IP Library Granted Patent US 10,982,469
Granted Patent B2
US 10,982,469 · App. 14/425,920 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Vehicle panel handle lever

Inventors: Massimo Frattini (Pianezza, IT); Alberto Gramaglia (Pianezza, IT); Alberto Tropini (Pianezza, IT)
Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
E05B77/06E05B81/78E05B85/16G01V3/00Y10T292/57
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Patent No.
US 10,982,469
App. No.
14/425,920
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle panel handle lever and a vehicle panel handle for opening a panel of an automotive vehicle having such a lever is disclosed. The handle lever has a lever body, a handle lever cover intended to be received on the lever body, and a mobile trigger part, which cooperates with a latch mechanism to actuate the handle and which is able to be mobile in rotation between a resting position where the mobile trigger part does not activate the latch mechanism, and an activating position where the mobile trigger part activates the latch mechanism enabling the opening of the vehicle panel. The trigger part includes an inner volume designed for receiving at least one electrical element.

Claims (20)

1. A vehicle panel handle lever comprising:

a lever body;

a handle lever cover intended to be received on the lever body; and

a mobile trigger part which cooperates with a latch mechanism to actuate the latch mechanism and which is able to be mobile in rotation between a resting position, in which the mobile trigger part does not activate the latch mechanism, and an activating position, in which said mobile trigger part activates the latch mechanism, enabling an opening of a vehicle panel,

wherein the mobile trigger part comprises an inner volume configured to receive one or more electrical elements, and

wherein the mobile trigger part further comprises one or more inertial masses,

wherein a corresponding inertial mass of the one or more inertial masses is received by the inner volume separately from said one or more electrical elements,

wherein a corresponding electrical element of the one or more electrical elements weighs more than the corresponding inertial mass of the one or more inertial masses and the corresponding inertial mass compensates for the weight of the corresponding electrical element of the one or more electrical elements to prevent the opening of the vehicle panel by an unwilling activation of the latch mechanism.

2. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the inner volume is divided into several recesses, wherein one of the several recesses is configured to receive a corresponding electrical element of the one or more electrical elements.

3. The lever according to claim 2 , wherein the corresponding inertial mass of the one or more inertial masses is disposed in one of the several recesses distinct from the corresponding electrical element of the one or more electrical elements.

4. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein a corresponding electrical element of the one or more electrical elements is an electrical detector that detects the presence of at least a part of a body of a user.

5. The lever according to claim 4 , wherein the electrical detector is selected from the group consisting of an antenna, a capacitive sensor, a Hall effect sensor, and a relay reed.

6. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more electrical elements comprise a microswitch that operates the latch mechanism.

7. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the corresponding inertial mass of the one or more inertial masses is made of a steel or a plastic material.

8. The lever according to claim 1 , further comprising fixing means for maintaining the one or more electrical elements in the inner volume of the mobile trigger part.

9. The lever according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one pin for preventing the activation of the latch mechanism when the mobile trigger part is in the resting position.

10. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile trigger part is associated with elastic means enabling the mobile trigger part to come back to the resting position from the activating position.

11. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile trigger part and the one or more electrical elements are sealed together with resins.

12. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the lever body comprises an end that cooperates with a hinge for supporting a rotation of the vehicle panel handle lever.

13. The lever according to claim 1 , wherein the corresponding inertial mass of the one or more inertial masses is a non-electrical component.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 17, 2019
From: CAM ITALY S.P.A.
To: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 048924/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2019
From: VALEO S.P.A.
To: CAM ITALY S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 048892/0986 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2015
From: FRATTINI, MASSIMO; GRAMAGLIA, ALBERTO; TROPINI, ALBERTO
To: VALEO S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 036084/0192 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 12425149 · Sep 7, 2012 · regional
Continuity (1)
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