Flush handle assembly for a vehicle door
AssigneeU-Shin Italia S.p.A.
InventorsSachin Sharma, Guillaume Despreaux
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Abstract
A flush handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a flush handle including a grip member, an actuator, and an intermediate lever. The grip member is configured to cooperate with a latch mechanism to unlatch the vehicle door. The grip member is rotatable about a horizontal axis. The actuator is configured to move the grip member from a flush position in which the grip member extends flush to an external panel of the vehicle door, to a deployed position in which the grip member projects with respect to the external panel of the vehicle door. The intermediate lever connects the actuator to the grip member. The intermediate lever is rotatable about the horizontal axis.
Claims10
A flush handle assembly for a vehicle door of an automotive vehicle, the flush handle assembly comprising:
- a flush handle comprising:
- a grip member configured to cooperate with a latch mechanism to unlatch the vehicle door, the grip member being rotatable around a horizontal axis;
- an actuator configured to move the grip member from a flush position to a deployed position, wherein in the flush position, the grip member extends flush to an external panel of the vehicle door, wherein in the deployed position, the grip member projects with respect to the external panel of the vehicle door;
- an intermediate lever connecting the actuator to the grip member, wherein the intermediate lever is rotatable about the horizontal axis;
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- an actuator lever connecting the actuator to the intermediate lever, wherein the actuator lever is rotatable about an actuator lever axis, the actuator lever axis being parallel to and below the horizontal axis and located closer to inside the automotive vehicle than the horizontal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.