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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Motor India Engineering Pvt, Ltd., Hyderbad, IN;
Ch P K N Varma Rudraraju, Hyderbad, KR;
Youn Seob Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA ENGINEERING PVT, LTD., Hyderbad, IN;
Abstract
A door handle assembly configured for installation in a motor vehicle door may include a housing accommodating an actuator mechanism, a grip assembly activating the actuator mechanism, wherein the actuator mechanism includes a plurality of levers juxtaposed to each other and pivotably positioned in the housing, and the plurality of levers having a first lever and a second lever, wherein the first lever and the second lever may be positioned to be in contact with a grip lever during a normal working condition and during a side impact condition of the vehicle, thereby exerting a holding force on the grip lever, and wherein after experiencing the side impact, the first lever may be configured to rotate about a pivot and the second lever continues exerting the holding force on the grip lever.