| US 7,513,544 B2 | ||
| Vehicular door handle including secondary latch | ||
| Jerry Cummins, Portland, Mich. (US); Jim Larabel, Newaygo, Mich. (US); Brian L. Herrema, Caledonia, Mich. (US); Joe Meinke, Gowen, Mich. (US); Mark McWilliams, Grandville, Mich. (US); Richard Young, Lowell, Mich. (US); Bradley T. Kuehn, Sunfield, Mich. (US); and Kathy L. Gross, Byron Center, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ADAC Plastics, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 11, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/853,274. | ||
| Application 11/853274 is a division of application No. 11/275967, filed on Feb. 07, 2006. | ||
| Application 11/275967 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/710806, filed on Aug. 04, 2004, granted, now 7,284,776. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/593726, filed on Feb. 08, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0001415 A1, Jan. 03, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. E05B 3/00 (2006.01); E05B 65/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 292—336.3 [292/DIG. 65] | 3 Claims |
| 1. A vehicular door handle assembly for selectively opening a vehicle door, the door handle assembly comprising:
a handle grip pivotally coupled with the vehicle door and movable to an actuated position to open the vehicle door;
a primary latch actuator attached to the handle grip for operating a bell crank mechanism to open the vehicle door, the primary
latch actuator having an aperture;
a movable latch receiver associated with the primary latch actuator and having a first cammed surface;
a trigger associated with the handle grip and the movable latch receiver to move the first cammed surface away from the aperture;
and
a secondary latch adapted for movement between registry with the aperture and separation from the aperture, and having a second
cammed surface adapted for registry with the first cammed surface;
wherein when the secondary latch is in registry with the aperture the handle grip cannot be moved to the actuated position,
and
wherein movement of the movable latch receiver moves the first cammed surface against the second cammed surface to move the
secondary latch out of registry with the aperture to enable the handle grip to be moved to the actuated position.
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