Patents Assigned to U-Shin Italia S.P.A.
  • Publication number: 20240060339
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a housing that sits flush against an outer panel of the vehicle, a rotatable flap housed within the housing, the flap extending along and configured to rotate about a rotation axis between a rest position and a door opening position, a mechanical actuation switch generating an electrical signal to be sent to a vehicle door controller to release the vehicle door. The door assembly includes a cam holder and a cam supported by the cam holder. The cam holder being connected to the flap such that the cam holder is rotatable about the rotation axis and that rotation of the flap causes rotation of the cam holder, rotation of the cam holder causing the cam to activate the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: U-SHIN ITALIA S.p.A.
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Anthony GUERIN, Frédéric CITRON, Alessio GAJONI
  • Patent number: 11879279
    Abstract: A handle for a motor vehicle door leaf includes a support, lever, gripping element, electric control unit, first detector, and second detector. The gripping element is fixed to the lever. The gripping element is coupled to the support and displaceable relative thereto from a rest position to a deployed position, and from the deployed position to an unblocking position. The first detector is configured to detect a presence of a user and send a first signal to the electric control unit in response. The second detector is configured to detect a displacement of the gripping member from the deployed position to the unblocking position and to send a second signal in response. The electric control unit is configured to control the unlocking of an electric latch in response to the reception of the second signal after reception of the first signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Savant, Antonino Cannavo
  • Patent number: 11866965
    Abstract: An electronic handle for a vehicle door including an electronic device, an activation lever, and a bracket. The electronic device electronically activates a latch of the vehicle door. The activation lever is configured to rotate around an activation lever axis between a rest position in which the activation lever is released, and a mechanical activation position in which the activation lever is actuated for mechanically activating the latch of the vehicle door in case of default of the electronic device. The bracket receives the activation lever. The activation lever comprises a driving element pivotally connected to the activation lever, and the bracket comprises a flexible blade with a stop element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Frattini, Anthony Guerin, Antonio Rocci, Thomas Devernois
  • Publication number: 20240003164
    Abstract: The invention relates to a handle arrangement comprising a handle, a deploying system of the handle pivotally coupled with the handle and comprising a toggle member pivoting about a primary axis A1 and comprising a central body with two opposite ends to which extend one arm respectively, each arm being connected to one extremity of the handle, and a counterweight pivoting about a secondary axis A2 parallel to the primary axis A1, and a declutching system cooperating with the deploying system and having a clutch position and a declutch position, wherein the declutching system cooperates with the central body of the deploying system, and wherein the declutching system, the counterweight and the toggle member pivot about respective axles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Christophe PERRIN, Thomas LANNO
  • Patent number: 11859415
    Abstract: A door handle assembly intended to be mounted on a door of a motor vehicle and its mounting/dismounting method includes a handle linked to a base via a an arm slidably mounted in a housing of the base and including a hook at one of its ends, an actuation device including a first lever engaging the hook, the actuation of the handle causing the sliding of the hook of the arm of the handle and the displacement of the first lever of the actuation device toward the outside of the base along a sliding axis and the actuation of the door opening mechanism to open the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Marco Savant, Anthony Guerin
  • Publication number: 20230417090
    Abstract: A handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a flush handle including a grip member and an actuator. The grip member is configured to cooperate with a latch mechanism to unlatch the door. The grip member is rotatable about a horizontal axis. The actuator is configured to move the grip member from a flush position to a deployed position. In the flush position, the grip member extends flush to an external panel of the door. In the deployed position, the grip member projects with respect to the external panel of the vehicle door. The grip member is manually movable about the horizontal axis from the flush position to a retracted position in which the grip member is retracted inside a recess of the vehicle door. The flush handle further includes a deployment device configured to permit the grip member to automatically move from the retracted position to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Antonio ROCCI
  • Publication number: 20230417089
    Abstract: A flush handle assembly for a vehicle door includes a flush handle including a grip member, an actuator, and an intermediate lever. The grip member is configured to cooperate with a latch mechanism to unlatch the vehicle door. The grip member is rotatable about a horizontal axis. The actuator is configured to move the grip member from a flush position in which the grip member extends flush to an external panel of the vehicle door, to a deployed position in which the grip member projects with respect to the external panel of the vehicle door. The intermediate lever connects the actuator to the grip member. The intermediate lever is rotatable about the horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: U-SHIN Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Sachin SHARMA, Guillaume DESPREAUX
  • Patent number: 11834872
