# US 11,898,384 B2 · Motor vehicle door external opening control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,898,384 B2 - Document ID: US11898384B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/197,683 - Filed: 2021-03-10 - Published: 2021-09-16 - Granted: 2024-02-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-03-10 - Assignees: Akwel Vigo Spain Sl - Applicants: Akwel Vigo Spain Sl - Inventors: Delmiro Javier Couto Maquieira; Jose Oscar Vazquez Carballo; Julio Garcia Rodriguez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11898384B2 ## CPC - E05B 85/107: {Pop-out handles, e.g. sliding outwardly before rotation} - E05B 81/90: Manual override in case of power failure - E05B 83/36: Locks for passenger or like doors - E05B 85/06: Lock cylinder arrangements - E05B 85/103: {creating a completely closed wing surface} - E05B 85/16: a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part - E05B: LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS ## Abstract An opening control of a motor vehicle opening has a housing, a handle rotatably housed completely or partially in the housing, in an ejected position the handle extends at least partially from the housing, the handle actuating a door lock, a lock cylinder adjacent to the door handle, and a flap articulated to the housing and to cover the lock cylinder while being flush with the handle, and, when the flap is actuated by hand, exposes the lock cylinder; the flap articulated about an axis of rotation extending with respect to the lateral edge of the handle to a distance greater than or equal to 10 mm and the lateral edge of the handle includes a gripping device, capable of receiving a member inserted between the open flap and the lateral edge of the handle enabling the manual actuation of the handle from the flush position to the ejected position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein, in the opening position thereof, the flap extends inside the housing in a configuration erected between the lateral edge of the handle and the lock cylinder, protruding partially from the housing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an inner clearance extending between the handle lateral edge and the lock cylinder wherein the flap can pivot in the opening position thereof in an erected configuration between the lock cylinder and the handle lateral edge freeing said space to allow access to the handle lateral edge. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein, in the closing position, the flap extends flush in the longitudinal extension of the handle in the flush position thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein, the flap extends adjacent to the handle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the space freed between the handle lateral edge and the open flap is sized to allow the insertion of an adult user's finger. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the gripping means consists of a hollow formed in the lateral edge of the handle capable of receiving at least one finger for manually opening the handle. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) Opening control according to claim 7, wherein the hollow formed in the lateral edge of the handle has a substantially parallelepipedal shape. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) Opening control according to claim 7, wherein the hollow formed in the lateral edge of the handle has a depth greater than or equal to six millimetres. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the axis of rotation of the handle is parallel with the axis of rotation of the flap. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the axis of rotation of the flap includes an elastic return means of the flap in the closing position thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the distance separating the lateral edge of the handle and the axis of rotation of the flap is greater than or equal to 10 mm. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, including a switch electrically connected to a vehicle BCM and positioned in a recess extending to a rear of the housing, next to the flap, above the lock cylinder, cooperating with a push-button protruding on a front face of the housing under the flap which includes on a so-called inner face thereof a finger capable of bearing on the push-button when the flap is in the closing position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the housing delimits a cavity of substantially elongate shape along a longitudinal direction and the cavity comprises, along the longitudinal direction, a main recess shaped to house the handle and a secondary recess shaped to house the lock cylinder, the secondary recess being located in a longitudinal extension of the main recess. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) Opening control according to claim 14, wherein the compartment is positioned in the secondary recess. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Opening control according to claim 1, wherein the compartment comprises an internal separating wall including a first side facing the handle and a second side delimiting an internal receiving seat complementary with the lock cylinder. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) Opening control according to claim 16, wherein the compartment includes a support structure whereon the flap is rotatably mounted about the rotation axis, and the internal separating wall comprises said support structure.