Device for controlling opening of a motor vehicle door

A motor vehicle door opening apparatus comprising:

• a door defining at least one fixed pivot axis;
• a lock carried by the door;
• and a manually operable door handle mounted on the door for pivoting displacement about said pivot axis between a first, rest, position and a second, fully open, position, the fully open position corresponding to unlocking of said lock;
• and a lock actuating linkage connected to the lock, wherein the apparatus further includes an intermediate lever carried by the door for pivoting displacement of the intermediate lever about said fixed pivot axis and connected to said lock actuating linkage;
• a controllable motorised mechanism interposed operatively between the door handle and the intermediate lever, said motorised mechanism comprising a control member and means coupled to said control member for displacing said control member between an inhibited first state of said mechanism, in which manipulation of the door handle is ineffective on the intermediate lever;
• and an operational second state in which manipulation of the door handle causes simultaneous displacement of the intermediate lever, said mechanism being adapted to cause the intermediate lever to be displaced until said lock is unlocked when the mechanism is actuated to displace the mechanism from said inhibited first state to said operational second state.