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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1999
James Larabet, Newaygo, MI (US);
Michael Boorsma, Grandville, MI (US);
ADAC Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
An outside door handle assembly for a motor vehicle. The handle assembly includes a housing mounted in the door and a handle having a grip portion and an arm portion extending inwardly from one end of the handle for passage through an opening in the handle for coaction with a latch release mechanism positioned within the door. An annular resilient member is mounted on the arm portion proximate the juncture of the arm portion and the grip portion. The resilient member includes a plurality of cushion portions which project inwardly from the inner surface of the resilient member to cushion the impact of the handle with the housing as the handle moves to its closed position and the resilient member further includes an annular peripheral seal portion projecting inwardly from the inner surface of the resilient member in surrounding relation to the cushion portions and movable into sealing coaction with the housing to preclude the entry of moisture and contaminants into the interior of the door with the handle in its closed position.