posts projecting therefrom. An adjusting sleeve includes an inner threading that is engaged with the outer threading of the outside seat. A first end of the adjusting sleeve includes two diametrically opposed cutouts, thereby defining two sector wings each having two end faces. Each end face defines an end of an associated cutout. The sector wings of the adjusting sleeve is mounted into a hole of the anti-torque ring with each end face bearing against an associated end of the associated flat section of the anti-torque ring. An outside rose is securely mounted around a second end of the adjusting sleeve to rotate move therewith.

Abstract: A locking system for control-cabinet doors has a base member detachably mounted to an outer or inner side of a control-cabinet door. A pinion is mounted in the base member. First locking rods are mounted in the base member and are drivingly connected to the pinion. The first locking rods each have a projection extending away from the base member and engaging at least one second locking rod mounted on the inner side of the control-cabinet door to be longitudinally moveable for latching and unlatching the control-cabinet door. A detachable exterior cover is attached to the base member and covers the base member completely. The exterior cover has a first opening and an actuator is inserted through the first opening into the base member for rotating the pinion and moving the first locking rods.

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a housing structure adapted to be mounted on a vehicle door and a handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the housing structure at an arcuate bearing interface. The bearing interface comprises an inner bearing interface comprising coacting first and second arcuate surfaces and an outer bearing interface spaced radially outwardly from the inner bearing interface and comprising coacting third and fourth arcuate surfaces. All of the arcuate surfaces are centered on the handle pivot axis. The first arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing handle surface; the second arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing housing structure surface; the third arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing handle surface; and the fourth arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing housing structure surface.

Abstract: A door knob assembly (10) attachable to a door (24), the door knob assembly (10) having an inner door knob (12I) having an inner door knob threaded opening (12IA) positioned on an inner door (24I). The door knob assembly (10) further comprises a door latch (20) positioned within a door side (24S). The door latch (20) further has a door latch engager (20B) which has a door latch engager cylinder (20BA) containing a door latch engager member biasing means (20BCA) positioned against a door latch engager member (20BC). The door latch engager member (20BC) frictionally engages a door plate (24A). An upper fastener (22U) is positioned through the door latch engager plate upper opening (20BBU) and the door latch upper housing lip opening (20AUAA) and securely attached to the door side (24S).

Abstract: A motor vehicle door handle assembly combining the use of a counterweight to preclude inadvertent opening movement of the door in a side impact scenario and the ability to install the handle assembly from outside of the vehicle by passing the handle assembly through an aperture in an outer skin of the door. The handle assembly includes a housing; a handle mounted for opening and closing movement on the housing; an actuator mechanism operative in response to opening movement of the handle to unlatch a latch mechanism of the door and allow opening of the door; and a counterweight.

Abstract: A door lock includes a main body including a transmission assembly and a positioning assembly. The positioning assembly includes an inside seat and an outside seat. An inside rose liner is mounted around the inside seat and includes two positioning holes. An inside rose is mounted around the inside rose liner. An anti-torque ring is mounted around the outside seat and includes two lugs formed thereon. Two positioning posts respectively project from the lugs and extend along a longitudinal direction of the anti-torque ring. An outside rose liner includes an inner threading that is engaged with an outer threading of the outside seat. The outside rose liner includes a side with an annular recessed portion for receiving the anti-torque ring. The annular recessed portion includes two recess extensions for positioning the lugs of the anti-torque ring. An outside rose is securely mounted around the outside rose liner to rotate move therewith.

Abstract: A vehicle door system having a vehicle door, a stationary handle fixed to the vehicle door, a door switch, a power latching mechanism and a wiring harness with a sealing grommet is provided. The door switch is mounted to the stationary handle in a manner which permits the door switch to be actuated when the stationary handle is gripped to open the vehicle door. The wire harness extends from the door switch through an aperture in the vehicle door and couples the door switch to a control module. The sealing grommet substantially seals the aperture to inhibit the infiltration of water and dust into the vehicle door. Actuation of the door switch causes the generation of a door switch signal which is received by the control module. Upon receipt of the switch signal, the control module determines the latched condition of the power latching mechanism and controls its operation according to a predetermined control methodology.

Abstract: The invention proposes a handle for an automobile door comprising a cam (38) and an actuation lever (44) that are connected in rotation and installed free to pivot around an axis (A2) of the handle support (14) parallel to the axis (A1) of the operating lever (16), and in that the operating lever (16) comprises a drive pin (24) that cooperates with a control surface (42) of the cam (38), such that in the unlocking query position, the actuation lever (44) actuates the unlocking, switching device (34), and in the locking query position the actuation lever (44) actuates the locking switching device (36).