    Abstract: A vehicle door opening assembly adopting three positions: a hidden position, a ready position, and a release position. Guiding means comprising a slider support a handling element and can be moved by elastic means from the hidden position into the ready position. The slider is movable in translation from the hidden/retracted position, in which the slider and the handling element are contained in a release mechanism sheath, to the ready/deployed position when the elastic means are released. The handling element is fixed to the slider so as to be rotatable between a position coaxial with the slider and an inclined position protruding laterally from the release mechanism sheath. Secondary elastic means cause the handling element to rotate in a visible inclined position when the slider reaches the ready/deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: U-Shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Anthony Guerin, Manu Sharma, Sachin Sharma
  • Publication number: 20230358079
    Abstract: A flap system for impairing with an undesired deployment of a handle of a handle arrangement of a motor vehicle includes: a body, an axle and a reversibly deformable member, the body being rotatable around the axle and including a flap and a driving member, the flap system tilting about the axle between a blocking configuration and a disengaged configuration. The reversibly deformable member maintains the flap system in the blocking configuration, the flap system moving to the disengaged position by actuation of the driving member triggering the deformation of the reversibly deformable member and the rotation of the body around the axle. When the flap system is mounted in the handle arrangement, the flap, in the disengaged position, is spaced apart from the handle to allow its deployment and, in the blocking configuration, faces the handle to prevent its deployment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventor: Thomas PEYNOT
  • Publication number: 20230332441
    Abstract: The invention relates to an handle arrangement comprising a handle, a latch lever for unlatching the door, a deploying system pivotally coupled with the handle, a blocking system comprising an inertial rotor configured to be driven in rotation by an inertial force from a rest position to a preventing position, wherein the blocking system further comprises a bridge moveable about a pivot axis between a disengaged position and an engaged position, wherein the bridge comprises an engagement arm that, in the disengaged position, is spaced apart from the latch lever and, in the engaged position, engages the latch lever to prevent the unlatching of the door, wherein the bridge further comprises an actuating arm configured to cooperate with the inertial rotor when the latter moves from the rest position to the preventing position, such cooperation moving the bridge from the disengaged position and the engaged position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Simone ILARDO, Alberto TROPINI, Gabriele D'AGOSTINO, Ivan PERKOVIC
  • Publication number: 20230332444
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes: a bracket and a movable handle configured for moving between a retracted position, in which the handle flushes with an outer side of a door panel skin, and a deployed position. The bracket is arranged directly on an inner side of a door panel skin, and the handle is arranged on the outer side of the door panel skin and is fastened to the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Guillaume DESPREAUX, Anthony GUERIN
  • Publication number: 20230313575
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a bracket and a handle, a first extremity of the handle being connected to a first extremity of a first lever, a second extremity of the handle being connected to a first extremity of a second lever, at least one of the first or second lever being connected to its respective first or second extremity of the handle by a pivot-slide connection, wherein the vehicle door handle assembly also comprises a dumper positioned into one of the first or second extremity of the handle in order to dampen the sliding of the extremity of the first or second lever in its pivot-slide connection with the handle when the first extremity of the handle moves from an opening position to a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventor: Guillaume DESPREAUX
  • Publication number: 20230304331
    Abstract: A declutching system for a handle arrangement of a motor vehicle includes: an axle whereon are arranged a housing and a declutching member. The declutching system presents a clutch position wherein the declutching member blocks the housing in rotation around the axle by cooperating with a cam of the housing, and a declutch position wherein the declutching member allows the housing to rotate around the axle. The declutching member includes a pivotable arranged lever and an elastic member, the lever provided with a head at its free end cooperating with the elastic member. In the clutch position, the head of the lever cooperates with the cam of the housing to prevent the housing from rotating about the axle and is maintained in position by the elastic member. In the declutch position, the head of the lever compresses the elastic member enabling rotationally displacement of the housing around the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Christophe PERRIN, Thomas LANNO
  • Publication number: 20230304334
    Abstract: The present invention refers to a vehicle door handle assembly (1), comprising a bracket and a deploying mechanism (5) configured to move a handle grip (3) between a flushing and a deployed position, said deploying mechanism (5) comprising at least one lever (7, 9), especially a front lever (7), a rear lever (9); a recess on the bracket, a contact surface (23) on the at least one lever (7, 9), and a blocking lever (15) placed between said recess and said contact surface (23), the blocking lever (15) being configured to move from a first position, when the handle grip (3) is flush, to a second position, when the handle grip (3) is deployed, in its second position, the blocking lever (15) is pressed against the recess on the bracket and against the contact surface (23), thereby blocking the rotation of the at least one lever (7,9), in its first position, the blocking lever (15) is tilted in a way that it is no longer pressed either by the recess or by the contact surface (23), allowing the at least one lever (7
