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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2024
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Rudy A. Morey, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Peterson, Ada, MI (US);
Darryl P. De Wind, West Olive, MI (US);
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a handle portion movable relative to a base portion. The handle portion includes a grasping portion pivotable relative to the base portion about a pivot axis. An electronic sensing device is configured to detect a discrete movement of the handle portion relative to the base portion. The detected discrete movement is in at least one direction parallel to a plane of the handle portion. The plane is parallel to the pivot axis and parallel to a longitudinal axis of the handle portion. Based on the electronic sensing device detecting an unlocking movement, an electronic switch coupled to a latch mechanism of the door is actuated. The unlocking movement includes two or more discrete movements of the handle portion. When the electronic switch is actuated, the electronic switch actuates the latch mechanism of the door to unlock the door.