US 12,354,813 B2
Actuation device for mounting on a vehicle part, vehicle and method for actuation for triggering a vehicle function
Gerd Buschmann, Velbert (DE); and Michael Theidel, Mülheim (DE)
Assigned to Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG, Velbert (DE)
Appl. No. 17/640,675
Filed by Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG, Velbert (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/073966
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/043663, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 123 841.2 (DE), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0328263 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01H 13/06 (2006.01); G05G 1/02 (2006.01); G05G 5/05 (2006.01); H01H 13/14 (2006.01); H01H 13/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01H 13/06 (2013.01) [G05G 1/02 (2013.01); G05G 5/05 (2013.01); H01H 13/14 (2013.01); H01H 13/20 (2013.01); G05G 2505/00 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An actuating device for mounting on a vehicle part comprising:
an electrical switching device with a switching element for triggering a vehicle function, and
a housing unit having at least a first and a second housing element which at least partially form a housing interior in which the switching element is arranged,
wherein a movement free space is formed between the first and second housing elements, whereby the second housing element is movable at least in regions between a rest position and an actuation position for actuating the switching element relative to the first housing element,
wherein the movement free space for moving the second housing element from the rest position to the actuation position comprises a gap between the first and the second housing element, which gap defines a maximum movement path of the second housing element relative to the first housing element, wherein the gap is sealed by a restoring device for moving the second housing element from the actuation position into the rest position,
wherein the movement free space is closed, at least in regions, by the restoring device, in order to prevent liquid from penetrating into the gap and to the switching element, and
wherein the housing unit has a fastening area which runs at least in sections at least around the housing interior or the movement free space and in which the second housing element is fastened to the first housing element at least in a form-fitting or material-locking manner, wherein the fastening area moves along with the second housing element relative to the first housing element.