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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2005
Philip C. Ellis, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
Philip C. Ellis, Sinking Spring, PA (US);
Newfrey, LLC, Newark, DE (US);
Abstract
A door handle assembly includes a door handle having an operator portion, and a shank extending from the operator portion, the shank having a first opening. A door latch mechanism has a rotatable actuator, the rotatable actuator having a second opening. A spindle assembly includes a spindle and a spring. The spindle has a first end and a second end. The spring is attached to the first end of the spindle. The spring and the first end of the spindle of the spindle assembly are inserted as a unit into the first opening of the shank of the door handle, and the second end of the spindle is inserted into the second opening of the rotatable actuator of the door latch mechanism.