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Vehicle door latch assembly
A vehicle door latch assembly includes a sensor 306 on a handle (lever 305, fig.3a) operating an electric actuator (402, fig.4a) providing electronic release of a latch (210, fig.2). The handle is also manually movable to act on a linkage 311, e.g. Bowden cable, to release the latch. The sensor may be a compressible button/switch or a touch sensor such as capacitive sensor. Preferably the force exerted to operate the sensor is in a different direction to force required to manually move the handle, e.g. the force to actuate the sensor is orthogonal to a downward manual pivoting of the handle, therefore pulling on the door handle outward to open the door operates the sensor to unlatch the door. The handle may be hidden from view behind a door panel accessed via an undercut 206 in the door skin.
Vehicle door latch assembly
A vehicle door latch assembly includes a sensor 306 on a handle (lever 305, fig.3a) operating an electric actuator (402, fig.4a) providing electronic release of a latch (210, fig.2). The handle is also manually movable to act on a linkage 311, e.g. Bowden cable, to release the latch. The sensor may be a compressible button/switch or a touch sensor such as capacitive sensor. Preferably the force exerted to operate the sensor is in a different direction to force required to manually move the handle, e.g. the force to actuate the sensor is orthogonal to a downward manual pivoting of the handle, therefore pulling on the door handle outward to open the door operates the sensor to unlatch the door. The handle may be hidden from view behind a door panel accessed via an undercut 206 in the door skin.
Vehicle door latch assembly
PATRICK WILLIAM PATTERSON (author) / ANDREW JOHN SYVRET (author)
2020-07-22
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC:
E05B
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