Vehicle Door Handle Assembly With Cam-Lock Service Release
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle door handle assemblies are difficult to assemble and disassemble, complicating maintenance and potentially affecting the ease of integration with automated door latches.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle door handle assembly featuring a translation-mobile part and a rotation-mobile part with cam surfaces that facilitate assembly and disassembly through a simple rotation mechanism, allowing the bracket and housing to be easily attached and detached.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If the attachment unit uses a fixed rigid connection between the bracket and housing, then the structural integrity is improved, but the ease of assembly and disassembly deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment unit employs a rotation-mobile part that can dynamically change its state between locked and unlocked positions. When rotated to the locked position, the cam surfaces engage to create a rigid connection ensuring structural integrity. When rotated to the unlocked position, the connection is released allowing easy disassembly. This dynamic mechanism resolves the contradiction by providing both strong fixed connection during use and easy release when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment unit is divided into distinct functional components: a rotation-mobile part for operation, cam surfaces for force transmission, and a translation-mobile part for positioning. This segmentation allows the system to achieve both rigid connection (through proper engagement of segments) and ease of assembly (through independent operation of the rotation-mobile part without requiring forceful manipulation of the entire assembly).
2Ease of operation
If the handle assembly uses a simple attachment mechanism, then the ease of assembly and disassembly is improved, but the reliability of the connection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The simple rotation operation of the rotation-mobile part provides ease of assembly and disassembly, while the cam surfaces translate this simple rotational motion into reliable linear engagement forces. The cam geometry ensures that during the rotation to the locked position, significant engagement force is generated, creating a reliable connection despite the simplicity of the operating motion.
Solution Approach 2:
The cam surfaces act as intermediaries between the simple rotational input (easy operation) and the connection engagement (reliability). The cam geometry converts the easy-to-perform rotation into controlled linear displacement and engagement forces, ensuring reliable connection while maintaining operational simplicity. The cam surfaces mediate the transformation from simple motion to reliable mechanical engagement.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and secure assembly and disassembly of the handle assembly components, enhancing maintenance efficiency and compatibility with automated door systems while maintaining structural integrity and aerodynamic design.
Implementation Method 1
a rotation-mobile part (14) rotationally supported by bracket (8), comprising a first cam surface (16) configured to displace the translation-mobile part (12) in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part (14) is put in rotation in a first rotational direction (13) and a second cam surface (18) configured to displace the translation-mobile part (12) in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part (14) is put in rotation in a second rotational direction (15) opposite to the first rotational direction (13)
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AI summary
The invention concerns a vehicle door handle assembly (2) comprising a housing (6), a bracket (8) configured to attach the housing (6) to a vehicle panel (4), and an attachment unit (10) configured to attach the bracket (8) and the housing (6) together, the vehicle door handle assembly (2) comprising: - a translation-mobile part (12) mobile between an assembling position in which the bracket (8) and the housing (6) are attached together and a disassembling position in which the housing (6) and the bracket (8) are disassembled from each other, - a rotation-mobile part (14) rotationally supported by bracket (8), cooperating with the translation -mobile part (14) and comprising a first cam surface (16) configured to displace the translation-mobile part (12) in the assembling position when the rotation-mobile part (14) is put in rotation in a first rotational direction (13) and a second cam surface (18) configured to displace the translation-mobile part (12) in the disassembling position when the rotation-mobile part (14) is put in rotation in a second rotational direction (15) opposite to the first rotational direction.