Actuating mechanism for actuating covers for vehicles
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsZsolt Wilke, Andreas Rudolf
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an actuating mechanism for actuating, in particular opening, vehicle doors, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises the following: a housing having a pivot axis; an actuating element, which is transferable from a home position into an actuating position in order to generate an electrical actuation signal and into an emergency release position for manual unlocking of the vehicle door, wherein the actuating element comprises a curved region, which is pivotally connected to the pivot axis, and wherein the curved region is arranged in the home position of the actuating element in the housing and protrudes from the housing in the emergency release position of the actuating element.
Claims18
An actuating mechanism for actuating vehicle doors, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises the following:
- a housing having a pivot axis;
- and
- an actuating element, which is transferable from a home position into an actuating position in order to generate an electrical actuation signal and into an emergency release position for manual unlocking of the vehicle door,
- wherein the actuating element comprises a grip region,
- wherein the actuating element comprises a curved region, which is pivotally connected to the pivot axis, wherein the curved region is located along a length of the actuating element between the pivot axis and the grip region,
- wherein the curved region is arranged in the home position of the actuating element in the housing and protrudes from the housing in the emergency release position of the actuating element, and
- wherein the actuating element is pivotable in a first direction for the transfer from the home position into the actuating position and pivotable in an opposite second direction for the transfer from the home position into the emergency release position.
An actuating mechanism for actuating vehicle doors, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises the following:
- a housing having a pivot axis;
- and
- an actuating element, which is transferable from a home position into an actuating position in order to generate an electrical actuation signal and into an emergency release position for manual unlocking of the vehicle door,
- wherein the actuating element comprises a curved region pivotally connected to the pivot axis,
- wherein the curved region is arranged in the home position of the actuating element in the housing and protrudes from the housing in the emergency release position of the actuating element,
- wherein the actuating element is pivotable in a first direction for the transfer from the home position into the actuating position and pivotable in an opposite second direction for the transfer from the home position into the emergency release position, and
- wherein the curved region comprises a first portion having a first radius and a second portion having a second, smaller radius.
An actuating mechanism for actuating vehicle doors, wherein the actuating mechanism comprises the following:
- a housing having a pivot axis;
- and
- an actuating element, which is transferable from a home position into an actuating position in order to generate an electrical actuation signal and into an emergency release position for manual unlocking of the vehicle door,
- wherein the actuating element comprises a curved region, which is pivotally connected to the pivot axis,
- wherein the curved region is arranged in the home position of the actuating element in the housing and protrudes from the housing in the emergency release position of the actuating element,
- wherein the actuating element comprises a handle region, which is arranged at a first end of the curved region and is configured in order to cover the curved region in the home position or the actuating position,
- wherein the handle region comprises an outer side configured as a push-button for transferring the actuating element into the actuating position and a rear side configured as a pull-handle for transferring the actuating element into the emergency release position, and
- wherein the curved region comprises a first portion having a first radius and a second portion having a second, smaller radius.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.