Abstract: A composite article including a tubular body having a front end, a rear end, a peripheral wall extending between the front and rear ends, a wall support located rearwardly of the front end of the peripheral wall and at least one paragraph formed in the wall engaging support. An end cap is positioned on the front end of the tubular body to obstruct the wall engaging support except for at least a portion of at least one of the passages and to define a channel between the end cover and the peripheral wall. A plastic coating fills at least one passage in the channel and overlaps the cover to fasten the cover to the tubular body.

Abstract: A porcelain knob construction comprising a metal mounting member which is adhered to a porcelain knob (101) comprising a body with a shaft (105) protruding therefrom. The shaft is hollow and has a blind hole (104) formed in the free end thereof. The mounting member includes an annular recess (108) to receive the free end of the shaft (105). The mounting member and shaft (105) are adhered only adjacent the shaft free end whereby the interior of the blind hole (104) is substantially free of adhesive.

Abstract: An release handle mechanism for a motor vehicle trunk lid is provided. The release handle mechanism includes a handle, that when activated can release the latch that couples the trunk lid to the vehicle body. The mechanism includes a housing having a plurality of sides. One side includes an inclined surface onto which the handle is pivotally connected such that the pivoting of the handle causes the handle to move outward and downward. The mechanism also includes a light source disposed within one side of the housing. The light source is disposed less than 4 inches away from the handle and is capable of directing light towards said handle as well as the trunk. The handle itself is comprised of a generally cylindrical horizontal portion and a pivot portion that is connected to the inclined surface. In the first embodiment the handle is comprised of a thermoplastic polymer resin, containing a phosphorescent, while in the second embodiment, the housing is made of material with the phosphorescent additive.

Abstract: A handle lock includes a handle portion and a plate portion, the latter being attached to a door at the lock of the door, the handle being slidable in the plate between a first and second position and is also connected to a lock releasing element; releasable rotation preventing structure between the handle and the plate when the handle is in its first position comprising a formation in one of the handle or plate which coacts with a corresponding formation in the other in the first position and which is displaced from the corresponding formation by the movement from the first to the second position.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for closing a compartment door of a vehicle that enables individuals of small stature to close the door without difficulty. More specifically, the apparatus includes an extension handle that extends below a lip of the fully opened compartment door, thereby enabling an individual of small stature to reach and pull down on the extension handle to close the compartment door. In a preferred embodiment, the extension handle includes a pivot mounting and an extension arm coupled to the pivot mounting. A latching mechanism latches the extension handle in a stowed position in which the extension handle is preferably flush with an inner surface of the compartment door. The extension handle can also be made to deploy from a lip of the compartment door. Alternatively, the extension handle includes a retractable lanyard coupled to a grip.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for helping to assure the washing of hands. An easily identifiable substance is provided which can be removed by washing, and a marking mechanism is coupled to the easily identifiable substance. A hand of a person is then marked with the easily identifiable substance when the marking mechanism is triggered. In one embodiment, a flush mechanism of a toilet or urinal is equipped with the marking mechanism, and the marking mechanism is triggered when a person flushes the toilet or urinal. In another embodiment, a door handle is equipped with the marking mechanism, and the marking mechanism is triggered when a person uses the door handle.

Abstract: An unlock mechanism for a foldable rear seat back which prevents damage to an unlocked state indicator and a front seat. A warning bezel (24) is slidingly fit in a fixed bezel (22) which is fixed to an upper surface (10A) of a rear seat back (10). A first link (32) engages with the warning bezel (24). The first link (32) is connected to a bell crank (38). The bell crank (38) is urged upward by a spring (46). A pin (54), which is provided upright at a latch (16), is movably inserted into a slot (52) which is formed in an open link (50) which is engaged with the bell crank (38). Accordingly, in an unlocked state, when the warning bezel (24) is pressed into the fixed bezel (22), the first link (32) moves downward against urging force of a spring (46), and the warning bezel (24) is accommodated in the fixed bezel (22).

Abstract: A door handle assembly for a motor vehicle which acts to preclude inadvertent unlatching of the door in response to a side impact. The door handle assembly includes a bezel housing and a handle member including a handle portion positioned in a bowl portion of the bezel housing and a crank arm portion extending outwardly and upwardly through a slot in the bowl portion for connection to a pivot shaft. A sliding, spring biased weight is mounted on the bowl portion of the bezel proximate the location where the crank arm of the handle passes through the slot in the bowl portion. The weight moves slideably into coaction with a detent structure on the crank arm of the handle member in response to a side impact to preclude pivotal movement of the handle member in an unlatching direction.

