Retention Mechanism for Vehicular Door Handle Assembly

摘要

A door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle includes a bracket mountable to the door and extending along a longitudinal direction from a forward end to a rearward end. The forward end of the bracket provides a hook portion. A door retaining member is received proximate the rearward end of the bracket. The door retaining member has a clip portion which is moveable relative to the bracket between a home position and a displaced position. A first longitudinal distance is established between the clip portion and the hook portion in the home position, and a second longitudinal distance is established in the displaced position. The first longitudinal distance is different than the second longitudinal distance. A biasing member biases the door retaining member toward the home position and permits the movement of the door retaining member against the biasing member to the displaced position.

主权项

1. A door handle assembly for a door, the door handle assembly comprising:
a bracket mountable to the door and extending along a longitudinal direction from a forward end to a rearward end, the forward end of the bracket providing a hook portion; a door retaining member received proximate the rearward end of the bracket, the door retaining member having a clip portion that is moveable relative to the bracket between a home position in which a first longitudinal distance is established between the clip portion and the hook portion and a displaced position in which a second longitudinal distance is established between the clip portion and the hook portion, the first longitudinal distance is different than the second longitudinal distance; and a biasing member biasing the clip portion toward the home position and permitting movement of the clip portion against the biasing member to the displaced position.