Patents Assigned to U-Shin Italia S.P.A.
  • Publication number: 20200080351
    Abstract: A device for unlocking a door lock associated with a door handle mounted in order to slide in an aperture in the door between an inoperative position wherein the handle is flush with the door and an operative position wherein the handle projects from the door includes a cylinder supported by a holder directly or indirectly attached to the door. The cylinder is connected to an element for unlocking the lock via a part for moving the lock unlocking element, and the cylinder is mounted in the part in order to extend towards the handle at an angle to a direction normal to the door. In one form, the angle is sufficient to allow the cylinder to be introduced into the housing when the handle is in the operative position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Bruno Vilotta, Thomas Lanno, Emilien Desegher
  • Patent number: 10253530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle handle unlocking control device which includes: a motor vehicle door leaf handle, the handle including a member for receiving a command from outside the device, an output signal electronic processing unit of the member, and a mounting which is over-molded over at least a portion of the receiving member and separate from the unit, whereby the over-molded mounting does not cover any output signal electronic processing unit of the receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Savant, Vittorio Giaccone, Guillaume Lesueur
  • Patent number: 10246909
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door is provided. The handle includes a fixed part, a grip lever being moveable according to a grip axis between at least an active position in which the rotation of the grip lever activates the opening of the door, and a rest position in which the grip lever does not rotate, an electronic active position, in which the grip lever activates an electronic unlatching of the door. A blocking element is moveable between a blocking position in which the grip lever is inhibited from rotating from the electronic active position to the mechanical active position and an unblocking position in which the grip lever is free to be moved to the mechanical active position. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding vehicle that includes the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud Cousin, Anthony Guerin
  • Patent number: 10087661
    Abstract: A vehicle panel handle assembly including a handle lever that rotates around a first rotation axis between a resting position where the panel is closed and an opening position where the panel is open is disclosed. A latch lever cooperates with the handle lever for opening the panel when the handle lever rotates around the first rotation axis for reaching the opening position. The assembly also includes a counterweight for preventing the unwilling rotation of the handle lever, the counterweight rotating around a third rotation axis between rest position in which the latch lever is prevented from rotating due to the handle and counterweight mass balancing, and a unrest position wherein the latch lever is not prevented from rotating. An inertial mass takes a blocking position by cooperating with at least a part of the latch lever and a rest position by being taken away from the latch lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Simone Ilardo, Alberto Tropini
  • Patent number: 10077581
    Abstract: The vehicle latch activation system (106) comprises: a bracket (108); an activation element (110) intended to activate a latch (102) by moving with respect to the bracket (108) from an initial position to a final position, wherein a collision (136) on the bracket (108) along a collision direction may cause the activation element (110) to move from its initial position to its final position; and a blocking element (140) intended to move with respect to the bracket (108) as a result of the collision (136), from a disengaged position in which the blocking element (140) allows the activation element (110) to reach its final position, to an intercepting position in which the blocking element (140) is intended to block the activation element (110) at a first intermediate blocked position located between the initial position and the final position of the activation element (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Simone Ilardo, Vittorio Giaccone, Anthony Guerin
  • Publication number: 20180245380
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door is provided that includes an activation member configured to activate a latch of a vehicle door and a grip member that cooperates with the activation member to unlatch the door. The grip member is movable between a flush position where a gripping part extends flush to an external panel of the door, an active position where the gripping part is graspable by projecting from the panel and the grip member cooperates with the activation member, and an opening position where the grip member drives the activation member to activate the latch and unlatch the door. In one form, a driving mechanism and actuator lever drives the grip member between the flush and active position. When the grip member is pulled in an opening direction, the grip member drives the activation member which in turn activates the latch to unlatch the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Anthony GUERIN, Antonio ROCCI, Siavash OSTOVARI-FAR
  • Patent number: 10024086
