Door handle for vehicle
AssigneeSL Corporation
InventorsJinkeun Kim, Shenghuan Quan
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Abstract
A door handle for a door of a vehicle includes a handle unit; and an opening/closing unit that pushes the handle unit to an exterior of a door panel or pull the handle unit to an interior of the door panel. In response to the handle unit being pressed toward the interior of the door panel while being laid flush with the door panel, the handle unit protrudes to the exterior of the door panel and switches to an open mode. In response to the handle unit being pressed while in the open mode, the handle unit retracts to the interior of the door panel and switches to a storage mode.
Claims23
A door handle for a door of a vehicle comprising:
- a handle unit;
- and
- an opening/closing unit that pushes the handle unit to an exterior of a door panel or pull the handle unit to an interior of the door panel,
- wherein, in response to the handle unit being pressed toward the interior of the door panel while being laid flush with the door panel, the handle unit protrudes to the exterior of the door panel and switches to an open mode,
- wherein, in response to the handle unit being pressed while it is in the open mode, the handle unit retracts to the interior of the door panel and switches to a storage mode,
- wherein the opening/closing unit includes a link part, the link part comprising:
- a first link, a first end of which is rotatably coupled to a first side of the handle unit;
- and
- a second link, a first end of which is rotatably coupled to a second side of the handle unit, and
- wherein the opening/closing unit further includes an operating part, which is configured to:
- move a second end of the first link and a second end of the second link away from each other to switch to the open mode;
- and
- move the second end of the first link and the second end of the second link toward each other to switch to the storage mode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.