IP Library Granted Patent US 12,196,016
Granted Patent B2
US 12,196,016 · App. 17/473,010 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Handle for a door leaf for a motor vehicle

Inventors: Anthony Guerin (Pianezza, IT); Guillaume Despreaux (Pianezza, IT)
Assignee: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
E05B85/103E05B81/77E05B85/107
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Patent No.
US 12,196,016
App. No.
17/473,010
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handle of a door leaf for a motor vehicle includes a gripping element and a detection device. The gripping element includes an external surface facing outside of a vehicle passenger compartment and an internal surface facing inside of the vehicle passenger compartment. The gripping element is movable relative to a support and fixed to at least one lever configured to displace the gripping element. The gripping element is flush with the door leaf in a closed position. The detection device is configured to detect a predetermined pressure exerted on the gripping element and to send, when such predetermined pressure is detected, an opening signal of the door leaf to an opening device configured to open the door leaf. The detection device is disposed relative to the gripping element on the internal surface of the gripping element.

Claims (14)

1. A handle assembly of a door leaf for a motor vehicle comprising:

a gripping element including an external surface facing outside of a vehicle passenger compartment and an internal surface facing toward an inside of the vehicle passenger compartment, the gripping element being movable relative to a support and fixed to at least one lever configured to displace the gripping element, the gripping element being flush with the door leaf in a closed position; and

a detection device configured to detect a predetermined pressure exerted on the gripping element and to send, when such predetermined pressure is detected, an opening signal of the door leaf to an opening device configured to open the door leaf, the detection device being disposed relative to the gripping element on the internal surface of the gripping element;

wherein the detection device includes:

a button configured to be in contact with the gripping element when the predetermined pressure is exerted on an electronic opening zone of the external surface of the gripping element; and

an electric sensor configured to generate the opening signal during a displacement of the button,

wherein the gripping element is movable between the closed position and a deployed position in which the gripping element is configured to be displaced by a user from the deployed position to an opening position, wherein displacement of the gripping element from the deployed position to the opening position mechanically opens the door leaf, wherein the gripping element is displaced from the closed position to the deployed position by detection of a second predetermined pressure applied at a mechanical opening zone of the external surface of the gripping element, the mechanical opening zone being distinct from the electronic opening zone, and

wherein the gripping element is connected to the support via a first lever and a second lever, the gripping element being connected by a first pivot connection with the first lever and by a second pivot connection with the second lever.

2. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanical opening zone and the electronic opening zone are located on the gripping element so that the predetermined pressure exerted on the electronic opening zone causes a displacement of the gripping element in a first direction and the second predetermined pressure exerted on the mechanical opening zone causes a displacement of the gripping element in a second direction distinct from the first direction.

3. The handle assembly according to claim 2 , wherein, the gripping element is configured to rotate in a first rotational direction in response to the predetermined pressure being exerted on the electronic opening zone such that the displacement of the gripping element in the first direction includes rotation of the gripping element in the first rotational direction, and wherein the gripping element is configured to rotate in a second rotational direction in response to the second predetermined pressure being exerted on the mechanical opening zone such that the displacement of the gripping element in the second direction includes rotation of the gripping element in the second rotational direction, the second rotational direction being opposite the first rotational direction.

4. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanical opening zone is disposed on the external surface of the gripping element disposed between the first pivot connection and the second pivot connection.

5. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first lever includes an oblong hole and the second lever includes an orifice, the first and second levers being connected by at least one tie-rod that is parallel to the oblong hole.

6. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic opening zone is located opposite the mechanical opening zone relative to the first pivot connection.

7. The handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic opening zone is disposed at the external surface of the gripping element opposite to the support.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 22, 2022
From: GUERIN, ANTHONY; DESPREAUX, GUILLAUME
To: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 059344/0034 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 19/02519 · Mar 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTEP2020053154 · Feb 7, 2020
Related Publication 20210404226A1 · Dec 30, 2021
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