Patents Assigned to MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
  • Publication number: 20240151079
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door includes a grip member movable between a flush position, an active position and an opening position; a first actuation mechanism including a first return element configured to drive the first actuation mechanism toward a rest position so as to bring the grip member toward the flush position; a second actuation mechanism including a second return element configured to drive the second actuation mechanism so as to bring the grip member toward the flush position. The handle is configured such that a third return element participates in bringing the grip member toward the flush position in case the first return element and second return element are insufficient to bring the grip member toward the flush position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Guillaume DESPREAUX
  • Publication number: 20240125155
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a bracket and a handle. The handle includes a first extremity and a second extremity. The first extremity is configured to move between a rest position, a deployed position outside the bracket, and an opening position to open a latch. The second extremity is configured to move between a rest position, an activation position, and a deployed position outside the bracket. The bracket includes a shock absorber provided in or attached to a rest portion of the bracket. The shock absorber is configured to cooperate with the handle when the second extremity is moved from the rest position to the activation position and when the first extremity and the second extremity are moved together from the deployed position to the rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Frédéric CITRON
  • Publication number: 20240093541
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco SAVANT, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA, Cannavò ANTONINO, Christophe PERRIN
  • Publication number: 20240084623
    Abstract: A car access assembly includes a handle configured to be attached on a car door and an electronic sensing unit. The electronic sensing unit includes a sensor configured to be attached on an extension portion of the handle and/or to a bracket configured to cooperate with the handle. The extension portion and/or the bracket is configured to be installed on or facing an internal side of a part of the car door extending according to a reference plane. The assembly also includes a fixing mechanism for the sensor so that a constraint applied to the handle is transmitted to the sensor for detection of a command via the extension portion and/or the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20240076913
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20240076912
    Abstract: A detection system for a handle of a car access assembly that includes a sensing module and a flexible printed circuit board. The sensing module includes at least one strain gauge having a sensing area and connection points in contact with the sensing area so as to permit the measurement of a signal at the connection points. The flexible printed circuit board has a first end with at least one connection area adapted to be connected to the connection points of the at least one strain gauge and a second end with a connection arrangement configured to be connected to an electronic control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Myriam AKANOU, Anthony GUERIN, Antonio LABALESTRA
  • Publication number: 20240018808
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a bracket and a handle, a first extremity of the handle being connected to a first end of a first lever, a second extremity of the handle being connected to a first end of a second lever, the second end of the second lever being connected to a second end of the first lever with at least one rod, the actuator includes an electric motor designed to count its number of steps, and a position sensor is positioned on either a fix element or a mobile element, a detection object being positioned on the other fix or mobile element facing the position sensor, the position sensor and the detection object being positioned in such a way that the position sensor detects the detection object when the handle is in its deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Guillaume DESPREAUX, Martin WINKER