Door handle device for a vehicle door
AssigneeMercedes-Benz Group AG
InventorAsmir SALKIC
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Abstract
A door handle device for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle includes a handle part and a cleaning device emitting UV-C light. The handle part is adjustable at least between a retracted non-use position and an extended use position. The cleaning device is configured in such a way that it loads the handle part in its non-use position with UV-C light and cleans it as a result.
Claims13
1-12. (canceled)
A door handle device for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle, the door handle device comprising:
- a handle part adjustable at least between a retracted non-use position and an extended use position;
- and
- a cleaning device that emits UV-C light and is a component of the handle part, wherein the cleaning device is configured such that the cleaning device loads the handle part in the retracted non-use position with UV-C light and cleans the handle part using the UV-C light.
A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle door;
- and
- a door handle device as a component of the vehicle door, wherein the door handle device comprises
- a handle part adjustable at least between a retracted non-use position and an extended use position;
- and
- a cleaning device that emits UV-C light and is a component of the handle part, wherein the cleaning device is configured such that the cleaning device loads the handle part in the retracted non-use position with UV-C light and cleans the handle part using the UV-C light.
A method for cleaning and disinfecting a handle part of a door handle device, which comprises a handle part adjustable at least between a retracted non-use position and an extended use position and a cleaning device that emits UV-C light and is a component of the handle part, wherein the method comprises:
- transferring the handle part into the retracted non-use position;
- loading, by the cleaning device, an interior space surrounding the handle part in the retracted non-use position with UV-C light;
- and
- emitting oxygen from a container into the interior space and converting the emitted oxygen into ozone as a result of the UV-C light to disinfect the handle part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.