Motor vehicle door external opening control

Opening control of a motor vehicle opening comprising:

• a housing intended to be mounted on the opening, the housing comprising a compartment and a support structure,
• a handle having a handle lateral edge and being configured to actuate a door lock, the handle being rotatably mounted with respect to the housing between at least a flush position wherein the handle is housed completely or partially in the housing and an ejected position wherein the handle extends at least partially from the housing,
• a lock cylinder configured to lock and unlock the door lock, the lock cylinder being housed in the compartment, adjacent to the handle lateral edge,
• a flap rotatably mounted on the support structure about a rotation axis, between a closing position, wherein the flap is flush with the handle, and an opening position, the rotation axis is positioned on the flap in such a manner that the rotation axis delimits a flap front part and a flap rear part,
• wherein in the closing position, the flap front part being opposite of the handle lateral edge relative to the rotation axis and forming a cover for the lock cylinder while closing the compartment, and the flap rear part being between the handle lateral edge and the rotation axis and forming a pivoting lever, and
• wherein the rotation axis extends away from the handle lateral edge, between the handle lateral edge and the lock cylinder, in such a way that, when the flap rear part is actuated by hand, the flap rear part pivots towards the inside of the housing into the opening position between the handle lateral edge and the lock cylinder thereby freeing a space between the handle lateral edge and the lock cylinder, while the flap front part exposes the lock cylinder,
• the handle lateral edge includes a gripping means, made accessible by freeing the space, the gripping means being capable of receiving a member inserted into the space, between the flap rear part and the handle lateral edge, in order to enable a manual actuation of the handle from the flush position to the ejected position when the flap is in the opening position, while the handle rear part closes the space in the closing position,
• a distance between the rotation axis and a proximal end of the flap near the handle is less than a distance between the rotation axis and a distal end of the flap distant from the handle.