Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Zsolt Wilke

Roland Och

Andreas Rudolf

Matthias Seubert

Joachim Oberst

Elmar Fries

Matthias Hegwein

Christian Beck

Johannes Karlein

Stefan Zöller

Kai Hamacher

Brian Svec

Adam Zawada

Massimo Trisorio

Anna Lisa Contini

Steffen Kolb

Erik Dilje

Martin Weid

Marek Kukuczka

The present disclosure relates to a module () for generating signals, in particular signals for opening vehicle doors or flaps. The module () includes: a one-piece housing () having a plug region () and a switch region (); at least one switch, in particular a microswitch (), which is connected releasably to the switch region () of the housing; and electrical contacts (), which are releasably connectable to the at least one switch and extend from the switch region () at least partially into the plug region (). The electrical contacts are configured in order to produce an electrical contact with an on-board plug for transmitting an electrical signal, wherein the housing () is preferably releasably connectable to a vehicle component, preferably an operator element housing, and particularly preferably a door lever housing.

Module for generating opening signals

An actuating apparatus for a door lock of a vehicle door, in particular as part of a door handle arrangement of a vehicle door, wherein the actuating apparatus has a handle part that is grippable by a hand and is configured in order to be transferable between a resting position and a ready position, and wherein the handle part is manually movable from the ready position into an actuating position and is in particular pivotably or linearly extendable, wherein the actuating apparatus is configured in order to actuate the door lock when the handle part reaches or has reached the actuating position. The actuating apparatus has a blocking and/or delay mechanism, which cooperates with the handle part such that the handle part is transferable from the ready position back into the resting position only with a time delay and/or only in an at least partially braked or dampened manner.

Actuating device for a door lock of a vehicle door

A door handle assembly () for a vehicle, wherein the door handle assembly includes a handle support () and a grip () for opening a door or flap of the vehicle, wherein the door handle assembly is configured in order to be transferable between a mounting state and an operating state, wherein, in the mounting state of the door handle assembly, at least one first end region () of the grip () can be inserted or plugged into a receiving region () formed in the handle support () and in particular configured in order to be channel- or shaft-shaped, and wherein, in the operating state of the door handle assembly, the grip () is pivotably mounted relative to the handle support () via a pivot bearing formed during the change from the mounting state to the operating state about a pivot axis specified by the pivot bearing.

Door handle assembly for a vehicle and method for mounting a door handle assembly

An interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, includes a housing and an actuating section which is arranged on the housing, wherein the housing and/or the actuating section have/has a carrier section made from a first plastic and a visible section made from another, second material which is connected to the carrier section in an integrally joined manner. A method for producing such an interior door handle arrangement is also provided.

Interior door handle arrangement of a vehicle, and method for producing an interior door handle arrangement

A covering device () for a vehicle, includes: a cover (); a drive element () formed to enable a movement of the cover, wherein the drive element brings about a force which acts on the cover. The covering device has a force-limitation apparatus () which limits the force brought about by the drive element to a limit force so that the covering device is protected in the event of an overload acting on the covering device and/or a user is protected when using the covering device. An actuator () has a drive apparatus () with a drive element (); an output drive element (); and a force-decoupling apparatus (). The force-decoupling apparatus is formed so that it at least temporarily does not output a force taken up by the drive element or at least temporarily outputs it in a delayed manner to the output drive element.

Covering device for a vehicle and actuator

A fastening device for fastening an interior component of a vehicle to a body component. The fastening device includes a fastening clip, a bracket associated with said fastening clip, and a blocking device. The fastening device can be transferred from a pre-assembly state into an assembly state. In the pre-assembly state, the blocking device is deactivated and the fastening clip, together with the associated bracket, can be inserted at least partly into an opening formed in the body component. Further, and the fastening clip or at least a portion of the fastening clip can be moved in a flexible manner relative to the associated bracket and in particular in an insertion direction and/or perpendicular to the insertion direction. In the assembly state, the blocking device is activated and a movement of the fastening clip or the portion of the fastening clip relative to the associated bracket is at least substantially blocked.

Fastening device for fastening a vehicle component to a body component

The invention relates to a door handle for a car, wherein the door handle has a handle section to be gripped manually and a pivoting bearing section, by way of which the door handle can be mounted on a car door such that it can be pivoted about a pivot axis between a closed position and an open position which unlocks the car door, wherein a metal ball, in particular a steel ball, or a metal cylinder, in particular a steel cylinder, is fastened to the door handle, wherein, if a predefined transverse acceleration which acts on the door handle occurs, the metal ball or the metal cylinder counteracts, as a counterweight, an opening force which acts on the handle section on account of the transverse acceleration. Moreover, the invention relates to a corresponding method for producing a door handle.

