Controller apparatus and sensors for a vehicle door handle

A door handle assembly used in a vehicle handle, comprising:

• a door handle formed from a planar handle member having a first post portion and a second post portion;
• a swing arm having an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the upper portion of the swing arm is coupled near a distal portion of the first post portion of the door handle and a distal portion of the second post portion of the door handle and the lower portion is rotably attached to a shaft mounted to an inner door surface of the vehicle door;
• an extension force sensor fixedly attached to the inner door surface of the vehicle door that generates an extension force response signal when the extension force sensor comes into contact with the upper portion of the swing arm;
• a retraction force sensor fixedly attached to the lower portion of the swing arm that generates a retraction force response signal when the retraction force sensor on the lower portion of the swing arm comes into contact with a flush adjuster rod;
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• a handle controller that controls the operation of the door handle assembly by processing the extension force response signal received from the extension force sensor and the retraction force response signal received from the retraction force sensor.