Vehicular door handle assembly

A vehicular door handle assembly, the vehicular door handle assembly comprising;

• a base portion configured to mount the vehicular door handle assembly at a door of a vehicle;
• a handle portion including a grasping portion;
• wherein, with the vehicular door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, the handle portion is movable relative to the base portion between (i) a recessed position where the grasping portion of the handle portion is recessed at the base portion and not graspable by a user and (ii) an extended position where the grasping portion of the handle portion protrudes outward from the base portion and is graspable by the user;
• wherein the handle portion comprises (i) a slider element that is laterally movable relative to the base portion to move the handle portion between the recessed position and the extended position and (ii) a flexible cover element that is coupled to the slider element and that flexes relative to the base portion to accommodate movement of the slider element as the slider element moves the handle portion between the recessed position and the extended position;
• wherein, with the handle portion in the extended position, the flexible cover element is graspable by the user;
• an actuator;
• wherein the actuator is electrically operable to move the handle portion between the recessed position and the extended position;
• wherein the actuator, when electrically operated, imparts rotational movement of a cam shaft relative to the base portion;
• and
• wherein as the cam shaft rotates relative to the base portion, a cam rotates with the cam shaft and engages the slider element, and wherein the slider element moves laterally relative to the base portion according to rotation of the cam to move the handle portion between the recessed position and the extended position.

A vehicular exterior door handle assembly, the vehicular exterior door handle assembly comprising;

• a base portion configured to mount the vehicular exterior door handle assembly at a door of a vehicle;
• a handle portion including a grasping portion;
• wherein, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, the handle portion is movable relative to the base portion between (i) a recessed position where the grasping portion of the handle portion is recessed at the base portion and not graspable by a user and (ii) an extended position where the grasping portion of the handle portion protrudes outward from the base portion and is graspable by the user;
• a light module that is electrically operable to emit light, wherein, with the vehicular exterior door handle assembly mounted at the door of the vehicle, the light module is disposed between the base portion and an outer panel at the door of the vehicle at a cutout region of the outer panel at the door of the vehicle;
• wherein the light module comprises (i) a light pipe, (ii) a light source that is electrically operable to emit light that illuminates the light pipe and (iii) a bracket mounted to the base portion, and wherein the bracket accommodates the light pipe and the light source;
• wherein, with the handle portion in the recessed position, the light pipe of the light module at least partially circumscribes the handle portion;
• wherein the light pipe comprises (i) a first portion that extends along a first edge of the cutout region of the outer panel at the door and (ii) a second portion that extends along a second edge of the cutout region of the outer panel at the door, and wherein the second edge opposes the first edge;
• wherein, with the handle portion in the extended position, the handle portion extends at least partially through the cutout region of the outer panel at the door of the vehicle;
• and
• wherein, with the handle portion in the extended position, and when the light module is electrically operated to emit light, the light pipe emits light that passes through the cutout region at the outer panel at the door to illuminate the handle portion.