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US 8,997,537 B2Granted
Opening apparatus for a door that has an outer panel, a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle door with such an opening apparatus
AssigneeDr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft
InventorJens Zimmer
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Abstract
A door (200) of a motor vehicle has an outer panel (100) and an opening apparatus. The opening apparatus has a door handle (30) and a door lock (20) with a lock barrel (10). The lock barrel (10) and the door handle (30) are arranged completely on the inner side of the outer panel (100) of the door (200).
Claims15
A door opening apparatus of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door having a hinged end and a free end opposite the hinged end, the hinged end and the free end being spaced from one another along a longitudinal direction of the door, the door having an outer panel extending from the hinged end to the free end;
- a recessed indentation formed in a region of the motor vehicle adjacent the free end of the door;
- a door lock having a lock barrel and arranged in proximity to the free end of the door;
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- a door handle arranged in proximity to the free end of the door and being pivotable about a pivot axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal direction of the door;
- the lock barrel and the door handle being arranged completely on an inner side of the outer panel of the door and being accessible only via the recessed indentation in the region of the motor vehicle adjacent the free end of the door.
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A motor vehicle, comprising:
- a door having a hinged end and a free end opposite the hinged end, the hinged end and the free end being spaced from one another along a longitudinal direction of the door, the door having an outer panel extending from the hinged end to the free end;
- a recessed indentation formed in a region of the motor vehicle adjacent the free end of the door;
- a door lock having a lock barrel and arranged in proximity to the free end of the door;
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- a door handle arranged in proximity to the free end of the door and being pivotable about a pivot axis that is not parallel to the longitudinal direction of the door;
- the lock barrel and the door handle being arranged completely on an inner side of the outer panel of the door and being accessible only via the recessed indentation in the region of the motor vehicle adjacent the free end of the door.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.