Pull handle for motor-vehicle door latch

Abstract

A motor-vehicle door-latch handle assembly has a mounting plate, an elongated handle having a rear end pivoted in the mounting plate and a front end formed with a horizontally and transversely projecting actuation arm having a hook end. The handle is pivotal on the plate between an inner position with the front end resting against the door and an outer position with the front end pulled horizontally out of the door. A coupling element is pivoted on the door about a horizontal axis and has one radially projecting coupling arm engageable with the hook end of the handle, another radially projecting coupling arm, and a radially projecting abutment formation. A link extends vertically between the other coupling arm and the latch so that when the handle is displaced into the outer position the element is pivoted and the link is displaced vertically to actuate the latch. A spring rotationally urges the coupling element such that the one coupling arm bears on the hook end and biases the handle into the inner position. A lever pivotal on the plate has one lever arm movable into and out of a blocking position angularly engaging the abutment formation and blocking rotation of the coupling element and inward movement of the one coupling arm and another lever arm. A holding pin displaceable on the door is engageable with the other lever arm for displacing the one lever arm into the freeing position.