Adac Plastics, Inc.

Kathy L Gross

Richard T Young

Jerry Cummins

Brian L Herrema

Joe Meinke

Jim Larabel

Mark McWilliams

Bradley T Kuehn

A vehicular door handle assembly comprises a secondary latch with a default active condition for preventing inadvertent opening of a door during an impact, such as a collision. The door handle assembly comprises a primary actuator and a secondary actuator in operative communication with the secondary latch for selective deactivation thereof. When the user's hand grasps and pulls the primary actuator in a normal fashion to open the vehicle door, the user's hand simultaneously grasps the secondary actuator and moves the secondary actuator to deactivate the secondary latch and allow movement of the primary actuator and thereby open the vehicular door.

Vehicular door handle included secondary latch

Vehicular door handle including secondary latch

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Byron Center, MI, United States of America

Kathy L Gross