Door handle for a car, and method for producing a door handle

A door handle arrangement for a vehicle includes a housing which is fastenable to a body part of a vehicle body, and a handle lever which is mounted in a handle cutout of the housing so as to be movable between an inoperative position and an actuating position in order to unlock and/or open a vehicle door. The handle lever is mounted with play in the housing. At least one compensating element is provided which is designed to be fastened to at least one fastening portion of the body part. The compensating element forms at least one contact portion for the handle lever. The handle lever is pretensioned into its inoperative position against the at least one contact portion.

Door handle arrangement for a vehicle

Door handle assembly for a vehicle has a handle () mounted on a handle support () and one or more rest positions and at least one release position. The assembly has at least three different positions, &#x2014;a flush or retracted position, in which the handle () is flush or retracted with respect to an outer door surface, &#x2014;a deployed position, in which the handle () protrudes or protrudes to a greater extent than in the retracted position, &#x2014;and the at least one release position. The handle () is connected to the handle support () via two links () and rotational joints wherein one joint () also has a translational degree of freedom wherein a movement of the joint () along the translational degree of freedom is configured to mechanically actuate the door lock () or door lock () function.

Door handle for vehicle

A mechanism () for pivoting a charging or tank flap () on a charging or filler neck housing (), which is accommodated or can be accommodated in a body component of a motor vehicle, wherein the mechanism () is configured, by superposing at least two at least temporarily simultaneous circular rotational movements having different rotation radii or at least one at least temporarily simultaneous circular rotational movement and at least one linear movement, to pivot the charging or tank flap () reversibly between a first orientation, in particular a closed position of the charging or tank flap (), and a second orientation, in particular an open position of the charging or tank flap ().

Mechanism for pivoting a charging or tank flap, an arrangement including a charging or filler neck housing, at least one charging or tank flap, and at least one such mechanism, and a vehicle having at least one such arrangement

A tolerance compensation fastening apparatus () for fastening a first vehicle component () to a second vehicle component () by way of a bolt (), the fastening apparatus being set up to compensate for a tolerance within a tolerance compensation range. A fastening system including such a fastening apparatus, as well as to a method for fastening a first vehicle component to a second vehicle component by way of a bolt.

Tolerance compensation fastening apparatuses with extended tolerance compensation and simpler and quicker fastening

A signal generator, in particular opening switch, for a vehicle door or flap, including an actuator, in particular an actuator which can be manually actuated and/or gripped by an operating person, furthermore including a plug housing () with a switch () which is received therein or arranged thereon and which has electrical contacts () which form part of a plug connection, and including an actuator housing () with the actuator (), the actuator being mounted movably on the actuator housing () and acting on the switch (), the actuator housing () and the plug housing () being positionally fixed relative to one another, wherein the electrical contacts () are electrically connected to the switch () by plugged-in conductors.

Signal generator for a vehicle door

A door handle arrangement for a vehicle, includes a housing and a handle lever which is mounted on the housing such that it can be moved between a rest position and an actuating position for unlocking and/or opening a vehicle door, it being possible for the housing to be oriented on a vehicle body outer part which forms a part of the outer surface of a vehicle body and has a handle cut-out for the handle lever, first positioning projections being provided on the housing, which first positioning projections are configured to bear against an angled-over edge of the vehicle body outer part, which angled-over edge delimits the handle cut-out of the vehicle body outer part at least in regions, and, as a result, to position the handle lever with the housing in at least one spatial direction in relation to the handle cut-out.

An illumination module () for illuminating a region of a vehicle component (), which includes a main body (). The illumination module () includes a light source support () having at least one light source (') and a housing half shell (), which is connectable to a wall region of the main body () of the vehicle component () such that a housing defined by the housing half shell () of the illumination module, on the one hand, and by the wall region of the main body () of the vehicle component (), on the other hand, is formed. The light source support () has the at least one light source received in the housing, at least in regions, and the housing includes at least one light outlet region (&#x2032;), via which light emitted by the at least one light source can be decoupled from the housing.

Illumination module for illuminating a region of a vehicle component

An actuating device, for a motor vehicle door lock, having a handle part grippable by one hand and being movable by a mechanism from a rest position into a standby position, and being movable manually into an actuating position starting from the standby position, the actuating device configured to actuate the door lock if the handle part reaches the actuating position, the actuating device having a device for reducing a transverse play of the handle parts such that the transverse play in the standby position is reduced with respect to the transverse play in a position between the rest position and the standby position, the device for reducing the transverse play configured to completely or partially cancel again the reduction of the transverse play in the standby position if the handle part is moved from the standby position into the actuating position.

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Bad Mergentheim, Germany

Zsolt Wilke