Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Aisin Seiki Company, Ltd.

Aisin World Corp. of America

Sadayuki Makino

Norio Konomoto

Emiko Okuma

Todd M Remtema

Brett A Campbell

Eric M Botten

A door handle for a door of an automotive vehicle having a first gasket attached at a distal end of the door handle and a second gasket attached at a proximate end of the door handle. The first gasket and second gasket have an inner surface facing the outer surface of the door and an outer surface facing the respective ends of the door handle. The first gasket and the second gasket also include a lip formed of a resilient material, which protrudes outwardly relative to the outer surface of gaskets and extends longitudinally along the edge of the gaskets to sealingly engage the ends of the door handle. The lip is embossed so that it is recessed relative to the inner surface of the gasket to accommodate compression of the lip as the handle is displaced towards the door. A flattened portion extends from an end of the lip on the first gasket to dampen noise due to impact between the distal end of the door handle and an outer surface of the door.

Outer door handle gasket for automotive vehicles

Growing community of inventors

Aichi-ken, Japan

Sadayuki Makino