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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2016
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Roland Och, Rottendorf, DE;
Zsolt Wilke, Bad Mergentheim, DE;
Matthias Seubert, Giebelstadt, DE;
Joachim Oberst, Grossrinderfield, DE;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
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, —a flush or retracted position, in which the handle () is flush or retracted with respect to an outer door surface, —a deployed position, in which the handle () protrudes or protrudes to a greater extent than in the retracted position, —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.