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Guillaume DESPREAUX
  • Publication number: 20230304332
    Abstract: A declutching system for handle arrangement of a motor vehicle includes: an axle whereon are arranged a housing and a declutching member. The declutching system presents two positions: a clutch position wherein the declutching member blocks the housing in rotation around the axle by cooperating with at least one cam of the housing, and a declutch position wherein the declutching member allows the housing to rotate around the axle. The declutching member includes a body to which extends at least one reversible deformable leg. In the clutched position, the at least one reversible deformable leg cooperates with the at least one cam of the housing and blocks into rotation the housing around the axle. In the declutched position, the at least one reversible deformable leg is deformed in the direction of the body and thereof enabling the rotationally displacement of the housing around the axle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Christophe PERRIN, Thomas LANNO
  • Publication number: 20230265691
    Abstract: In a vehicle door handle assembly, a first lever rotates between a rest position where a first extremity is in a rest position, a deployed position where the first extremity is outside a bracket, and an opening position where the first lever actuates an opening lever. A second lever rotates between a rest position where a second extremity is in a rest position, an activation position where the second extremity lowers the second lever into the bracket, and a deployed position where the second extremity is outside the bracket. A return lever includes an elastic device biasing it to a first position. Rotation of the second lever to an activation position actuates rotation of the return lever from its first to a second position. Rotation of the return lever from its second to its first position actuates rotation of the second lever from its deployed position to its rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Anthony GUERIN, Frédéric CITRON
  • Publication number: 20230265692
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle door handle assembly (1) comprising a handle (2) comprising a first extremity (22) and a second extremity (23) opposed to the first extremity (22), the first extremity (22) being connected to a first lever (3) connected to an opening lever, said first lever (3) rotating between a rest position where the first extremity (22) is in a rest position, a deployed position where the first extremity (22) is in a deployed position outside the bracket (10) and an opening position where the first lever (3) actuates the opening lever, the second extremity (23) being connected to a second lever (4) rotating between a rest position where the second extremity (23) is a rest position, an activation position where the second extremity (23) is pushed into the bracket (10), and a deployed position where the second extremity (23) is in a deployed position outside the bracket (10), the vehicle door handle assembly (1) also comprising a return lever (5) connected to the second lever (4),
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Simone ILARDO, Anthony GUERIN, Frédéric CITRON
  • Publication number: 20230265693
    Abstract: A vehicle door handle assembly includes a handle grip that is movable between a flushing position in which it is flush with an exterior door panel surface and a ready position in which it is protruding and graspable by a user. The vehicle door handle assembly also includes a back-up mechanism that includes a flap covering at least partially a cavity arranged inside the handle grip, the flap being movable between a closed position in which it covers the cavity inside the handle grip and an open position in which it permits access to the inside of the cavity, hence allowing a user to insert his fingers or an object inside the cavity and to pull on the handle grip in order to move it from the flushing position to the ready position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Thomas PEYNOT, Anthony GUERIN
  • Patent number: 11725432
    Abstract: A handle mechanism includes a handle and control mechanism. The handle is movable between a rest position flush with the door and a working position projecting therefrom. The control mechanism includes a first lever, a second lever, a tie-rod having ends linked to the first lever and the second lever according to hinged linkages at least one of which has a first oblong aperture parallel to the tie-rod, a device for elastically biasing the handle towards the rest position, a cam, a rod linking the cam to the tie-rod and including a pin. The tie-rod further includes a second oblong aperture parallel to the first oblong aperture and through which the pin of the rod extends in order to make the handle slide from the working position to the rest position in a motor-driven way through an over-travel of the cam when the elastic biasing device are not sufficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: U-Shin Italia S.p.A., U-SHIN FRANCE
    Inventors: Anthony Guerin, Simone Ilardo, Alberto Tropini, Antonio Rocci
  • Publication number: 20230202274
    Abstract: A vehicle rear door handle includes: a handle frame having an elongated bowl; a handle lever which is pivotably received in the bowl and supported by the handle frame, the handle lever being movable in rotation around a handle lever axis between a rest position and an opening position; and a kinematic lever coupled to the handle lever and rotatively mobile around a kinematic lever axis between a rest position and an active position. The kinematic lever has an attachment section for a Bowden cable and is configured to interact via the Bowden cable with a latch mechanism to unlatch the door. The kinematic lever axis is disposed between a free end of the handle frame and the elongated bowl and the attachment section for the Bowden cable is protruding such that the Bowden cable can be fixed beside the elongated bowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: U-shin Italia S.p.A
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Alexandre PIERI, Sachin SHARMA