Vehicle door, in particular a tailgate
AssigneeCompagnie Plastic Omnium
InventorsStephanie Ader, Claude Jacquemard, Maelig Pommeret
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Abstract
A vehicle door, in particular a tailgate (1), the door comprising an outside face (2) and an end face (4) opposite from a region where it is hinged to the vehicle. It includes a handle (10) integrated in the end face (4) and an opening (14) in the outside face (2) of the door to give access to said handle when the door is closed.
Claims10
A vehicle door, in particular a tailgate (1), the door comprising an outside face (2) and an end face (4) opposite from a region where it is hinged to the vehicle, the door being characterized by the fact that it includes a handle (10;
- 10′;
- 10″) integrated in the end face (4) and an opening (14) in the outside face (2) of the door to give access to said handle when the door is closed.
A door according to the preceding claim, characterized by the fact that said bearing surfaces (15, 16) are constituted by integrally-formed walls (17, 18) of plastics material (10) fitted to a box structure (12) of the door.
A door according to the preceding claim, characterized by the fact that at least one of said walls (17, 18) bears against a bearing surface (11) of the box structure (12).
A door according to any preceding claim, characterized by the fact that the handle (10) has an outside wall (22) integrated in the end face (4) of the door, a grip zone (23) in the center of said outside wall, and a setback (24) for receiving the last phalanges of the user's hand while opening or closing the door.
A door according to any preceding claim, characterized by the fact that it includes a lock having a control member (30′), and by the fact that the handle presents a bearing surface that is used for opening and that is defined by a moving and/or deformable wall arranged to act on the control member of the lock while the user is exerting an upwardly-directed force on opening the door.
A door according to the preceding claim, characterized by the fact that the moving and/or deformable wall is made in the form of a wall of rigid plastics material connected via a film hinge to the remainder of the handle.
A door according to any preceding claim, characterized by the fact that the surface of the handle against which the user bears has a soft covering in order to increase user comfort.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.