Flush mounted vehicle handle
AssigneeAisin Technical Center of America, Inc.
InventorsStephanie Vasi, Eric Archambeau, Mike Howlett, Patrick Stewart
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Abstract
An outside handle of a door of a vehicle that opens a latch, including a rotatable flap that sits flush against an outer panel of the vehicle in a closed position and that provides an opening to an interior of the handle in an open position, and a rotating lever behind the outer panel, movement of the lever opening the latch of the door. The handle is arranged such that the flap rotates to the open position when the door is unlocked and rotates to the closed position when the door is locked.
Claims9
An outside handle of a door of a vehicle that opens a latch, comprising:
- a flap that sits flush against an outer panel of the vehicle in a closed position and that provides an opening to an interior of the handle in an open position;
- a rotating lever behind the outer panel, movement of the lever opening the latch of the door;
- a case that encloses the lever and that defines the interior of the handle, the flap rotating relative to the case;
- a solenoid on an outer surface of the case that rotates the flap to the open position when the door is unlocked and that rotates to the closed position when the door is locked, the solenoid including a solenoid shaft;
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- a bent rod including a first portion around which the flap rotates, a second portion which connects to an end of the solenoid shaft, and a third portion that connects the first and second portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.