| US 7,594,684 B2 | ||
| Assist grip | ||
| Nobuyuki Hidaka, Wako (Japan); Tatsuhiko Nakamura, Fuji (Japan); and Kenichi Kamio, Fuji (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Honda Motor Co., Ltd., (Japan); and Nihon Plast Co., Ltd., (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 25, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/237,881. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-247810 (JP), filed on Sep. 25, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0079233 A1, Mar. 26, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. B60N 3/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 296—1.02 [16/110.1] | 4 Claims |
| 1. An assist grip to be provided in an interior of a vehicle, comprising:
a grip member to be gripped by a passenger, the grip member configured to be capable of being pulled out from a retraction
position to a grip position;
a base member which is fixed to the vehicle and which includes a rotation shaft;
a rotation arm pivotally supported so as to be rotatable about the rotation shaft from the retraction position to a pull-out
position;
retraction biasing means configured to always bias the rotation arm in a retraction direction; and
a holding member configured to hold the rotation arm in the pull-out position against a biasing force of the retraction biasing
means when the rotation arm is caused to rotate to the pull-out position, wherein
the grip member is rotatably jointed to the rotation arm; and
the grip member is provided with a release dog formed therein, the release dog configured to release the rotation arm from
being held by the holding member as the grip member is rotated.
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