Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B77/00—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes
  • E05B77/02—Vehicle locks characterised by special functions or purposes for accident situations
  • E05B77/04—Preventing unwanted lock actuation, e.g. unlatching, at the moment of collision
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
  • E05B85/10—Handles
  • E05B85/107—Pop-out handles, e.g. sliding outwardly before rotation
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B17/00—Accessories in connection with locks
  • E05B17/10—Illuminating devices on or for locks or keys; Transparent or translucent lock parts; Indicator lights
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B81/00—Power-actuated vehicle locks
  • E05B81/54—Electrical circuits
  • E05B81/64—Monitoring or sensing, e.g. by using switches or sensors
  • E05B81/76—Detection of handle operation; Detection of a user approaching a handle; Electrical switching actions performed by door handles
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
  • E05B85/00—Details of vehicle locks not provided for in groups E05B77/00 - E05B83/00
  • E05B85/10—Handles
  • E05B85/103—Handles creating a completely closed wing surface
• • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
  • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
  • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
  • Y10T292/00—Closure fasteners
  • Y10T292/57—Operators with knobs or handles

Definitions

• the invention relates to a handle device for a locking device of a vehicle having a handle which is movably mounted to a door of the vehicle and a locking unit for preventing accidental opening of the door due to the action of acting on the handle part accelerations, in particular in an accident on the Act vehicle, the locking unit between a locking position and a release position is displaceable, wherein in the release position, a movement of the handle part is made possible and in the locking position, a movement of the handle part is blocked. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for operating a grip device.
• a locking unit is used as a crash barrier in a grip device.
• DE 199 49 119 A1 discloses, for example, that mass elements of a blocking unit are used due to their inertia for securing vehicle doors in the event of an accident. This is
• the locking unit here consists of a loosely arranged mass element which moves when forces occur in an accident, a pivotable locking element, whereby movement of the vehicle handle is blocked.
• the locking unit is always in a release position, in which the handle part actuated by the user, in particular can be pivoted. Only when occurring accelerations on the handle part, the locking unit is briefly brought in its locking position on the mass element, whereby a movement of the handle part is effectively blocked.
• a reliably functioning barrier unit with mass elements is expensive to install.
• the weight of the overall arrangement is increased by the use of mass elements. It has also been found that the mere provision of mass elements in the barrier unit, the opening of a vehicle door in a side impact in borderline situations can not be completely ruled out.
• the invention provides that an actuating unit is provided which is in operative connection with the blocking unit such that the locking unit can be brought from the locking position into the release position via activation of the actuating unit.
• the essential essence of this invention is that the gripping device is always secured by the locking unit.
• This means that the locking unit is constantly in its Arretsammlungslage and thus prevents accidental opening of the door. Opening the door can only be done lent be effected by, when the actuator unit is activated, whereby the locking unit is briefly brought from its locking position in the release position. In the release position of the locking unit, the user can actuate the handle part, in particular trigger a door opening of the vehicle by a pulling movement on the handle part.
• the locking unit can be brought into its respective position via manual activation of the actuating unit.
• Activation can take place, for example, via a mere approach to the actuating unit.
• a capacitive sensor on the handle device in particular be provided in the actuator, which detects a corresponding approach.
• a contact of the actuating unit by the user is conceivable, whereby an activation of the actuating unit takes place.
• the actuating unit is brought out of its rest position, in particular pressed in by the user and / or pivoted.
• an activation of the actuating unit via an ID transmitter takes place, which can be triggered by the user at a defined distance from the handle device.
• the locking device is integrated in a keyless security system, in particular in an access and / or driving authorization control system, which is in data communication with the mobile ID transmitter.
• a conscious action of the user in particular on the ID transmitter and / or on the grip device, can be used to carry out an identification check between the ID transmitter and the security system.
• the locking unit can be brought from its locking position in a release position.
• the locking unit is coupled to the handle part such that by a manual activation of the actuating unit, the locking unit moves the handle part.
• the handle part between a rest position and an operating position is movable, in particular in the rest position, the handle is almost flush with the outside of the door and projecting in the operating position from the outside of the door, wherein in the operating position, the handle manually for opening the door and / or for activating the closing device, in particular for opening the lock of the closing device can be actuated.
