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US 2001/0022266 A1Published application
Safety system for a car door
OwnerThierry Benardinventor
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Safety system for a car door comprising a handle with an external gripping lever, hinged on a support (1) fitted on the inside of a bodywork panel (2), this handle being controllable by a user to open a door lock. Means are provided to detect movement of the lever. They comprise a bulb (8) containing “reed” type contacts (9) and a magnet (9), between which a passageway (16) is formed along which a part (10) forming a magnetic screen can be moved using the lever. This part moves from a position in which the lever is in the rest position with the contacts being in a first state, to at least one position starting from which the contacts move into a second state when the lever is moved from its rest position. These detection means are used together with means of detecting when a hand is close to the handle.
Safety system for a car door comprising a control handle including an external gripping lever (3) that is hinged on a handle support (1, this lever being controllable by a user from a rest position and at least as far as an open position to control a lock that keeps the door in the closed position, the system comprising means of detecting movement of the gripping lever from its rest position, characterized in that these movement detection means include a bulb (8) containing “reed” type contacts and a control magnet (9), between which a passageway (16) is formed along which a part (10) forming a magnetic screen can move from an initial position in which the gripping lever is in the rest position and the contacts are in a first switching state, to at least one second position starting from which the contacts move into a second switching state when the gripping lever is moved from its rest position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.