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An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture defined in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door by a flange structure. The assembly includes an escutcheon plate sized to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flange sized to fit against an outer face of the o

An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture defined in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door by a flange structure. The assembly includes an escutcheon plate sized to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flange sized to fit against an outer face of the outer door skin in surrounding relation to the door skin aperture. The door handle is pivotally mounted on a front face of the escutcheon plate for door unlatching movement, and a locking member is slidably mounted on a rear face of the escutcheon plate. The locking member is maintained in a preliminary mounting position by latching engagement of a latch on the locking member with a latch on the rear face of the escutcheon plate and pivotal movement of the handle has the effect of releasing the latching engagement of the locking member with the escutcheon plate to allow the locking member to move under spring biasing to a locking position in which pins on the locking member engage an inner face of the door skin flange structure to pull the escutcheon plate flange against an outer face of the door skin flange structure. Mounting of the door handle assembly in the door therefore consists simply in passing the assembly through the door aperture and actuating the door handle.

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[ I claim:] [1.] An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door, the handle assembly comprising:an escutcheon plate adapted to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flange adapted to fit against an outer face of the o

[ I claim:] [1.] An automotive door handle assembly adapted to be mounted in an aperture in the outer skin of a motor vehicle door, the handle assembly comprising:an escutcheon plate adapted to fit in the door skin aperture and having a peripheral flange adapted to fit against an outer face of the outer door skin in surrounding relation to the door skin aperture;a handle mounted on a front face of the escutcheon plate for door unlatching movement relative to the escutcheon plate; andmounting means operative, with the escutcheon plate positioned in the door skin aperture and the escutcheon plate flange positioned proximate the outer face of the door skin in surrounding relation to the door skin aperture, to fixedly mount the door handle assembly in the door skin aperture in response to unlatching movement of the door handle relative to the escutcheon plate, the mounting means comprising:a locking member mounted on a rear face of the escutcheon plate for movement between a preliminary position allowing passage of the door handle assembly through the door skin aperture and a locking position in which the door handle assembly is fixedly mounted in the door skin aperture;spring means for urging the locking member toward its locking position;locking member latch means operative to releasably maintain the locking member in its preliminary position against the urging of the spring means; andrelease means operative in response to door unlatching movement of the handle relative to the escutcheon plate to release the locking member latch means and allow movement of the locking member under the urging of the spring means to its locking position to fixedly mount the door handle assembly in the door skin aperture.