    Abstract: The vehicle door handle comprises first and second levers (8, 10) mounted such that they can rotate on a common support (4), these levers being not coaxial and arranged in such a way that the first lever (8) operates the second lever (10) which operates a mechanical link that operates the lock (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Guillaume Lesueur
  • Publication number: 20180195320
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a handle for a vehicle door having an activation lever configured for rotating around an activation axis from a rest position to an activation position for activating a latch of the vehicle door, and a bracket intended to receive the activation lever. One of the activation lever and the bracket comprises a driving element, and the other comprises a stop element, the driving element cooperating with the stop element such that when the activation lever is actuated from the rest position to the activation position, the driving element passes from a first side of the stop element corresponding to an initial position, to a second side corresponding to a final position, when the activation lever comes back from the activation position to the rest position, the driving element and the stop element cooperates to make the activation lever come back in the initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud COUSIN, Anthony GUERIN
  • Publication number: 20180195319
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door is provided. The handle includes a fixed part, a grip lever being moveable according to a grip axis between at least an active position in which the rotation of the grip lever activates the opening of the door, and a rest position in which the grip lever does not rotate, an electronic active position, in which the grip lever activates an electronic unlatching of the door. A blocking element is moveable between a blocking position in which the grip lever is inhibited from rotating from the electronic active position to the mechanical active position and an unblocking position in which the grip lever is free to be moved to the mechanical active position. The present disclosure further relates to a corresponding vehicle that includes the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventors: Arnaud COUSIN, Anthony GUERIN
  • Publication number: 20180187456
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a safety device for a vehicle door handle. The device includes an activation element configured to activate a latch by rotating from a rest position to an activation position and includes at least one activation protuberance. The device also includes a blocking element having first and second blocking protuberances and being configured to rotate between a disengaged position in which the blocking element allows the activation element to rotate, and first and second blocking positions in which the first or second blocking protuberance interact with the activation protuberance so as to block the activation element in a first or second intermediate positions disposed between the rest and activation positions of the activation element in case of a crash. The present disclosure further relates to the corresponding vehicle door handle and vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Simone ILARDO
  • Patent number: 9856675
    Abstract: The present invention is related to a vehicle door handle, comprising an inertial system (17) mobile in rotation around a main rotation axis (A) and configured for activating and preventing the actuation of the door handle (1), the said inertial system (17) comprising a body (23) receiving the main rotation axis (A) and a mobile part (25) comprising an inertial mass (27), the mobile part (25) being mobile in rotation relative to the body (23) around a secondary axis (A,B) sensibly parallel to the main rotation axis (A), the inertial system (17) also comprising means for stopping the rotation of the mobile part (25) in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Simone Ilardo, Vittorio Giaccone
  • Patent number: 9810005
    Abstract: The vehicle door handle (2) is arranged in such a way that an inertial mass (18) in the handle passes irreversibly from a rest configuration in which it allows the door to be opened into a locking configuration which it prevents opening and passes from the locking configuration into an unlocked configuration, different from the rest configuration and from the locking configuration, the handle being arranged so that placement of the inertial mass (18) in the unlocking configuration has the effect of it once again being possible for the door to be opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A
    Inventors: Antonio Rocci, Guillaume Lesueur
  • Patent number: 9797170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an automobile door handle (10), comprising: an interior fitting (2), said interior fitting (2) comprising at least one metal or metallized element; an intermediate means (11) connecting said interior fitting (2) to a reference potential; an attachment means (13, 14) for retaining said interior fitting (2) on said door handle (10); said door handle (10) being characterized in that said intermediate means (11) and said attachment means (13, 14) are arranged such that the attachment of said interior fitting (2) by means of said attachment means (13, 14) involves connecting said interior fitting (2) to said reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A.
