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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2023
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Andreas Rudolf, Eibelstadt, DE;
Zsolt Wilke, Bad Mergentheim, DE;
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an actuating mechanism for actuating, in particular unlocking and opening, vehicle doors. The actuating mechanism includes: an actuator (), in particular with a handle, for opening vehicle doors (); a kinematics () for transmitting a movement of the actuator to a signal transmitter. The kinematics () comprises a cam disk (); and an elastic biasing element () biased against the cam disk (). The cam disk () cooperates with the biasing element () in order to define a first force threshold for a first rotation of the cam disk () as well as a second, higher force threshold for a second, downstream rotation of the cam disk ().