Door handle for vehicle

• Main Authors: MAKINO, SADAYUKI, NAGATA, KOICHI, TANIMOTO, TETSUROU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 20.03.2013
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS; BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HANDCUFFS; KEYS; LOCKS; RELAYS; SAFES; SELECTORS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS

A door handle for a vehicle, includes a housing member (10) having a first end portion, a second end portion, and a recessed portion (12) provided between the first end portion and the second end portion of the housing member, a first electronic component (16, 16a, 16d, 14, 14a) accommodated in the recessed portion of the housing member, and a covering member (18) for covering the recessed portion of the housing member. The door handle for a vehicle is characterized in that the covering member includes a horizontal surface (18b) and an inclined surface (18a) inclined relative to the horizontal surface provided at one end of the covering member in a longitudinal direction thereof, the recessed portion of the housing member includes a receiving surface (12b) provided at one end of the recessed portion to be in contact with the inclined surface, and a first projecting portion (12a) provided at the one end of the recessed portion to be in contact with the horizontal surface, the one end of the covering member is engaged with the one end of the recessed portion, and the other end of the covering member is fastened to the housing member so that the housing member and the covering member are formed as a unit.