Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.a.

U-shin Italia S.p.a.

Astorre Agostini

Fiorenzo Savant

A vehicle door handle wherein a lever, operated manually by a user, has a core having a seat and an aerial housed inside the seat and for identifying the user; the seat being insulated from the outside by at least one continuous layer of thermoplastic material at least partly surrounding the core and separated from the aerial by at least one spacer body.

Vehicle door handle

A vehicle door handle having a supporting structure connected to a door of a vehicle; a movable grip hinged to the supporting structure; and an inertial-mass safety device for preventing movement of the grip in the event of lateral impact on the vehicle. The device has a slide movable between a forward position retaining the grip and positively engaging a seat formed on the grip, and a withdrawn rest position permitting free movement of the grip; and an inertial mass separate from the slide and movable, in the event of lateral impact, to move the slide into the forward position.

A handle for controlling a lock of a vehicle door has a connecting structure for connection to the door; a control lever hinged to the connecting structure and gripped by a user; and a control device for setting only the one lock to a safety-off mode; the handle having a respective electric aerial, which is carried by the lever, detects an identification code carried by the user, and is connected to the control device to supply the control device with an enabling signal as the user approaches the vehicle.

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Alpignano, Italy

Astorre Agostini