Door handle assembly

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a door handle assembly for a vehicle comprising a handle seat, a handle cover, an illumination unit, and a sealing element. The handle seat comprises a cavity and an opening connecting with the cavity. The handle cover covers the opening of the handle seat to close the cavity, and the handle cover comprises a light-transmitting area made of a light-transmitting material. The illumination unit is held in the cavity, and the illumination unit comprises a housing and an illumination element enclosed in the housing. The housing comprises a front wall facing the handle cover, and the front wall is made of the light-transmitting material. The sealing element is clamped between the front wall and the handle cover and arranged around the light-transmitting area of the handle cover to seal a gap between the front wall and the light-transmitting area of the handle cover from the outside.

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