Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Shinji Ogasawara

Yukio Isomura

Tetsurou Tanimoto

Souichiro Okudaira

An outside handle device has a stationary base to which a handle is pivotably mounted. A bell-crank operatively connected to a door latching mechanism is also pivotably mounted to the base. A common spring has ends connected to both the handle and the bell-crank for urging both to initial positions thereof. The common spring permits the simultaneous return of both the handle and the bell-crank to their initial positions, so that noise generation is avoided.

Outside handle device for use in a vehicle

A inside door handle assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a bezel fixedly secured to a door, a handle freely rotatably retained by opposing side walls of the bezel, an arm integral with the handle on one side of the two opposing side walls of the bezel, a spring arranged on the handle and having one end fixedly engaged with the bezel and another end fixedly engaged with the handle, the spring biasing the handle at all times in a direction for closing the door, and an engagement portion integral with the handle on the other side of the two opposing side walls of the bezel, the engagement portion coming into abutting contact with the spring when the handle is turned in a direction which opens the door.

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Hekinan, Japan

Shinji Ogasawara