| 摘要 |
An escutcheon plate having a length, height and depth, the plate comprising a peripheral flange carrying an outer surface surrounding a central opening, the other side of the flange carrying a surface for engaging the material of an exterior door panel of a vehicle door surrounding an opening or aperture provided through the exterior door panel for access to a handle to open and close the door, at least three parallel rows of teeth, triangular in cross-section directed laterally of the escutcheon plate to permit an assembly carrying the handle to be secured thereto by at least three staggered rows of teeth triangular in cross-section and directed laterally to permit the meshing of the rows of teeth until the desired relative lateral positions of the components are reached at which point the escutcheon plate may be anchored relative to the assembly by a screw to the assembly for the handle and which intermeshed rows of teeth may only be joined or separated by moving them laterally towards or away from one another respectively and not towards or away from the outer peripheral surface and which rows may be secured together spacing the outer peripheral surface of the flange of the escutcheon plate different depths from the handle and the assembly carrying the handle to permit the handle assembly to be secured at different depths from the exterior door panel, thereby providing a compensating escutcheon plate to close any openings between the material surrounding the aperture provided in the exterior door panel through which access is provided to the handle and the assembly carrying the handle to compensate for the irregularities in the manufacture of the assembly and exterior door panel and changes caused by environment in which the exterior door panel of the vehicle door is located. |
