US 12,326,018 B2
Device for unlocking a vehicle door
Gerhard Reder, Moensheim (DE); and Stefan Schmitz, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, (DE)
Filed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/232,407.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 121 042.1 (DE), filed on Aug. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0060337 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. E05B 79/20 (2014.01); E05B 81/04 (2014.01); E05B 81/42 (2014.01); E05B 81/90 (2014.01); E05B 85/12 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 79/20 (2013.01) [E05B 81/04 (2013.01); E05B 81/42 (2013.01); E05B 81/90 (2013.01); E05B 85/12 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for unlocking a door of a vehicle, said device comprising:
a Bowden cable;
a strap including an actuating portion and a flexibly unwindable band portion, which is connected to the Bowden cable, and wherein the Bowden cable and the strap are arranged on a base plate of the vehicle, wherein the actuating portion and the band portion are integrated to form the strap as a monolithic strap, wherein the actuating portion includes a loop at a free end of the strap that is configured to be grasped by a user; and
a loop lever including a loop lever portion, wherein the band portion is wound about a perimeter of the loop lever portion such that the band portion abuts the perimeter of the loop lever portion, wherein the strap and the Bowden cable are both connected to the loop lever in such a way that the Bowden cable moves when the loop lever is rotated by the strap when the strap is grasped and pulled by a user.