US 12,291,900 B2
Door handle apparatus
Wataru Sato, Miyagi (JP); Yuzuru Kawana, Miyagi (JP); Kazuhito Oshita, Miyagi (JP); and Masaru Komatsu, Miyagi (JP)
Assigned to ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,362.
Application 18/056,362 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2021/019839, filed on May 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-108618 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0079515 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 81/76 (2014.01); E05B 85/10 (2014.01); E05B 79/06 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 81/76 (2013.01) [E05B 85/10 (2013.01); E05B 79/06 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A door handle apparatus to be attached to a door of a vehicle, the door handle apparatus comprising:
a case including an outer case so as to face a vehicle exterior side and an inner case provided so as to face a vehicle interior side, the outer case and the inner case being integrated with each other, said inner case including first and second fixing portions configured to attach the inner case to the door, a holding portion located between the first and second fixing portions, and a thin portion between the first fixing portion and the holding portion that is thinner than surrounding portions;
a strain body provided on the inner case and having a sensor mounted on a middle portion between one end portion and an opposite end portion of the strain body, the one end portion of the strain body being fixed to a portion of the inner case that is closer to the holding portion of the inner case in a longitudinal direction relative to the thin portion; and
an elastic mechanism configured to fix the opposed end portion of the strain body to another portion of the inner case, and allowing movement of the opposed end portion in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction, said elastic mechanism being configured to use an elastic force to press the opposite end portion of the strain body against a fixing portion at an end of the inner case.