US 12,203,299 B2
Door handle assembly for vehicle and method for controlling the same
Dukhyun Kim, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Booseob Kim, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Donghwan Lee, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Changsu Lee, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Hakrae Cho, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Donghyeok Kang, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Myungjoo Seo, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Boguk Seo, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Doyoon Song, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Jinhee Yu, Gyeongsan-si (KR); Jaewoong Hwang, Gyeongsan-si (KR); and Cheolmin Hwang, Gyeongsan-si (KR)
Assigned to SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed by SL Corporation, Daegu (KR)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/090,244.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0191560 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2021; and application No. 10-2022-0082199 (KR), filed on Jul. 5, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0203857 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 85/10 (2014.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); E05B 81/06 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/107 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); E05B 81/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle assembly for a vehicle, comprising:
a door handle;
a handle housing configured to provide an accommodation space for the door handle;
a drive lever rotatably coupled to the handle housing and rotatably coupled to the door handle;
an actuator configured to transmit a driving force to the drive lever to deploy the door handle from the handle housing;
a support rod configured to move horizontally with respect to the drive lever and support an end of the door handle; and
a link configured to move the support rod while rotating with respect to the handle housing by the rotation of the drive lever,
wherein the door handle is deployed from the handle housing as the drive lever is rotated with respect to the handle housing by the driving force of the actuator, and the door handle is rotated with respect to the drive lever.