    Inventors: Fiorenzo Savant, Daniele Fornengo, Marco Savant, Antonio Rocci, Vittorio Giaccone, Anthony Guerin, Guillaume Lesueur
  • Publication number: 20170130493
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a handle for a vehicle door, comprising: an activation member configured to activate a latch of a vehicle door so as to unlatch the door, a grip member (3) configured to cooperate with the activation member so as to unlatch the door, wherein the grip member (3) comprises a gripping part (31), the grip member (3) being movable between; a flushing position in which the gripping part (31) extends flush to an external panel (10) of the door, an active position in which the gripping part (31) projects with respect to the external panel (10) and becomes graspable, and the grip member (3) cooperates with the activation member, and an opening position in which the grip member (3) drives the activation member to activate the latch and unlatch the door, and a driving mechanism and an actuator lever cooperating with the grip member (3) such that the grip member (3) may be driven between the flushing position and the active position, the handle being configured such that when the g
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A
    Inventors: Anthony Guerin, Siavash Ostovari-Far
  • Publication number: 20170030116
    Abstract: The vehicle latch activation system (106) comprises: a bracket (108); an activation element (110) intended to activate a latch (102) by moving with respect to the bracket (108) from an initial position to a final position, wherein a collision (136) on the bracket (108) along a collision direction may cause the activation element (110) to move from its initial position to its final position; and a blocking element (140) intended to move with respect to the bracket (108) as a result of the collision (136), from a disengaged position in which the blocking element (140) allows the activation element (110) to reach its final position, to an intercepting position in which the blocking element (140) is intended to block the activation element (110) at a first intermediate blocked position located between the initial position and the final position of the activation element (110).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A
    Inventors: Simone Ilardo, Vittorio Giaccone, Anthony Guerin
  • Publication number: 20170030117
    Abstract: The vehicle latch activation system comprises:—a bracket (110),—an activation element (116) intended to activate a latch (102) by rotating with respect to the bracket around an activation axis (118) from an initial position to a final position, wherein a collision on the bracket (110) along a collision direction (L-R) may cause the activation element (116) to rotate from its initial position to its final position,—a blocking element (122) intended, as a result of the collision, to rotate with respect to the bracket (110) around a blocking axis (124), from a disengaged position in which the blocking element (122) allows the activation element (116) to reach its final position, to a blocking position in which the blocking element (122) is intended to block the activation element (110) at a blocked position located between the initial position and the final position. The blocking axis (124) is essentially orthogonal to the activation axis (118).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: U-SHIN ITALIA S.P.A
    Inventors: Marco Savant, Anthony Guerin
  • Publication number: 20160369537
    Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door is disclosed. The handle includes an activation member for activating a latch of a vehicle door to unlatch the door and a grip member that cooperates with the activation member to unlatch the door. The grip member has a gripping part and is movable between a flushing position in which the gripping part extends flush to an external panel of the door, an active position in which the gripping part projects with respect to the external panel, becoming graspable, and an opening position in which the grip member drives the activation member to unlatch the door. The handle has a driving mechanism and an actuator lever cooperating with the grip member to drive the latter between the flushing and the active position. When the grip member is pulled in an opening direction, the grip member drives the activation member which unlatches the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.P.A
    Inventors: Antonio Rocci, Anthony Guerin
  • Publication number: 20150322699
    Abstract: A vehicle panel handle assembly including a handle lever that rotates around a first rotation axis between a resting position where the panel is closed and an opening position where the panel is open is disclosed. A latch lever cooperates with the handle lever for opening the panel when the handle lever rotates around the first rotation axis for reaching the opening position. The assembly also includes a counterweight for preventing the unwilling rotation of the handle lever, the counterweight rotating around a third rotation axis between rest position in which the latch lever is prevented from rotating due to the handle and counterweight mass balancing, and a unrest position wherein the latch lever is not prevented from rotating. An inertial mass takes a blocking position by cooperating with at least a part of the latch lever and a rest position by being taken away from the latch lever.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: U-Shin Italia S.P.A.
    Inventors: Simone Ilardo, Alberto Tropini