• the wind noise is greatly reduced by the almost flush arrangement of the handle portion to the outside of the door.
• the entire gripping device almost sunk in the door and thus not visible, so that contamination on the handle part are almost prevented.
• a projecting from the prior art handle also in certain borderline injury hazards that are almost impossible with a nearly flush on the outside of the door handle.
• the locking unit provides a crash barrier for any accelerations which may occur on the grip part, which occur, for example, in the event of a side impact.
• the locking unit acts as a drive that can be connected to both the actuator and the handle.
• a corresponding activation of the actuating unit By means of a corresponding activation of the actuating unit, a corresponding activation of the blocking unit takes place, which can shift between the locking position and the release position, wherein at the same time the blocking unit moves the grip part from the rest position into the operating position.
• the locking unit always assumes its locking position, wherein the locking unit is brought only for the movement of the handle portion of the rest position to the operating position in the release position. It can also be provided that the handle part can be brought into a first and a second operating position, the handle part in its second operating position projecting further out of the outside of the door than in its first operating position. After the actuating unit has been activated and the handle part has been moved into the first operating position by the locking unit, the user can operate the handle part, in particular exert a corresponding tensile force on the handle part to move the handle part from its first operating position to the second operating position, in particular to pivot the handle part about an axis of rotation.
• the locking device operatively connected to the handle is activated, whereby the lock of the locking device is opened and thus the user can open the door.
• the handle part with a force transmission element with the locking device, in particular with the castle in operative connection.
• the power transmission element may be, for example, a Bowden cable or a rod which activates or opens the lock of the locking device by the transfer of the handle portion of the first operating position into the second operating position accordingly.
• a measure improving the invention may provide that the blocking unit has a blocking element, wherein in the locking position of the blocking unit the blocking element occupies a first position and engages in the grip element and in the release position the blocking element is in a second position and is detached from the grip part.
• the locking unit has a blocking element which occupies the locking element in a first position in the locking position of the locking unit and engages in the handle part, wherein during the displacement of the locking unit in its release position, the locking element moves to a second position, wherein the Locking element acts on the handle part such that the handle moves from its rest position to the operating position.
• the blocking element has a first and a second end, wherein the first end cooperates with the handle part and the second end is arranged on the actuating unit.
• the locking unit may be formed with a safety contour which ensures that the locking element can be moved reliably between its first and its second position, in particular ensures that the locking element reliably returns from its second position back into the first position engaging in the grip part, when the handle moves from its operating position back to its rest position.
• the movement of the handle part from the operating position to the rest position can be done, for example, deliberately by a corresponding action of the user, for example in the user activates the actuator again. It is also conceivable that after the user has entered the vehicle, this action is detected by a certain sensor, which triggers a movement of the handle portion in the rest position. It is conceivable that over the operation of the ID transmitter, a return movement of the handle part in the rest position can be triggered. Alternative triggering mechanisms for returning the grip part to the rest position are likewise conceivable, in particular, the movement of the grip part into the inoperative position being triggered via the ignition contact of the vehicle.
• a handle holder fixedly arranged inside the door can be provided and a handle shell can be arranged on the opening of the door, which is fastened to the handle holder.
• the handle holder is inside the door.
• the handle holder may have at least one bearing point for the locking unit and / or have a bearing point for the handle part. It is also conceivable that the handle shell and / or the handle holder have a storage for the handle part and / or for the locking unit.
• a particular advantage of the invention may be that the handle holder and the handle part are designed as standard components that can be used in various, differently designed Griffvorraumsmodelle.
• the handle shell and the handle part can be first assembled as a component in a first assembly step.
• the handle part is rotatably / pivotally mounted on the handle shell, in particular movable about an axis of rotation of the handle shell during its movement between the rest position and the operating position.
• This consisting of handle shell and handle module module is then inserted into the opening of the door.
• the handle shell is adapted according to the opening of the door in its geometric configuration. The handle shell thus covers the door opening when inserted on the door.
• the handle shell is designed with a corresponding receptacle within which the grip part is reliably received.
• the attachment of this module unit is effected in that the handle shell with the handle holder is positively, positively and / or materially secured.
• the grip shell is screwed to the grip holder.
