US 11,866,965 B2
Electronic handle for a vehicle door
Massimo Frattini, Pianezza (IT); Anthony Guerin, Pianezza (IT); Antonio Rocci, Pianezza (IT); and Thomas Devernois, Pianezza (IT)
Assigned to U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A., Pianezza (IT)
Filed by U-Shin Italia S.p.A., Pianezza (IT)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/443,629.
Claims priority of application No. 20188181 (EP), filed on Jul. 28, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0034130 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 85/16 (2014.01); E05B 81/50 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/16 (2013.01) [E05B 81/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic handle for a vehicle door, comprising:
an electronic device for electronically activating a latch of the vehicle door;
an activation lever configured to rotate around an activation lever axis between a rest position in which the activation lever is released, and a mechanical activation position in which the activation lever is actuated for mechanically activating the latch of the vehicle door in case of default of the electronic device; and
a bracket configured to receive the activation lever,
wherein the activation lever comprises a driving element pivotally connected to the activation lever, and the bracket comprises a flexible blade with a stop element, the driving element cooperating with the stop element such that when the activation lever is actuated from the rest position to the mechanical activation position, the driving element passes from a first side of the stop element corresponding to the rest position to a second side of the stop element when the activation lever reaches the mechanical activation position, and
wherein the flexible blade is flexible in elastic deformation such that the driving element bends the flexible blade via the stop element when the activation lever moves from the mechanical activation position to the rest position.