IP Library Granted Patent US 9,016,735
Granted Patent B2
US 9,016,735 · App. 13/643,152 · Granted Apr 28, 2015

Handle for an openable body section of a vehicle, including a safety device

Inventors: Guillaume Lesueur (Creteil Cedex, FR); Massimo Frattini (Pianezza, IT)
Assignee: VALEO S.p.A.
E05B85/10E05B13/002E05B77/06E05B85/16Y10S292/31
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Patent No.
US 9,016,735
App. No.
13/643,152
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a handle ( 2 ) for an openable body section of a vehicle, including: an actuator ( 20 ) such as a lever, which is movably mounted between an inoperative position of the actuator and a position for unlocking the openable body section, and a locking member ( 36 ), such as a lock bolt, which is designed to occupy an inoperative position in which same locks the actuator ( 20 ) in the inoperative position of the actuator.

Claims (15)

1. A vehicle door handle, comprising:

an actuator for operation of a vehicle door latch, the actuator being mounted such that the actuator moves between an actuator rest position and an actuator active position that is a door unlocking position;

a graspable part of the door handle mounted such that it can rotate about an axis and said graspable part comprising an elongated arm driving the actuator; and

a blocking member arranged so as to occupy a blocking member rest position in which the blocking member blocks the actuator in the actuator rest position,

wherein the blocking member extends through and is movable relative to the elongated arm, and

wherein the handle is arranged such that, in the blocking member rest position, the blocking member enters the actuator,

a graspable unblocking control member connected to the blocking member, wherein the graspable unblocking control member is configured to move the blocking member out of the blocking member rest position when the graspable unblocking control member is grasped.

2. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , which is arranged such that, in the blocking member rest position, the blocking member enters a circumferential face of the actuator.

3. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the blocking member is mounted to slide in a direction at right angles to a rotational axis of the actuator.

4. The handle as claimed in claim 3 , in which the sliding direction is horizontal.

5. The handle as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the sliding direction is perpendicular to a general plane of contact between a graspable part of the handle and a door of the vehicle.

6. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the handle is arranged such that the graspable part of the handle is engaged with the actuator in any position of the graspable part of the handle and of the actuator.

7. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a graspable part of the handle having a window in which the unblocking control member extends.

8. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, for unlocking, the handle comprises a cable actuated by the actuator for transmitting an unlocking command.

9. The handle as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the actuator is a lever and the blocking member is a bolt.

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 Apr 8, 2013
From: LESUEUR, GUILLAUME; FRATTINI, MASSIMO
To: VALEO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 030169/0953 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT MI2010A0723 · Apr 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130187394A1 · Jul 25, 2013