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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2022
Alps Alpine Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Sato, Miyagi, JP;
Yuzuru Kawana, Miyagi, JP;
Kazuhito Oshita, Miyagi, JP;
Masaru Komatsu, Miyagi, JP;
ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A door handle apparatus to be attached to a door of a vehicle is provided. The door handle apparatus includes a case, a strain body, and an elastic mechanism. The case includes an outer case provided so as to face a vehicle exterior side and an inner case provided so as to face a vehicle interior side. The outer case and the inner case are integrated with each other. The strain body is provided in the case, has a sensor mounted on a middle portion between one end portion and an opposite end portion of the strain body, and the one end portion of the strain body is fixed to a portion on a center side of the inner case. The elastic mechanism uses an elastic force to press the opposite end portion of the strain body against a fixing portion at an end of the inner case.