Abstract: A safety release assembly for a trunk or compartment of a vehicle is provided which is positionable within the trunk or compartment space of the vehicle so as to allow for opening of the trunk or compartment lid from within the trunk or compartment. The safety assembly comprises a handle for activating a release mechanism of the lid in order to open the compartment, at least one illumination source, which is at least occasionally activated to provide illumination of the handle, and a control circuit for activating the illumination source in response to an occurrence of at least one activating event such as when the deck lid is closed, motion is sensed by a sensor within the trunk/compartment, an object having a predetermined temperature is detected within the trunk/compartment, or the like. The handle is interconnected with the release mechanism of the compartment, such that movement of the handle results in activation of the release mechanism and thus opening of the lid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a lock button assembly for installation on a threaded actuating member operatively connected to a vehicle door locking mechanism. The assembly has a manually engageable lock button having a longitudinally extending bore. The bore is configured to receive a threaded end portion of the actuating member. The lock button has an opening on one side thereof providing access to the bore. A clip member is mounted exteriorly to the lock button. The clip member has a resilient projection extending inwardly through the opening and into the bore for frictional engagement with the threaded portion. The projection is biased to permit ingress of the actuating member into the bore and to prevent egress of the actuating member from the bore. The present invention also relates to a method for installing a lock button assembly on a threaded actuating member operatively connected to a vehicle door locking mechanism.

Abstract: A door for a microwave oven has a rectangular door frame, and a transparent door screen installed on a central area of the door frame. A strip-shaped knob part is formed together with the door frame on the side opposite to a hinge part of the door frame. The door frame forms a grasping hole so as to be capable of being grasped along a plane of the door frame from both sides thereof. Since a user can grasp the knob part from both sides thereof, the door can be opened/closed conveniently without slipping in grasping the knob part. In particular, if an auxiliary pad is attached to the knob part, the knob part can be grasped with a favorable feeling and the slipping is prevented more effectively.

Abstract: A low profile door handle having interior and exterior parts is disclosed. The interior part of the door handle comprises a body and a handle portion having upper and lower ends attached to the body. The handle portion has a top having a high area at its center and low areas at its upper and lower ends. The distance between the top of the handle portion and the body gradually and continuously decreases from the center to the upper and lower ends so that the top curves downward smoothly from the high area to the low areas. The contour of the body is similarly curved so that the door handle may be used in conjunction with horizontal blinds without interfering with operation of the blinds or creating a large bulge.

Abstract: An outside door handle assembly for a vehicle comprises a case mounted to a vehicle door, a handle rotatably supported by the case and having a grip portion and a pair of supporting arms extending from the grip portion, a balance weight, disposed between the pair of supporting arms in such a manner as to oppose the grip portion with respect to a rotational center of the handle, fixed to the pair of supporting arms at both ends thereof and having substantially the same weight as that of the grip portion, a shaft portion formed on one end of the balance weight and extending through one of the pair of supporting arm and an operation portion mounted to the shaft portion and connected to a door lock mechanism.

Abstract: An outside handle of a vehicular sliding door to open/close an opening of a vehicle body, having a bell crank portion which is formed into an L-shape having a first joint and a second joint at its leading ends and is turnably supported at its L-shaped bent portion on a the base portion through a crank pin. A fixed link is formed between the handle pin of the handle portion and the crank pin of the bell crank portion to construct a four-point link mechanism together with the handle portion, the sub-link portion and the bell crank portion.

Abstract: An interior door handle assembly for locking and releasing a door latch mechanism is connected to the door latch mechanism by a single push/pull operating cable. The latch mechanism has a release lever and a locking lever, the release lever and locking lever being pivotally mounted about axes which are parallel but spaced from one another. The push/pull cable is connected to the locking lever and the locking lever has a formation which, when the latching mechanism is in a latched but unlocked condition will extend into the path of the release lever so that upon movement of the release lever to release the latch mechanism, the formation will be engaged by the release lever to pull the cable. The formation is moved out of the path of the release lever when the locking lever is moved to lock the latch mechanism.

Abstract: A tubular lock includes an outside handle assembly and an inside handle assembly. A push button has an end that is normally extended beyond an inside handle when the tubular lock is in an unlocked status. When the push button is pushed, the tubular lock can be unlocked by rotating the inside handle to prevent the user from being inadvertently locked out.