Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle

US10975601B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Andreas Beck · Mertingen, DE
• Serdal Bitirim · Velbert, DE
• Dirk Mueller · Essen, DE
• Martin Witte · Ahaus, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 4, 2016
• Grant date: Apr 13, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E05B85/10
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A vehicle door handle with a handle component is provided. The handle component includes a hollow body, and an inductive sensor device is arranged in a cavity in order to detect an actuation of the handle component. A support having a support fastening section and a self-supporting section connected to the latter are arranged in the cavity, wherein the support fastening section is secured to the vehicle door handle, and wherein the self-supporting section of the support extends in the interior of the cavity at a distance from the wall surfaces of the handle component such that the self-supporting section of the support is mechanically decoupled from the wall surfaces of the handle component. The inductive sensor device is held in the self-supporting section, wherein a metallic material is arranged in at least one section of those wall surfaces of the handle component which surround the self-supporting section.