IP Library Granted Patent US 8,864,192
Granted Patent B2
US 8,864,192 · App. 13/144,989 · Granted Oct 21, 2014

Safety device for vehicle handles and vehicle handle comprising this safety device

Inventor: Guillaume Lesueur (Creteil Cedex, FR)
Assignee: VALEO S.p.A.
E05B77/06Y10S292/22Y10S292/65
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Patent No.
US 8,864,192
App. No.
13/144,989
Granted
Oct 21, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Safety device comprising an inertial mass ( 1 ) pivoted to a frame ( 2 ) for rotating around an axis ( 4 ), wherein elastic means ( 6 ) act on the inertial mass ( 1 ) for opposing its rotation, a wedge ( 12 ) being arranged in the frame ( 2 ) so that the inertial mass ( 1 ), when it rotates around this axis ( 4 ), slides along the inclined wall of the wedge ( 12 ), so as to axially move the inertial mass ( 1 ) along this axis ( 4 ).

Claims (13)

1. A vehicle handle of a motor vehicle, comprising:

a frame; and

a safety device comprising:

an inertial mass pivoted to the frame for rotating around an axis due to a force induced by an impact of the motor vehicle, wherein elastic means act on the inertial mass for opposing its rotation; and

a wedge arranged in the frame so that the inertial mass, when the inertial mass rotates around the axis, slides along an inclined wall of the wedge, so as to axially move the inertial mass along the axis in order to prevent the rotation of a rocker.

2. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic means act on the inertial mass for opposing said axial moving.

3. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein said elastic means comprise a helical spring arranged around said axis.

4. The vehicle handle according to claim 3 , wherein the helical spring has an end in contact with a support of the frame and another end in contact with the inertial mass.

5. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein the wedge is arranged beside the inertial mass.

6. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein the inertial mass, when it has gone beyond the wedge during the rotation around said axis, is locked by the transversal wall of the wedge.

7. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein the inertial mass and/or the wedge are provided with a tooth which can penetrate into a seat made in the wedge and/or in the inertial mass, respectively.

8. The vehicle handle according to claim 7 , wherein said seat is made in the transversal wall of the wedge.

9. The vehicle handle according to claim 1 , wherein the wedge is made in a single piece with the frame.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 10, 2016
From: CAM ITALY S.P.A.
To: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 038647/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2016
From: VALEO S.P.A.
To: CAM ITALY S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 038462/0919 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 24, 2011
From: LESUEUR, GUILLAUME
To: VALEO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 026798/0567 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2009A0042 · Jan 19, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110298228A1 · Dec 8, 2011