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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1990
Nevio Di Giusto, Venaria, IT;
Fiat Auto S.p.A., Turin, IT;
Abstract
The invention relates to a vehicle door equipped with an integrated control device that can be mounted and tested off the assembly line; the door presents a slot for an outer handle, an inner supporting plate and a lateral clearance hole machined close to the clearance slot; the aforesaid integrated device comprises an L-shaped bracket supporting, on one wing, the outer handle and, on the other, a fork of a lock housed inside the bracket and connected to the outer handle and an inner handle fitted with its own supporting bracket and connected to the lock by means of a flexible cable; during use, the L-shaped bracket is fixed to the door with the fork facing the lateral slot and the outer handle housed inside the clearance slot and the bracket of the inner handle fixed to the inner plate of the door.