Arrester component for a door operation assembly

An arrester component for a door operation assembly of a vehicle, the arrester component comprising:

• a housing;
• a barrier mounted to the housing and movable therein, wherein the barrier is configured to cooperate with an outside door handle of the door operation assembly;
• and
• an activator/deactivator disposed in the housing, wherein the activator/deactivator is configured to use an input corresponding to a state of locking or unlocking of a vehicle door and to cause movement of the barrier to regulate the outside door handle of the door operation assembly between a flush position and a deployed position;
• wherein the arrester component comprises an arrester cable connecting the activator/deactivator to a door locking mechanism to determine the state of locking or unlocking of the vehicle door, wherein the arrester cable is to move based on operation of the door locking mechanism to cause actuation of the activator/deactivator.

A vehicle comprising:

• a door operation assembly comprising:
• a door locking mechanism disposed in a vehicle door for at least one of locking and unlocking of the vehicle door;
• a latching mechanism disposed in the vehicle door for at least one of latching and delatching the vehicle door;
• an internal door handle assembly provided on an interior surface of the vehicle door, wherein the internal door handle assembly is operably coupled to the door locking mechanism to at least one of lock and unlock the vehicle door and operably coupled to the latching mechanism to delatch the vehicle door;
• an outside door handle assembly provided on an exterior surface of the vehicle door, the outside door handle assembly comprising:
• an outside door handle operably coupled to the latching mechanism to at least delatch the vehicle door, wherein the outside door handle is movable between a flush position and a deployed position;
• wherein the outside door handle assembly comprises an actuator coupled to the outside door handle;
• and
• an arrester component mounted to the outside door handle assembly, the arrester component comprising:
• a housing;
• a barrier mounted to the housing and movable therein, wherein the barrier is to cooperate with the outside door handle, wherein the barrier is engageable with the actuator of the outside door handle to regulate the movement thereof;
• and
• an activator/deactivator disposed in the housing, wherein the activator/deactivator is to use an input corresponding to a state of locking or unlocking of the vehicle door to cause movement of the barrier to regulate movement of the outside door handle of the door operation assembly, wherein,
• when the vehicle door is in a locked state and if the outside door handle is in the flush position, the activator/deactivator causes the barrier to arrest the movement of the outside door handle from the flush position to the deployed position;
• when the vehicle door is in the locked state and if the outside door handle is in the deployed position, the activator/deactivator causes the barrier to allow the movement of the outside door handle from the deployed position to the flush position.