US 12,392,175 B2
Electric door handle for a vehicle door
Niklas Christopher Gröver, Munich (DE)
Assigned to HS Products Engineering GmbH, Maisach (DE)
Filed by HS Products Engineering GmbH, Maisach (DE)
Filed on May 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/749,182.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 205 153.7 (DE), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0403684 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. E05B 85/10 (2014.01); E05B 81/76 (2014.01)
CPC E05B 85/107 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric door handle for a vehicle door, the electric door handle comprising:
a main body for arrangement in the vehicle door;
a hand grip mounted on the main body and configured to be movable within a range of movement between a mechanically defined first end position and a mechanically defined second end position using a handle bearing;
an electric drive configured to move the hand grip between the first end position and the second end position; and
at least one sensor for use in determining the position of the hand grip between the first end position and the second end position,
wherein the electric drive comprises a transmission device for use in:
(i) positioning the hand grip in a gripping position of the hand grip at a first distance from the first end position and
(ii) positioning the hand grip in a travel position at a second distance from the first end position, and
wherein the transmission device is further configured to:
(i) position the hand grip in a target position located between the first end position and the second end position; and
(ii) hold the hand grip in the target position with a holding force applied by the electric drive;
(iii) wherein the electric drive generates a defined counterforce counter to an externally applied activation force for moving the hand grip out of the target position.