US 12,000,180 B2
Vehicle door handle with multiple switching units
Marc-Tell Lammich, Erdweg (DE); Dietmar Krauss, Erdweg (DE); Valerio Vona, Erdweg (DE); and Rajni Chauhan, Erdweg (DE)
Assigned to Minebea AccessSolutions Deutschland GmbH, Erdweg (DE)
Filed by Minebea AccessSolutions Deutschland GmbH, Erdweg (DE)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/178,568.
Claims priority of application No. 20158614 (EP), filed on Feb. 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0262254 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. E05B 81/76 (2014.01); H01H 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC E05B 81/76 (2013.01) [H01H 9/54 (2013.01); E05Y 2400/854 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle door handle, comprising:
a first pair of switches comprising a first on-off switching unit and a second on-off switching unit, wherein,
the switching units of the first pair of switches are arranged adjacent to one another on the door handle,
the first on-off switching unit is connectable to a first input of a control unit to control switching between a high level and a low level at the first input,
the second on-off switching unit is connectable to a second input of the control unit to control switching between a high level and a low level at the second input, and
an inverting unit to invert a functionality of the second on-off switching unit such that a second branch comprising the second on-off switching unit and being connectable to the second input of the control unit, behaves in the opposite way than a first branch which includes the first on-off switching unit and is connectable to the first input of the control unit.