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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Patrick A. Von Zur Muehlen, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventor:
Patrick A. von zur Muehlen, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Siegel-Robert, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A door handle assembly which is compact in size for space-efficient packaging in a door of an automotive vehicle. The assembly includes a safety system for preventing inadvertent movement of the handle to an unlatched position during a side impact collision. A counterweight is mounted in the handle assembly which, during relative motions of parts induced by acceleration from a side impact, resists unlatching the handle. The counterweight is rotatably mounted on an axis different from an axis of the handle latch control mechanism, and is not fixedly attached to the handle mechanism.