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Vehicular door handle device

US12116809B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 26, 2022
Grant dateOct 15, 2024
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE05B81/77
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A vehicular door handle device includes a housing being gripped from outside of a compartment when a door is opened, hollow, and provided with an opening, a switch device being fixed inside the housing and including a movable contact portion disposed so as to face the opening of the housing, an operation member fitting in the opening and being supported so as to be movable in a first direction from inside to outside of the housing and in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and a protector including a main body portion covering the switch device, and a first seal portion being inserted into a gap between an inner circumferential portion of the opening and an outer circumferential portion of the operation member and filling the gap, and pressing the movable contact portion of the switch device by being pressed by the operation member.

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