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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Joseph P. Fannon, Washington, MI (US);
John K. Quinlan, Oakland, MI (US);
Joseph P. Fannon, Washington, MI (US);
John K. Quinlan, Oakland, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A handle assembly is mounted on a vehicle body and includes a handle pulled by a user to pull a cable and release a remotely located latch, such as a luggage compartment lid latch, engine compartment lid latch, or fuel filler door lid latch. The handle assembly includes a bezel having a guide channel structure for slidably mounting the handle and defining a path for straight-line pulling of the cable. The guide channel structure is formed in part by a flexible wall, such as a flexible finger on the bezel that yieldably bears upon the handle, so that if the user pulls the handle at an angle to the straight-line pull axis of the cable, the flexible finger flexes to permit the handle to pivotally shift within the bezel to the angle established by the user, and without kinking the cable.