MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.

A door handle assembly for a vehicle includes a grip member body and a sensor module. The sensor module includes a casing in which at least one sensor is housed and a wire harness connecting the at least one sensor to an external connector. The casing of the sensor module is an elongated shape along a longitudinal direction. The grip member body includes a recess for receiving the casing of the sensor module. The recess is provided on a first side of the grip member body. The recess communicates with an opening provided on a second side of the grip member body opposite to the first side. The opening is configured to allow the wire harness passing through the opening from one side of the grip member body to another. The opening is further configured to allow inserting the casing of the sensor module and to prevent inserting the connector.

A tolerance-compensation unit for a fastening assembly includes: a base element having a central portion and a through opening provided in the central portion, the central portion having a spherical shaped first surface and an opposite, spherical shaped second surface; a first bushing having a spherical-shaped first surface and an opposite, planar second surface; and a second bushing having a first spherical-shaped surface and an opposite, planar second surface. The first and second bushings are configured to be connected together through the opening of the base element so that the central portion of the base element is sandwiched between the first and second bushings, while allowing the central portion of the base element to slide between the first and second bushings.

A switch assembly includes: a housing including a wall and an elastic member attached thereto; and a paddle pivotably mounted on the housing and including a lever. The wall includes fixation members aligned along a virtual pivot axis. A back part of a main extension of the paddle is provided with corresponding fixation members for cooperating with the fixation members of the wall to pivotally attach the paddle to the housing. The paddle is rotatable around the pivot axis from a rest position where the lever does not contact a microswitch, to an active position, when a pressure is exerted on an external surface of the paddle, wherein the lever contacts and activate the microswitch, and wherein the elastic member is compressed transversally to an extension of the wall by an internal surface of the paddle so that when the pressure is reduced, the paddle returns to the rest position.

An electronic sensing unit for a handle attached on a car door includes a sensor and a fixing mechanism. The sensor is attached on an external side of a part of the car door extending according to a reference plane. The fixing mechanism includes a first element and a second element configured to cooperate together. The first element is configured to cooperate with the part of the car door and the sensor. The second element is configured to cooperate with the handle so that a constraint applied to the handle is transmitted to the sensor for detection of a command.

A door handle includes a first part and a second part configured to be assembled together in an assembled state. The first part includes a mounting side mounted on a side of the second part, a first hook and a prefixation book both protruding from the mounting side. The first hook is, in a pre-assembled state of the first and second parts, configured to engage a corresponding member on the side of the second part. The prefixation hook is, in the pre-assembled state of the first and second parts, configured to engage a clipping member protruding the side of the second part, so that in the pre-assembled state of the first and second parts, the corresponding member and the clipping member maintain the mounting side of the first part in contact with the side of the second part, and prevent the first part from falling apart from the second part.

An inertial system for a flap handle of a vehicle door includes a latch lever, a security lever, and a handle lever, all rotatively mounted on a handle support having a main extension extending in or along a plane. An axis of rotation of the handle lever is in the plane. An axis of rotation of the latch lever is transversal to the plane. An axis of rotation of the security lever is transversal to the axis of rotation of the handle lever and the axis of rotation of the latch lever. The handle lever includes an actuating member for actuating the latch lever when the handle lever is actuated by a user. The latch lever can be actuated from a latched position to an unlatched position. The security lever includes a security lever member for blocking the latch lever in the latched position when the security lever is activated.

A device for identifying a position of a grip member of a vehicle handle includes a cam rotatably movable inside the device around an axis fixed relative to the grip member. The cam is rotatably secured to a lever, which is rotatably movable around the axis, so that an angular position of the cam around the axis is directly related to an angular position of the lever around the axis. The angular position of the lever is also mechanically related to the position of the grip member. The device includes at least one switch secured to the handle and complementary to a member of the cam, so that the at least one switch is configured to be in electrical contact with the member of the cam when the angular position of the cam is equal to one or more predetermined angular positions around the axis.

A door handle assembly includes: a grip member; an actuation system configured to move the grip member between a flush position, in which the grip member remains flush with an outer surface of a door of a vehicle, and a deployed position, in which the grip member projects from the outer surface, the actuation system comprising a linkage connecting the grip member to a bracket fixed to the door, and an actuator assembly for actuating the linkage to move the grip member; a removable cover part disposed within a handle opening of the door and secured to the bracket by a detachable snap-in connection; and a connector connecting a first wire harness and a second wire harness. The first wire harness is connected to the grip member. The connector is removably attached to an internal side of the removable cover part.

A device for positioning of a first workpiece at a predetermined distance from a second workpiece in a mechanical assembly is mounted on the second workpiece into a through hole thereof, including a first and second parts, the first part being tubular and having a hollow portion formed around an axis of the device, and the second part including a tubular subpart to be inserted, at least partially, inside the hollow portion of the first part.

A method for controlling a lock mechanism of a motor vehicle door, includes: acquiring, by a processing unit of the motor vehicle, pixel data from an event-based sensor embedded in the vehicle; processing, by the processing unit, the pixel data to identify a hand of a user in the pixel data; detecting, by the processing unit, a hand gesture of the hand identified in the pixel data; and controlling the lock mechanism, by the processing unit, as a function of the detected hand gesture.