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Door handle system for a vehicle door

US10604971B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Hallstadt · DE

Inventors

Florian Pohl · Ebersdorf, DE
Christian Herrmann · Coburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 26, 2016
Grant date	Mar 31, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 23, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05B85/103
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A door handle system for a vehicle door has a door handle and at least one flap for reversibly closing a grip recess set back to the rear of the door handle. An actuating device pivots the one or more flaps between a closed position that covers the handle recess and an open position that exposes the handle recess. A distance sensor is disposed on the flap. A control and evaluation unit uses a first measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the closed position, to deduce that a vehicle user is approaching so as to activate the actuation device to move the one or each flap into the open position. A second measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the open position indicates that the door handle is grasped by the vehicle user.

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