• a drive may be provided which, via a pivoting and / or rotational movement of the actuating unit, translates the blocking element. moved.
• the actuator can z. B. conceal a lock cylinder, which is in operative connection with the locking device, in particular with the lock of the locking device.
• the blocking element may extend longitudinally in the vehicle direction, in particular be designed rod-like, in particular have a defined, curved course. It is conceivable that the blocking element is formed with a geometrically shaped portion which contacts the handle during the transfer from the rest position to the operating position.
• the locking member may have a curved course along its extension, wherein the shaped portion serves to contact during the transfer from the rest position to the operating position of the handle portion accordingly and thus push the handle portion out of the door, while the blocking element from its first Position moved to its second position.
• the actuating unit is rotatably mounted on the handle holder.
• the actuating unit has such a low mass that remains in its locking position due to the action of acting on the actuator accelerations, the locking unit.
• the mass of the actuator unit is designed so that even at high accelerations that can act on the handle and the actuator unit, the construction of the actuator and the locking unit ensures that the locking unit does not become detached from its locking position.
• the actuating unit and / or the handle part may be spring-loaded.
• a spring element act on the handle part. If the blocking element is moved from its first position, in which the grip part is arrestingly held in the grip shell, into the second position, in which the blocking element releases the grip part, the spring element pushes the grip part out of its rest position into the operating position.
• the spring element acts on the grip part in such a way that in the operating positions the spring element exerts a force on the grip part in order to move the grip part back into its rest position.
• the spring element can be attached to the handle holder.
• the handle part can remain in its first operating position according to a possible embodiment of the invention, since the blocking element presses with its corresponding portion against the handle part and prevents the handle part moves back to its rest position via the acting spring element on the handle part. If a pivoting of the handle portion from its first operating position to the second operating position, the contact of the portion of the locking element with the handle part, so that the locking element moves back from its second position to its first position linearly dissolves. If the user now lets go of the handle part of the second operating position, the spring element acts on the handle part, that the handle part is moved back into its rest position. Arrived in the rest position snaps or locks the locking unit with its locking element in a corresponding latching opening of the handle part, whereby the locking unit reaches its locking position.
• the object is achieved by the method for operating a gripping device for a locking device of a motor vehicle with a handle portion which is movably mounted on a door of the motor vehicle, a locking unit for preventing accidental opening of the door due to the action of acting on the handle portion accelerations, which act in particular in an accident on the vehicle, wherein the locking unit between a locking position and a release position is displaceable, in the release position, a movement of the handle part is possible and in the Arret istslage a movement of the handle part is blocked, that an actuating unit is provided with the blocking unit is operatively connected in such a way that, via an activation of the actuating unit, the blocking unit is brought out of the locking position into the release position.
• the handle part is simultaneously moved by activation of the actuating unit. It is also conceivable that the grip part between a rest position and an operating position is movable, wherein in particular in the rest position, the grip part is substantially flush with the outside of the door and protrudes projecting manner in the operating position from the outside of the door.
• the closing device is activated by a manual movement of the grip part from a first operating position to a second operating position, in particular the lock of the locking device is opened.
• the locking device is integrated in a keyless functioning security system, in particular in an access and / or driving authorization control system, which is in data communication with a mobile ID transmitter, whereby in the case of a conscious action of the user, in particular on the ID Encoder or on the gripping device, an identification check is performed between the ID transmitter and the security system.
• the handle moves from the rest position to the operating position with a positive identification, wherein in particular at the same time the locking device is activated, in particular the locking device is brought from a locking state to an unlocked state.
• the identification test can be started by activating the operating unit.
• the lock of the locking device can be opened from a first operating position to a second operating position.
• FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a handle device according to the invention for a
• FIG. 2 shows the grip device according to FIG. 1, wherein a blocking unit is provided, which is located in the locking position, FIG.
• FIG. 3 shows the grip device according to FIG. 1, the locking unit being in a release position
• FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a handle holder of Figure 1
• Figure 5 is another illustration of a handle holder of Figure 1
• 6a is a purely schematic representation of a portion of the handle portion and the locking unit, which is in its Arret istslage
• FIG. 6b shows the blocking unit according to FIG. 6a, wherein the blocking unit is in the release position
• Fig. 7 shows a possible embodiment of the grip device with a handle part, which is in the rest position and
• Fig. 8 the handle part according to Figure 7, which is in an operating position.
