Huf H&uuml;lsbeck & F&uuml;rst Gmbh & Co. Kg

Huf H&uuml;lsbeck & Furst Gmbh & Co. Kg

Stefan M&ouml;nig

Manfred Rohlfing

A door handle for vehicles includes a connecting member adapted to act on a lock when the handle is actuated, and a normally inactive crash locking unit for the connecting member. A crash sensor is connected to the crash locking unit so as to activate the crash locking unit in the event of a crash, so that the crash locking unit blocks the connecting member and the inertia forces which act to actuate the handle are not transmitted to the lock. The connecting member includes a drive member movable together with the connecting member, and the drive member is mounted in a liquid medium so as to be moved in this medium when the connecting member is moved. The viscosity of the medium changes in dependence on an electrical field acting in the medium. The crash sensor controls the electrical field prevailing in the medium.

External door handle for vehicles

An outer door handle for vehicles has a stationary housing in the vehicle door. The handle has a handle arm and acts on a lock arranged within the door. A pivotable latching member serves as a mass latching mechanism and makes the handle actuatable in a release position. Because of its inertia in a crash situation, the latching member reaches an active support position and blocks the handle. The pivot bearing for the latching member is located on the stationary housing. The movable handle arm has a shoulder. A counter shoulder is provided on the latching member. The folding movement path of the shoulder on the handle arm is intersected by the pivot movement path of the counter shoulder. In a crash situation the shoulder comes to rest against the counter shoulder. In the release position, the shoulder passes the counter shoulder upon handle actuation.

Outer door handle, especially for vehicles

A kit for an external vehicle door handle has a carrier fastened at an inner side of a door panel and a handle mounted on the carrier from the exterior of the door. The carrier has a pivotable bearing arm with a coupling receptacle and the handle has a shaft end with a coupling plug engaging the coupling receptacle of the bearing arm during mounting of the handle. A locking device accessible through a hole in a door folding secures in a locking position the coupling plug and the coupling receptacle for coupling the handle and the bearing arm. The bearing arm has a spring-loaded locking member with a locking location and the coupling plug has a matching counter locking location. The locking device has an adjustable obstacle projecting into the restoring path of the locking member and locking the locking member engaging the counter locking member.

Kit for an external door handle, in particular for vehicles

The invention relates to a door handle, comprising a handle located on the visible side of the door and a support ( ) for said handle which is fixed onto the reverse side of the door. The handle has connecting elements at both extremities which penetrate recesses in the door, whereby one extremity is connected to a lever ( &prime;) which is mounted on a pivoting support ( ). A housing which can contain a locking cylinder is inserted into the support ( ) next to the handle. According to the invention, in order to simplify the assembly of the handle, a retaining element ( ) is positioned between the support ( ) and the lever ( &prime;) which, in its usual active retaining position, secures the lever in a defined pivoted position, pointing outwards. The handle can be connected easily to the lever in this pivoted position. However, when the housing is inserted into the support, the retaining element ( ) is displaced into its inactive position, where it releases the lever ( &prime;).

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Schwelm, Germany

Stefan Mönig

Growing community of inventors

Schwelm, Germany

Stefan M&ouml;nig

Stefan Mönig