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Actuating device for a door lock of a vehicle door

US12180757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. · US

Inventors

Zsolt Wilke · Bad Mergentheim, DE
Andreas Rudolf · Würzburg, DE
Roland Och · Rottendorf, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 24, 2021
Grant date	Dec 31, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
CPC primaryE05B85/16
WIPO fieldCivil engineering
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An actuating apparatus for a door lock of a vehicle door, in particular as part of a door handle arrangement of a vehicle door, wherein the actuating apparatus has a handle part that is grippable by a hand and is configured in order to be transferable between a resting position and a ready position, and wherein the handle part is manually movable from the ready position into an actuating position and is in particular pivotably or linearly extendable, wherein the actuating apparatus is configured in order to actuate the door lock when the handle part reaches or has reached the actuating position. The actuating apparatus has a blocking and/or delay mechanism, which cooperates with the handle part such that the handle part is transferable from the ready position back into the resting position only with a time delay and/or only in an at least partially braked or dampened manner.

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