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Patent No.:

US 11203887 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2018

Simplified vehicle door switch device with a large actuating surface

Applicant:

Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);

Inventors:

Zsolt Wilke, Bad Mergentheim, DE;

Joachim Oberst, Grossrinderfeld, DE;

Andreas Rudolf, Würzburg, DE;

Matthias Seubert, Giebelstadt, DE;

Assignee:

ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US);

Attorney:

Thompson Hine LLP

Primary Examiner:

Edwin A Leon

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/78 (2014.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01); H01H 21/22 (2006.01); H01H 3/04 (2006.01); H01H 3/02 (2006.01); E05D 1/02 (2006.01); E05B 79/06 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); H01H 3/12 (2006.01); H01H 3/20 (2006.01); H01H 3/38 (2006.01); H01H 3/00 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/00 (2006.01); H01H 21/24 (2006.01); E05D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E05B 81/78 (2013.01); E05B 79/06 (2013.01); E05B 81/76 (2013.01); E05B 85/10 (2013.01); E05D 1/02 (2013.01); H01H 3/02 (2013.01); H01H 3/04 (2013.01); H01H 3/122 (2013.01); H01H 21/22 (2013.01); B60R 16/005 (2013.01); E05D 1/00 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0078 (2013.01); H01H 3/20 (2013.01); H01H 3/38 (2013.01); H01H 21/24 (2013.01); H01H 2003/007 (2013.01); H01H 2231/026 (2013.01); Y10T 403/32163 (2015.01);
Abstract

A switch actuating device () for a vehicle door includes an actuating element () with an actuating surface (), a mechanical switch () and a mechanism (). The switch is secured on a first component/component group (). A lever () is mounted for pivot in relation to the first component/component group (). A first region () of the lever is connected to a first part of the actuating element () via a first articulation (). A second part of the actuating element () is mounted on the first component/component group () via a second articulation (). The actuating element () bends when the actuating surface () is subjected to manual pressure causing the distance between the first articulation () and the second articulation () to shorten, which causes the lever () to pivot toward the switch such that the switch is switched.

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