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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Damien LaBonde, Essen, DE;
Kiekert AG, Heiligenhaus, DE;
Abstract
An actuating assembly used in motor vehicle having an alarm system, a door having a panel, and a latch has a handle extending longitudinally outside the panel and having one end coupled to the latch and another end projecting through the panel and provided with a fork having a longitudinally open seat and a backing plate on inside the panel and provided with a transversely extending pivot bar engaged in the seat of the fork. The handle is pivotal about the bar between a rest position relatively close to the door and an outer actuated position pulled out from the door. An electrical conductor imbedded in the handle has a pair of opposite ends exposed longitudinally at the fork. Respective contact elements secured to the door are releasably engaged with the conductor ends. The contact elements and opposite ends are positioned such that on movement of the handle outward beyond its outer actuated position at least one of the contacts is separated from the respective conductor end. Electrical circuitry between the alarm system and the contacts activates the alarm system when one of the contacts is separated from the respective conductor end.