US 12,227,972 B2
Angle-detecting door handle assembly
Joris Aerts, San Francisco, CA (US); Klaus Hofmockel, El Granada, CA (US); and Brian Svec, Castro Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Tesla, Inc., Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Tesla, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/303,676.
Application 17/303,676 is a division of application No. 15/081,271, filed on Mar. 25, 2016, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2021/0293060 A1, Sep. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 81/76 (2014.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); E05B 81/54 (2014.01); E05B 81/64 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/76 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); E05B 81/54 (2013.01); E05B 81/64 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An angle-detecting door handle assembly comprising:
a carrier including a projection;
a handle member;
a four-bar link pivotally connected to the handle member and configured to move the handle member between at least a retracted position and a presented position relative to a door surface, the four-bar link comprising a shaft configured to attach the four-bar link to the carrier;
a motor configured to actuate the four-bar link;
a rotary sensor assembly configured to detect an angle of the four-bar link throughout actuation and generate a signal corresponding to the detected angle, the rotary sensor assembly comprising:
a housing connected to the carrier, the housing including one or more oversized fastener openings to allow attachment of the housing to the carrier that accommodates adjustment between the housing and the carrier;
a magnet connected to the shaft; and
a non-contact rotary sensor located at least partially in the housing in a location near the magnet such that the non-contact rotary sensor can detect rotation of the magnet; and
a controller configured to control the motor based on the signal from the rotary sensor assembly;
wherein the housing comprises a slot, and the slot is configured to interface with the projection to allow the housing to be adjustable in a single dimension relative to the carrier to change a gap between the magnet and the non-contact rotary sensor disposed in the housing.