# US 10,501,967 B2 · Retractable handle arrangement > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,501,967 B2 - Document ID: US10501967B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/561,483 - Filed: 2016-03-25 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Granted: 2019-12-10 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-25 - Assignees: Jaguar Land Rover Limited - Applicants: Jaguar Land Rover Limited - Inventors: Olly Brown; Peter Lumsden; Bruno Gaouyer; Sean Edwards; Brian Lidgard - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501967B2 ## CPC - E05B 85/107: {Pop-out handles, e.g. sliding outwardly before rotation} - B60J 5/0415: {Outer panel} - E05B 85/103: {creating a completely closed wing surface} - E05B 81/06: using rotary motors - E05B 81/08: using electromagnets or solenoids - E05B 81/76: Detection of handle operation; Detection of a user approaching a handle; Electrical switching actions performed by door handles - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS - B60J: WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES (fastening, suspending, closing, or opening of such devices E05) ## Abstract A retractable handle arrangement may include a handle having a swing-arm moveable about a pivot axis and arranged to couple the handle to a support structure for movement between a stowed state and a deployed state. The swing arm may, in the deployed state, engage the support structure so as to substantially prevent lateral play of the handle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A retractable handle arrangement comprising a handle and a swing-arm, wherein the swing-arm is moveable about a pivot axis and arranged to couple the handle to a support structure for movement between a stowed state and a deployed state, and wherein the swing arm comprises an engagement means that, in the stowed state, is spaced apart from the support structure and, in the deployed state, engages the support structure so as to substantially prevent lateral play of the handle, wherein the handle is pivotally coupled to the swing arm so as to be movable from the deployed position to an operative state in which the handle acts to unlatch the door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The handle arrangement of claim 1 wherein the engagement means comprises first upper and lower location surfaces arranged to engage with second upper and lower location surfaces, respectively, when the engagement means is engaged with the support structure, wherein the second upper and lower location surfaces are located on or attached to the support structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The handle arrangement of claim 2 wherein the engagement means comprises at least one protrusion extending from the swing arm, and wherein external surfaces of the at least one protrusion define the first upper and lower location surfaces. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The handle arrangement of claim 3 wherein the protrusion comprises a stud. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The handle arrangement of claim 4, wherein an outer profile of the stud comprises a section which has a first truncated rectangular pyramidal shape. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The handle arrangement of claim 5, further comprising a locator for attachment to the support structure and wherein the locator has at least one protrusion thereon, and wherein external surfaces of the at least one protrusion define the second upper and lower location surfaces, which, in use, locate in the recess on the swing arm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The handle arrangement of claim 6, wherein the engagement means comprises a recess on the swing arm, and wherein internal surfaces of the recess define the first upper and lower location surfaces and the outer profile of the at least one protrusion comprises a section which has a second truncated rectangular pyramidal shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The handle arrangement of claim 3, further comprising a locator for attachment to the support structure and wherein the locator has a support structure recess therein, and wherein the surfaces of the support structure recess define the second upper and lower location surfaces, and in which, in use, the protrusion of the swing arm locates. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The handle arrangement of claim 8, wherein the protrusion comprises a stud and the recess has a truncated rectangular pyramidal shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The handle arrangement of claim 2 wherein the engagement means comprises a swing arm recess on the swing arm, and wherein internal surfaces of the swing arm recess define the first upper and lower location surfaces. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The handle arrangement of claim 10, wherein an inner profile of the swing arm recess has a truncated rectangular pyramidal shape. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The handle arrangement of claim 1, wherein the engagement means comprises a stud provided on the support structure which is engageable with a socket provided on the swing arm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The handle arrangement of claim 12, wherein the stud defines an outer profile that is shaped to substantially match an inner profile defined by the socket. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A body component for a vehicle comprising a panel having an outer surface defining an aperture for receiving the handle of the retractable handle arrangement of claim 1, wherein the handle substantially fills the aperture and lies substantially flush with the outer surface of the panel when the handle is in the stowed position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The body component of claim 14 wherein, in the stowed state the handle lies substantially flush with the outer surface of the panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The body component of claim 14 wherein, in the deployed state in which the handle protrudes from the outer surface of the panel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The body component according to claim 14 wherein the body panel comprises a vehicle door. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1, 14) A vehicle including the body component of claim 14, or the retractable handle arrangement of claim 1.