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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2000
Larry W. Spitzley, Mulliken, MI (US);
Abstract
A motor vehicle door handle assembly including a housing structure adapted to be mounted on a vehicle door and a handle pivotally mounted at one end thereof on the housing structure at an arcuate bearing interface. The bearing interface comprises an inner bearing interface comprising coacting first and second arcuate surfaces and an outer bearing interface spaced radially outwardly from the inner bearing interface and comprising coacting third and fourth arcuate surfaces. All of the arcuate surfaces are centered on the handle pivot axis. The first arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing handle surface; the second arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing housing structure surface; the third arcuate surface comprises a radially inwardly facing handle surface; and the fourth arcuate surface comprises a radially outwardly facing housing structure surface. Assembly of the handle assembly is facilitated by the provision of a separate pivot member which is positioned on a pin structure defined at one end of the handle and which coacts with the pin structure to define the inner bearing interface. The outer bearing interface is defined by a journal surface on the handle in radially outwardly spaced concentric relation to the pin structure and a convex outer surface of an arcuate trunnion structure of the housing.