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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2023
Filed:
May. 19, 2021
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Jung Ho Han, Seoul, KR;
Jin Woo Nam, Seoul, KR;
Kyoung Taek Kwak, Yongin-si, KR;
Dong Jun Kim, Bucheon-si, KR;
Do Won Sung, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A vehicle door handle assembly may include a handle housing disposed inside a door panel; a slider slidably mounted in the handle housing to be movable between a first position and a second position of the handle housing; a handle member pivotally connected to the slider through a connecting arm, and configured of being movable between a rest position and an actuating position with respect to the door panel; and an inertia locking mechanism including a blocking lever pivotally mounted to the handle housing, and a weight mounted on the blocking lever, wherein the inertia locking mechanism may prevent the handle member from moving to the actuating position by an unwanted force caused by the collision/impact of the vehicle.