• FIG. 1 shows a possible embodiment of a handle device for a locking device 7 of a vehicle.
• the closing device 7 is shown purely schematically in FIG.
• the locking device 7 is part of a keyless security system, in particular an access and / or driving authorization control system of a motor vehicle.
• the security system may, for example, be in data communication with an ID transmitter 3, wherein an identification check between the ID transmitter 3 and the security system can be carried out in the case of a conscious action of the user, in particular on the ID transmitter 3 or on the grip device.
• the locking device 7 can be brought from a locking state 20 into an unlocking state 21 (see also FIGS. 2, 3, 6a and 6b).
• an unlocking state 21 for example, an opening of the door of the motor vehicle is possible, as will be discussed below.
• the handle device has a handle part 10 which is movably mounted to a door 5 of the vehicle.
• the handle part 10 is rotatably mounted about its axis 14.
• the bearing pin 15 forms the axis of rotation.
• the gripping part 10 can be moved between a rest position 11, which is shown by way of example in FIG. 7, and an operating position 12, 13, which is shown in FIG. In the rest position 11, the handle portion 10 is flush with the outside 6 of the door 5. In the operating position 12, 13, the handle part 0 protrudes from the outside 6 of the door 5 projecting.
• a handle holder 70 is provided, which is fixed to the inside of the door 5 and is also shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5.
• the handle device has a handle shell 30, which is arranged on the opening 8 of the door 5, wherein the handle shell 30 is fixed to the handle holder 70.
• the handle part 10 In the rest position 11 of the handle part 10, the handle part 10 is in a receptacle 33 of the handle shell 30.
• the receptacle 33 thus takes up completely the handle part 10 in its rest position 11.
• the handle part 10 has an extension 16 extending in the direction of the handle holder 70, through which the axis of rotation 14 extends.
• the extension 16 extends through a first opening 34 of the handle shell 30.
• the handle shell 30 further comprises two spaced-apart webs 35, which are interconnected by the bearing pin 15, which forms the axis of rotation 14 for the handle portion 10.
• the handle shell 30 has a second opening 36, within this opening 36, a lock cylinder 9 is received.
• the lock cylinder 9 is fixed to the handle mount 10 via a fastening element 22.
• a third opening 37 is further provided on the handle shell 30, which is provided for an actuating unit 50.
• the actuating unit 50 has an actuating element 51, which is arranged rotatably on a bearing point 72 of the handle holder 70.
• the actuating element 51 has a rotation axis 52.
• the axis of rotation 52 is formed by the pins 53.
• the actuating element 51 is loaded by a spring element 54. This is also shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.
• the actuating unit 50 further has a diaphragm 55, which is adapted to the contour of the receiving opening 33 of the handle shell 30.
• the handle part 10 has a directed to the outside 6 of the vehicle door 5 aperture 17 which is disposed adjacent to the aperture 55. Also, this panel 17 completely covers the handle part 10 and the receiving opening 33 of the handle shell 30 when the handle part 10 is in its rest position 11.
• the actuating unit 50 is in operative connection with a blocking unit 40.
• the locking unit 40 which prevents unintentional opening of the door 5 as a result of the action of accelerations acting on the handle part 10, can be displaced between a locking position 1, which is shown in FIG. 6a, and a release position 2, which is illustrated in FIG. 6b become.
• the locking unit 40 always assumes its locking position 1. Only via a deliberate activation of the actuating unit 50 by the user, the locking unit 40 from the locking position 1 in the release position 2 can be brought, which is shown in Figures 2 and 3.
• the blocking unit 40 in this case has a blocking element 43, which is shown in FIGS. 1 to 5.
• the locking element 43 extends longitudinally in the vehicle direction R and is designed rod-like.
• the blocking element 43 has a defined curve-like course.
• the blocking element 43 may be made of a metal or of a plastic, in particular a fiber-reinforced plastic.
• the blocking element 43 has a first 43.1 and a second end 43.2, wherein the first end 43.1 cooperates with the grip part 10, which is shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6a and FIG. 6b.
