US 12,352,082 B2
Handle assembly with a pop-in cover for a vehicle
Se-Hoon Jung, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/982,835.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0045659 (KR), filed on Apr. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0332443 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. E05B 85/10 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/103 (2013.01) 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handle assembly for a vehicle, the handle assembly comprising:
an external panel forming an appearance surface of an opening and closing unit installed in the vehicle, wherein the opening and closing unit is configured to be openable and closable, and the external panel includes an operation groove;
a handle installed on the external panel and configured to close a first part of the operation groove;
a cover rotatably installed on the external panel, and configured to close a second part of the operation groove so as to fully close the operation groove when the cover rotates to close the second part of the operation groove and a first end of the cover contacts the handle; and
a cover closing member configured to rotate the cover to close the second part of the operation groove,
wherein when the cover closes the second part of the operation groove, the cover is flush with the external panel and the handle without protruding beyond the external panel and the handle,
wherein a holder is formed in a portion of the external panel that extends toward an inside of the opening and closing unit and is configured to hold a second end of the cover when the cover closes the second part of the operation groove such that the cover is flush with the external panel and the handle without protruding beyond the external panel and the handle,
wherein the holder is concave toward the inside of the opening and closing unit and the second end of the cover is convex toward the inside of the opening and closing unit such that the holder is configured to accommodate and hold the second end of the cover when the cover closes the second part of the operation groove, and
wherein the holder has a curvature that matches a curvature of the second end of the cover.