Vehicular door structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Takato
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Abstract
A vehicular door structure includes a door handle provided in a door panel that configures a part of a vehicular door, a latch mechanism provided in the vehicular door and configured to be engaged with a striker provided on a vehicle body, an unlatch portion provided in the door handle and configured to be at least partially exposed to an outside and swing with respect to the door handle, an electric unlatch operation mechanism having an actuator that is configured to disengage the latch mechanism from the striker as the unlatch portion is made to swing, and a lock sensor portion provided in a part of the unlatch portion, the part being exposed to the outside, the lock sensor portion being configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacity.
Claims6
A vehicular door structure comprising:
- a door handle provided in a door panel that configures a part of a vehicular door;
- a latch mechanism that is provided in the vehicular door and is configured to maintain a closed state of the vehicular door by being engaged with a striker provided on a vehicle body when the vehicular door is in the closed state;
- an unlatch portion that is provided in the door handle, the unlatch portion having an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface that is configured to be at least partially exposed to an outside, and the unlatch portion is configured swing with respect to the door handle;
- an electric unlatch operation mechanism having an actuator that is configured to disengage the latch mechanism from the striker as the unlatch portion is made to swing;
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- a lock sensor portion having a first portion, a second portion, and a bent portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the first being provided within the door handle and extending in a vehicle front-rear direction from the bent portion towards a first end of the door handle, the second portion contacting the interior surface of the unlatched portion and extending in the vehicle front-rear direction from the bent portion towards a second end of the door handle, the second end of the door handle being opposite of the first end of the door handle, the bent portion having a U-shaped portion that is open towards the door panel, and the lock sensor portion being configured to detect a change in an electrostatic capacity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.