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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Houng Yue Chang, Canton, MI (US);
Ching-hui Chiang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ian S. Buckley, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Chu M. Tai, Troy, MI (US);
Michael J. Wightman, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Carolyn J. Thor, Lake Orion, MI (US);
Houng Yue Chang, Canton, MI (US);
Ching-Hui Chiang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ian S. Buckley, Swartz Creek, MI (US);
Chu M. Tai, Troy, MI (US);
Michael J. Wightman, Fowlerville, MI (US);
Carolyn J. Thor, Lake Orion, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A door handle assembly for use with a vehicle door comprising a door paddle including an actuation arm, supported to pivot about a first axis such that lateral acceleration of the paddle and actuation arm relative to the door produces a first moment about the first axis, and masses engaged with the actuation arm and supported to pivot about a second axis, the masses being arranged such that lateral acceleration of the masses relative to the door produces a second moment about the first axis that is substantially equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the first moment.