Exterior door handle system for a passenger car, and passenger car equipped therewith
View Patent ↗An outside-door-handle system is configured to be attached to a door of a passenger motor vehicle. The outside-door-handle system includes a holder, a lock cylinder, and a Bowden cable. The holder is configured to be fastened to the door. The lock cylinder is operatively connected to the holder. The Bowden cable has a core, and is operatively connected at one end thereof to the lock cylinder and at the other end thereof to a door lock situated in the door. At a portion that is adjacent to the lock cylinder, the core of the Bowden cable is operatively connected to a toothed rack which is operatively connected to the lock cylinder.
1. An outside-door-handle system which is configured to be attached to a door of a passenger motor vehicle, comprising:
a holder which is configured to be fastened to the door;
a lock cylinder which is operatively connected to the holder;
a Bowden cable which has a core and which is operatively connected at one end thereof to the lock cylinder and at the other end thereof to a door lock situated in the door,
wherein, at a portion that is adjacent to the lock cylinder, the core of the Bowden cable is operatively connected to a toothed rack which is operatively connected to the lock cylinder.
2. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 1 , wherein the toothed rack has a tooth profile that is configured to mesh directly with a corresponding tooth profile that is situated on the lock cylinder or with an intermediate piece which is fastened to the lock cylinder and which has a corresponding tooth profile.
3. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 2 , wherein the tooth profile of the toothed rack has a non-linear course.
4. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 3 , wherein the tooth profile of the lock cylinder or the tooth profile of the intermediate piece has a non-circular course.
5. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 4 , further comprising: a holding means on which the toothed rack is displaceably mounted, wherein the holding means is fastened to the holder.
6. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 5 , wherein the holding means has at least one guide portion in which the core of the Bowden cable is movably guided.
7. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 6 , further comprising: a covering means that is configured to cover at least the lock cylinder, wherein the intermediate piece and/or the core of the Bowden cable is fastened to a side of the holder which faces away from the lock cylinder.
8. The outside-door-handle system according to claim 7 , further comprising: a fastening means that is situated on the holder and that is operatively connected to a corresponding holding-means fastening means of the holding means.
9. A passenger motor vehicle comprising:
at least one door; and
the outside-door-handle system according to claim 1 situated on the at least one door.