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US 7,062,945 B2Granted
Door handle apparatus
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsHajime Saitoh, Kazuhiko Yamada, Tomofumi Ichinose
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Abstract
A door handle apparatus having a door handle 12 which is provided on a back door of an automobile in such a manner as to oscillate freely and a cover member 20 for covering the door handle 12, wherein a detection sensor 30 for detecting the approach of an operator toward the door handle 12 is provided between the door handle 12 and the cover member 20.
Claims13
A door handle apparatus comprising:
- a door handle provided on a vehicle door in such a manner as to swing freely and having an outer surface facing away from the vehicle door,
- a non-movable cover member secured to the vehicle door in a position covering a substantial portion of the outer surface of the door handle, wherein the door handle may swing freely in a space defined between the vehicle door and the cover member, and
- a detection sensor provided between the door handle and the cover member for detecting the approach of an operator toward the door handle.
A door handle apparatus comprising:
- a door handle provided on a vehicle door in such a manner as to swing freely and having an outer surface facing away from the vehicle door,
- a non-movable cover member covering substantially the outer surface of the door handle, and
- a detection sensor provided between the door handle and the cover member for detecting the approach of an operator toward the door handle, wherein the detection sensor is fixed by a screw fastening unit which is screwed and fastened from an opposite side to a side where the door handle is operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.