Vehicle door handle assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12385298-B2
Application number	US-202318173220-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2023
Priority date	Feb 23, 2022
Publication date	Aug 12, 2025
Grant date	Aug 12, 2025

Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle door handle assembly ( 1 ) comprising a handle ( 2 ) comprising a first extremity ( 22 ) and a second extremity ( 23 ) opposed to the first extremity ( 22 ), the first extremity ( 22 ) being connected to a first lever ( 3 ) connected to an opening lever, said first lever ( 3 ) rotating between a rest position where the first extremity ( 22 ) is in a rest position, a deployed position where the first extremity ( 22 ) is in a deployed position outside the bracket ( 10 ) and an opening position where the first lever ( 3 ) actuates the opening lever, the second extremity ( 23 ) being connected to a second lever ( 4 ) rotating between a rest position where the second extremity ( 23 ) is a rest position, an activation position where the second extremity ( 23 ) is pushed into the bracket ( 10 ), and a deployed position where the second extremity ( 23 ) is in a deployed position outside the bracket ( 10 ), the vehicle door handle assembly ( 1 ) also comprising a return lever ( 5 ) connected to the second lever ( 4 ), said return lever ( 5 ) rotating between a first position and a second position, the return lever ( 5 ) comprising an elastic mean ( 56 ) passively bringing back said return lever ( 5 ) to its first position, the rotation of the second lever ( 4 ) to its activation position actuates the rotation of the return lever ( 5 ) from its first to its second position, and the passive rotation of the return lever ( 5 ) from its second to its first position actuates the rotation of the second lever ( 4 ) from its deployed position to its rest position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle door handle assembly comprising:
a bracket;
a handle, said handle including a first extremity and a second extremity opposed to the first extremity, the first extremity being connected to a first lever, said first lever being designed to be connected to an opening lever to open a latch of a vehicle door, said first lever being designed to rotate between a rest position where the first extremity of the handle is in a rest position, a deployed position where the first extremity of the handle is in a deployed position outside the bracket and an opening position where the first lever actuates the opening lever, and the second extremity being connected to a second lever, said second lever being designed to rotate between a rest position where the second extremity of the handle is a rest position, an activation position where the second extremity of the handle is pushed into the bracket, and a deployed position where the second extremity of the handle is in a deployed position outside the bracket; and
a return lever having a first extremity connected to the second lever, said return lever being designed to rotate between a first position and a second position, the return lever including an elastic means passively bringing back said return lever to its first position,
wherein the rotation of the second lever to its activation position actuates the rotation of the return lever from its first to its second position, and the passive rotation of the return lever from its second to its first position actuates the rotation of the second lever from its deployed position to its rest position.

2. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the return lever is connected to a delay element which slows down the passive rotation of the return lever from its second to its first position.

3. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the delay element comprises at least one damper.

4. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one damper comprises a gearwheel and wherein the extremity of the return lever connected to the at least one damper comprises an arc portion with teeth engaged with said gearwheel.

5. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the extremity of the return lever connected to the at least one damper comprises a portion without teeth in order to disconnect the return lever of the at least one damper before the said return lever reaches its first position.

6. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first lever comprises an elastic means passively bringing back said first lever from its deployed position to its rest position.

7. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second lever comprises an elastic means passively rotating said second lever toward its deployed position.

8. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the connection between the first lever and the first extremity of the handle is a pivot-slide connection.

9. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second levers are connected together with at least one first rod, said first rod transmitting the rotation of the second lever from its activation position to its deployed position to the first lever, rotating said first lever from its rest position to its deployed position.

10. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the first rod comprises a pivot-slide connection with anyone of the first or second lever so that the first lever can rotate from its rest position to its deployed position or from its deployed position to its opening position without rotating the second lever.

11. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second and the return levers are connected together by a second and a third rods,
said second rod transmitting the rotation of the second lever from its rest position to its activation position to the return lever, rotating said return lever from its first position to its second position,
said third rod transmitting the rotation of the return lever from its second position to its first position to the second lever, rotating said second lever from its deployed position to its rest position.

12. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the second rod comprises a pivot-slide connection with anyone of the second or return lever.

13. The vehicle door handle assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the third rod comprises a pivot-slide connection with anyone of the second or return lever.

Assignees

• U Shin Italia Spa

Inventors

• Peynot Thomas
• Ilardo Simone
• Guerin Anthony
• Citron Frédéric

Classifications

• E05B85/16

  a longitudinal grip part being pivoted at one end about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the grip part · CPC title

• E05B77/42

  Means for damping the movement of lock parts, e.g. slowing down the return movement of a handle (E05B77/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E05B85/103 Primary

  creating a completely closed wing surface · CPC title

• E05B85/107 Primary

  Pop-out handles, e.g. sliding outwardly before rotation · CPC title