Disclosed are vehicle door handle chassis, methods for making such chassis, and vehicle door assemblies with handle chassis. An example is a handle chassis for a motor vehicle door assembly. The door assembly includes a door panel, which has either a thin or a thick door panel construction. The handle chassis includes a chassis frame that secures to the door panel. The chassis frame has handle apertures for securing the door handle to the chassis. A mounting boss, which projects from the chassis frame, includes a distal end with a stepped region having high and low end faces each with a distinct height. The high end face presses against the inboard surface of a door panel having the thin construction. For a door panel having the thick construction, the low end face presses against the inboard surface while the first end face seats inside a hole in this door panel.
HANDLE CHASSIS WITH MULTI-HEIGHT MOUNTING BOSS FOR VEHICLE DOOR ASSEMBLY
2018-02-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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