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Door handle assembly for a motor vehicle

US11365570B2 · kind B2 · utility

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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	Jun 21, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05B85/10
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vehicle door handle assembly with a sensor device for detecting an actuation is provided. A handle of the handle assembly has a section which can be gripped from behind and an outer wall that delimits an interior in which an electronic sensor device is arranged and fixed. The handle section is formed with a reduced outer wall thickness in an actuation region and has a deformability that is increased with respect to the remaining sections of the handle. The outer wall thickness is reduced solely on the outer wall face oriented towards the interior. The handle outer wall inner face oriented towards the interior is coated with a metal layer at least in the actuation region. The electronic sensor device comprises at least one inductive distance sensor which lies opposite the metal layer in the interior of the handle to detect a deformation of the opposing outer wall.

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