Grip control for a handle for unlocking vehicle doors

US5123687A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Mercedes-Benz Group AG · DE

Inventors

• Peter Pfeiffer · Eppelheim, DE
• Gerhard Honer · Weil der Stadt, DE
• Gerald Herzl · Burns Lake, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 1991
• Grant date: Jun 23, 1992
• Expiry date: Feb 1, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T292/57
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A grip control for a handle for unlocking vehicle doors, which handle in a rest position can be retracted flush with an outer contour in a recess of the vehicle door. The handle can be moved in a controlled manner out of the recess into a ready position for opening the vehicle door. Subsequently, the handle can be pivoted out further counter to a spring force with actuation of a lock unlocking device. The grip control includes two pivot levers which are articulated at one side fixed to the door, and on the other side are connected in an articulated manner to the handle. When the pivot levers are pivoted in a controlled manner, they displace the handle into a ready position parallel with the outer contour of the door, and they then permit an additional pivoting-out movement of a side of the grip counter to the force of a spring.