Flush Door Handle, Vehicle Comprising Same, and Control Method for Vehicle
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorBin Chen
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Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a flush door handle, which comprises a driving device, a handle body, an elastic component, and an electromagnetic device. The flush door handle of the present disclosure can electrically drive the handle body to move between the flush position and the deployed position by means of the driving device. Moreover, the handle body can be released and driven to move to the deployed position when the vehicle is in an abnormal state, for example, when the vehicle is powered off or has a failed driving device, to provide an accommodating space into which an operator may insert his/her hand to open the vehicle door by pulling the handle body, and accordingly the safety and the reliability of the flush door handle are improved.
Claims12
A flush door handle, comprising:
- a driving device;
- a handle body, the handle body having a flush position and a deployed position,
- and being movable between the flush position and the deployed position under the drive of the driving device;
- an elastic component, the elastic component being configured to provide the handle body with a pretension force for moving the handle body toward the deployed position;
- and an electromagnetic device, the electromagnetic device being configured in such a way that the electromagnetic device attracts, when energized, the handle body such that the handle body is subjected to an acting force opposite to the pretension force, to prevent the pretension force from moving the handle body toward the deployed position;
- and that the electromagnetic device releases, when deenergized, the handle body such that the handle body is moved to the deployed position under the action of the pretension force of the elastic component.
A vehicle, comprising:
- a power supply system;
- a control device;
- and a flush door handle according toa flush door handle according to
- wherein the control device is configured to electrically connect the power supply system and the electromagnetic device in a controllable manner to energize or deenergize the electromagnetic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.