Vehicular door handle assembly with protruding handle portion
AssigneeMagna Mirrors of America, Inc.
InventorTimothy W. Condron
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Abstract
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a base portion configured to mount at a door of a vehicle, a handle portion extending from the base portion, and an electronic switch disposed within the handle portion. The handle portion includes (i) a fixed portion that, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, extends outward at the door of the vehicle, and (ii) a movable portion disposed within the fixed portion. When the handle portion is grasped by a user, the movable portion moves to actuate the electronic switch. With the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, and when the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates a latching mechanism of the door to unlock, lock and/or open the door.
Claims15
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly, the vehicular exterior door handle assembly comprising:
- a base portion configured to mount at a door of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly;
- a handle portion extending from the base portion;
- an electronic switch disposed at the handle portion;
- wherein the handle portion includes (i) an extending portion that, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, extends outward from the door of the vehicle, and (ii) a movable portion disposed at the extending portion and movable relative to the extending portion;
- wherein, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, the movable portion is disposed between the electronic switch and the base portion;
- wherein, when the handle portion is grasped by a user, the movable portion moves relative to the extending portion and outward away from the door and away from the base portion to engage the electronic switch and actuate the electronic switch;
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- wherein, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, and when the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates a latching mechanism of the door to at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) unlock the door, (ii) lock the door and (iii) open the door.
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly, the vehicular exterior door handle assembly comprising:
- a base portion configured to mount at a door of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly;
- a handle portion extending from the base portion;
- an electronic switch disposed within the base portion;
- wherein, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, the handle portion is disposed between the electronic switch and the base portion;
- wherein, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, the handle portion extends outward from the door of the vehicle, and wherein, when the handle portion is grasped by a user, the handle portion moves relative to the base portion and outward away from the door and away from the base portion to engage the electronic switch and actuate the electronic switch;
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- wherein, with the base portion mounted at the door of the vehicle, and when the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates a latching mechanism of the door to at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) unlock the door, (ii) lock the door and (iii) open the door.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.