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A vehicle door is provided including a latching mechanism carried by the door constructed and arranged to move between an unlatched relation with a door opening catch and a latched relation with the door opening catch. The latching mechanism includes a movable releasing component constructed and arr

A vehicle door is provided including a latching mechanism carried by the door constructed and arranged to move between an unlatched relation with a door opening catch and a latched relation with the door opening catch. The latching mechanism includes a movable releasing component constructed and arranged to be in a latching position within the door structure when the latching mechanism is in latched relation with the door opening catch and to be moved from the latching position in a generally downward direction into a releasing position to move the latching mechanism into unlatched relation with the door opening catch. A motion-transmitting assembly is disposed within a space defined by the door to transmit a manual motion of an external door handle to downward motion of the movable releasing component. The motion transmitting assembly is constructed and arranged so that an accidental forward deformation of the door defining the space, sufficient to displace the motion-transmitting assembly, will displace an interconnection with the movable releasing component generally upwardly so that the latching mechanism remains in its latched relation with the door opening catch.

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A vehicle door comprising a door structure defining an exterior skin and an interior panel, said door structure being constructed and arranged to be pivoted at a forward end thereof and moved between open and closed positions with respect to a door opening in the vehicle, a latching mechanism carrie

A vehicle door comprising a door structure defining an exterior skin and an interior panel, said door structure being constructed and arranged to be pivoted at a forward end thereof and moved between open and closed positions with respect to a door opening in the vehicle, a latching mechanism carried by said door structure at a rear end portion thereof constructed and arranged to move between an unlatched relation with a door opening catch and a latched relation with the door opening catch, said latching mechanism including a movable releasing component constructed and arranged to be in a latching position within said door structure when said latching mechanism is in latched relation with the door opening catch and to be moved from said latching position in a generally downward direction into a releasing position to move the latching mechanism into unlatched relation with the door opening catch, a manually operable releasing assembly mounted on said door structure at the rear end thereof and having a manually engageable movable component disposed outwardly of said exterior skin constructed and arranged to be manually engaged and moved from an inoperative position into a releasing position, said releasing assembly including a moving component disposed within said door structure movable from an inoperative position in a generally downward direction into a releasing position in response to the manual movement of said releasing assembly from the inoperative position thereof into the releasing position thereof, a motion-transmitting assembly interconnected between a portion of said moving component and a generally horizontally spaced portion of said movable releasing component for transmitting the generally downward movement of said moving component from its inoperative position to its releasing position into a generally downward movement of said movable releasing component from its latching position into its releasing position, said motion-transmitting assembly being disposed within an interior space defined by the door structure which extends below the interconnections of said motion-transmitting assembly between said moving component and said movable releasing component, said motion-transmitting assembly being constructed and arranged within said space so that an accidental forward deformation of the door structure defining said space sufficient to displace said motion-transmitting assembly will displace the interconnection with said movable releasing component generally upwardly.