Cover for side door release handle
AssigneeGM Global Technology Operations LLC
InventorJeffrey L. Konchan
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Abstract
An apparatus for preventing inadvertent actuation of a door release handle of a motor vehicle includes a cover with a lip that engages with an edge of an opening in an inner body panel, and at least one rib attached to the cover, the at least one rib being positioned relative to the door release handle to prevent actuation of the handle when the cover is positioned in the opening of the inner body panel.
Claims13
An apparatus for preventing inadvertent actuation of a door release handle of a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a cover with a lip that engages with an edge of an opening in an inner body panel;
- at least one rib attached to the cover, the at least one rib being positioned relative to the door release handle to prevent actuation of the handle when the cover is positioned in the opening of the inner body panel;
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- a micro-switch that detects when the cover has been removed from the inner body panel, a back office being notified to indicate that the door release handle is accessible when the cover has been removed from the inner body panel.
An apparatus for preventing inadvertent actuation of a door release handle of a motor vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a cover with a lip that engages with an edge of an opening in an inner body panel;
- at least one rib attached to the cover, the at least one rib being positioned relative to the door release handle to prevent actuation of the handle when the cover is positioned in the opening of the inner body panel;
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- a micro-switch that detects when the cover has been removed from the inner body panel, an internal audible warning being issued to indicate that the door release handle is accessible when the cover has been removed from the inner body panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.