Device For Actuating An Electric Or Mechanical Closing Device On A Door And/Or Lid Of A Vehicle
First Claim
1. Arrangement for actuating an electrical or electromechanical closing device (10) on a door (12) and/or a hatch of a vehicle, with a handle (20), which is used to open and/or to close a lock (30) provided on the door (12) and/or hatch, where the handle (20) is supported in a bracket (10), which is attached to the door (12) or hatch, with at least one sensor, which, upon approach or contact, switches the lock (30) between an unlocked position and a locked position, where, in the unlocked position, the actuation of the handle (20) is functionally effective for the lock (30) but is not functionally effective in the locked position, wherein in addition to a main sensor (40), a two-part auxiliary sensor (50), consisting of a permanent magnet (52) and a Hall element (51), is located in the contact area (28);
- wherein one part of the auxiliary sensor (50), namely, the Hall element (51) or the permanent magnet (52), is mounted on the movable handle (20), whereas the other part, namely, the permanent magnet (52) or the Hall element (51), is seated on the stationary bracket (11);
wherein although the main and auxiliary sensors (40, 50) transmit separate signals upon a vertical and/or horizontal movement (23) of the handle (20) with respect to the bracket (10), the two signals are evaluated (42) jointly; and
wherein a successful evaluation (42) of the two signals switches the lock (30) to its locked position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for actuating an electric or electromechanical closing device (10) on a door (12) and/or a lid of a vehicle, said device comprising a sensor that reacts to an approach or contact. The aim of the invention is to provide a device that can clearly differentiate between the triggering of the sensor by a real human hand or by an erroneous object. To achieve this, a two-part auxiliary sensor (50), which consists of a permanent magnet (52) and a Hall element (51), is positioned in addition to the primary sensor (40) in the contact area of a handle (20). One part of the auxiliary sensor (50), e.g. the Hall clement (51), is situated on the displaceable handle (20) and the other part, namely the permanent magnet (52), on the fixed carrier (11). During a displacement (23) of the Hall clement (51) in relation to the permanent magnet (52), a signal is generated both in the auxiliary sensor (50) and the primary sensor (40), said signals being evaluated in common. Upon completion of the evaluation, an output signal is emitted, transferring the lock (30) into the locking position in which an actuation (23) of the handle (20) is ineffective.
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1. Arrangement for actuating an electrical or electromechanical closing device (10) on a door (12) and/or a hatch of a vehicle,
with a handle (20), which is used to open and/or to close a lock (30) provided on the door (12) and/or hatch, where the handle (20) is supported in a bracket (10), which is attached to the door (12) or hatch, with at least one sensor, which, upon approach or contact, switches the lock (30) between an unlocked position and a locked position, where, in the unlocked position, the actuation of the handle (20) is functionally effective for the lock (30) but is not functionally effective in the locked position, wherein in addition to a main sensor (40), a two-part auxiliary sensor (50), consisting of a permanent magnet (52) and a Hall element (51), is located in the contact area (28); - wherein
one part of the auxiliary sensor (50), namely, the Hall element (51) or the permanent magnet (52), is mounted on the movable handle (20), whereas the other part, namely, the permanent magnet (52) or the Hall element (51), is seated on the stationary bracket (11);
whereinalthough the main and auxiliary sensors (40, 50) transmit separate signals upon a vertical and/or horizontal movement (23) of the handle (20) with respect to the bracket (10), the two signals are evaluated (42) jointly; and
whereina successful evaluation (42) of the two signals switches the lock (30) to its locked position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- wherein
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