• the second end 43. 2 of the blocking element 43 is arranged on the actuating unit 50, which is shown in FIGS. 2 to 4.
• the pivotable about the axis 52 actuator 51 has a slot 56 in that the second end 43.2 of the locking element 43 engages.
• the handle member 10 is in its rest position 11 and the actuator 50 with its aperture 55 in its initial position, both apertures 7, 55 are arranged flush with the outside 6 of the door 5.
• the grip part 10 can be moved from its secured rest position 11 into an extended operating position 12, 13.
• the movement of the grip part 10 into its respective position 11, 12, 13 can take place via a drive 60, which is shown schematically in FIG.
• the locking unit 40 which acts as a crash barrier, at the same time the drive 60 for a corresponding movement of the handle member 10 in its respective position 12.
• the blocking element 43 is formed with a geometrically shaped portion 44 which contacts the handle portion 10 during the transfer from the first position 4 to the second position 42 with the portion 44 and thus according to FIG. 6a the grip portion 10 clockwise about the axis 14 in the direction of operating position 12, 3 presses.
• the portion 44 is also shown in Figure 8, which presses the handle portion 10 of the door 5.
• the extension 16 of the handle portion 10 has a groove 16a, wherein the first end 43.1 of the locking element 43 projects into a latching opening 47, which is shown in Figure 6a. If the described translational movement of the blocking element 43 in the direction of operating position 12, 13 presses the shaped portion 44 against an edge region of the handle portion 10 which is moved by the movement of the locking element 43 in a clockwise direction about the axis 14 and reaches the first operating position 12 according to Figure 6b ,
• a spring element 46 which is shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, acts on the extension 16 in order to move the grip part 10 back into its rest position 11.
• the grip part 10 is held in the first operating position 12 due to the position of the blocking element 43.
• the handle portion 10 can be brought from its first operating position 12 in a second operating position 13, wherein the handle portion 10 protrudes further in its second operating position 13 from the outside 6 of the door 5, as in its first operating position 12.
• the locking device 7 can be activated according to Figure 1, whereby the lock of the closed position 7 is opened and thus the user can open the door 5 of the vehicle.
• the blocking element 43 remains with its first end 43.1 in the groove 16a of the extension 16 (see FIG. 6a and FIG. 6b). This ensures that when a return of the handle portion 10 from one of the operating positions 12, 13 in the rest position 11, the locking unit 40 reliably reaches its locking position 1, that means that the locking element 43 with its first end 43.1 reliable in the locking opening 47 in the Return movement of the handle part 10 in its rest position 11 moves into it.
• an exposure of the lock cylinder 9 is simultaneously effected, which can be actuated by a key according to FIG.
• An actuation of the lock cylinder 9 can also be used to lock and unlock the closing device 7 or to open the lock of the closing device 7.
• a cavity 18 is executed, within this cavity 18, an electronic unit can be located.
• the panel 17 has an additional cover 17a, which is designed to be light-transparent. Behind the cover 17a is a light element. The cover 17 serves as a light transparent window.
• the groove 16a of the extension 16 and the detent opening 47 forms a safety contour 45, whereby a reliable return movement and transfer of the locking element 43 is ensured in its first position 41 and in the transfer of the locking unit 40 in the locking position 1.
• the extension 16 of the grip part 10 is designed with a fastening opening 23.
• a force transmission element here a Bowden cable be attached.
• the Bowden cable is connected to the locking device 7 of Figure 1 connected, which can be effected by a corresponding movement of the handle portion 10 of the first operating position 12 in the second operating position 13, an opening operation of the lock of the locking device 7.
• the Bowden cable is guided within the guide 24 of the Griffieils 10.
• the grip holder 70 is designed with a bearing 71, along which the blocking element 43 is guided. According to Figure 4, this bearing 71 is shown in an enlarged view. As a result, a reliable linear guide of the locking element 43 is achieved within the handle device.
• the grip shell 30 has a bearing 31, as a result of which the grip part 10 is pivotably mounted about the axis 14.
• the blocking element 43 instead of a linear movement alternatively and / or additionally performs a rotational or pivotal movement to move from the first 41 to the second position 42 and vice versa.

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