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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2024
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Vitesco Technologies Gmbh, Hanover, DE;
Alain Fontanet, Toulouse, FR;
Armand Castandet, Toulouse, FR;
VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for detecting the intention to unlock an opening element () of a motor vehicle with a housing () containing a support element () having a region of contact () with a handle () and being associated with an amagnetic metal target (), the device comprising a printed circuit board (), a voltage source and at least one emitter primary coil (). The support element () forms an elongated lever arm, the target () being arranged at its longitudinal free end with its other longitudinal end fixed to an anchoring point () on the housing () while being flexible toward the primary coil () under the action of the pressure from the user on the opening element handle () or frame which is transmitted to the contact region () located away from the target () by more than half of a length of the support element ().