Cover flap arrangement for a handle arrangement of a motor vehicle door

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9724985-B2
Application number	US-201414481682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	Sep 10, 2013
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

The invention relates to a cover flap arrangement for a handle arrangement of a motor vehicle door, the handle arrangement having an, in particular, elongate handle section with a gripping region and two gripping openings which are arranged on both sides of the handle section towards the gripping region. It is proposed that the cover flap arrangement has two cover flaps which can be adjusted in each case between a covering position, in which, in the installed state, they in each case cover a gripping opening, in particular sealingly, and an exposing position, in which, in the installed state, they in each case expose a gripping opening.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cover flap arrangement for a handle arrangement of a motor vehicle door, the cover flap arrangement comprising two cover flaps;
wherein the handle arrangement has an elongate handle section and two gripping openings, the elongate handle section having a gripping region and the two gripping openings arranged on opposite sides of the handle section and extending toward the gripping region;
wherein in an installed state of the cover flap arrangement, each cover flap is adjustable between a covering position and an exposing position;
wherein in the covering position each cover flap covers a respective gripping opening; and
wherein in the exposing position, each cover flap exposes the respective gripping opening.

2. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein in the covering position, the cover flaps are arranged in a substantially planar manner with an outer wall surface.

3. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the two cover flaps dip into the gripping region during the adjustment from the respective covering position into the respective exposing position.

4. The cover flap arrangement according claim 1 , wherein an adjusting movement of the cover flaps between the covering position and the exposing position comprises a rotational component and/or a linear component.

5. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein each of the cover flaps comprises a pivot axis, and wherein each of the cover flaps can be adjusted in a pivoting manner.

6. The cover flap arrangement according claim 1 , wherein the gripping region is delimited by a recessed grip.

7. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein in the exposing position, each of the cover flaps covers an articulation opening in the recessed grip.

8. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 6 , wherein in the exposing position, each of the cover flaps is arranged in a substantially planar manner with a wall surface of the recessed grip.

9. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein the two cover flaps are movement-coupled to one another.

10. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein adjusting movements of the two cover flaps between the respective covering position and the respective exposing position differ from one another in terms of magnitude, and/or wherein the cover flaps have different flap geometries.

11. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , further comprising a drive arrangement for the motorized adjustment of the cover flaps.

12. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 1 , wherein a support is provided for accommodating at least part of the components of the cover flap arrangement.

13. A handle arrangement of a motor vehicle door comprising: a handle section with a gripping region and two gripping openings which are arranged on both sides of the handle section towards the gripping region, and a cover flap arrangement for covering the gripping openings according to claim 1 .

14. A motor vehicle door comprising a supporting structure; an exterior door skin which is arranged on the supporting structure, and a handle arrangement according to claim 13 .

15. The motor vehicle door according to claim 14 , wherein the exterior door skin and/or the supporting structure provide/provides a constituent part of the handle section, wherein the constituent part absorbs an actuating force.

16. The motor vehicle door according to claim 14 , wherein the cover flaps are arranged above and below the handle section in relation to the vertical axis of the motor vehicle.

17. The cover flap arrangement according claim 6 , wherein the recessed grip defines articulation openings, through which the cover flaps are articulated.

18. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 9 , wherein the two cover flaps are movement-coupled to one another in such a way that the two cover flaps each reach their covering positions and/or their exposing positions at the same time.

19. The cover flap arrangement according to claim 18 , wherein the pivoting directions of the two cover flaps are always opposed to one another.

Assignees

• Brose Schliesssysteme Gmbh
• Brose Schilesssysteme Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Leve Dirk

Classifications

• Y10T292/57

  Operators with knobs or handles · CPC title

• E05B85/103

  creating a completely closed wing surface · CPC title

• E05B81/77 Primary

  comprising sensors detecting the presence of the hand of a user · CPC title

• B60J5/0493 Primary

  Appurtenances · CPC title

• E05B5/00

  Handles completely let into the surface of the wing {(E05B85/10 takes precedence)} · CPC title