US 11,951,936 B2
Door handle for a vehicle door
Tobias Konrad, Böblingen (DE); and Martin Lindmayer, Sulz (DE)
Assigned to MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/636,412
Filed by MERCEDES-BENZ GROUP AG, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 29, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071437
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/032431, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 005 902.6 (DE), filed on Aug. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281410 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC B60R 25/01 (2013.01) [B60Q 1/2669 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); E05B 81/56 (2013.01); E05B 85/107 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle, the door handle comprising:
a carrier plate;
a handle cavity;
an extendable handle part; and
at least one lighting device arranged in or on the carrier plate or on the handle part, wherein the at least one lighting device includes at least one lighting element or at least one light guide element,
wherein the handle part is adjustable between a retracted non-use position, a partially extended intermediate position, and an extended use position,
wherein the at least one lighting element or the at least one light guide element, when the handle part is in the partially extended intermediate position, at least partially illuminates a gap between the extendible handle part and the handle cavity, and
wherein, when the extendible handle part is in the extended use position, illuminates at least parts of the extendible handle part, the handle cavity, or an area surrounding the extendible handle part.