Patents Assigned to Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.
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Patent number: 7597368Abstract: The invention relates to a door handle which is intended, in particular, for a motor vehicle. The inventive handle comprises a lever (105) which can rotate around a first axis (107) in a frame (101) that is intended to be fixed to the door (102) and which is mechanically connected to a mobile fitting that can be intercepted by a locking element which is articulated to the frame (101) or a body which is solidly connected to the frame, such as to pivot around a third axis (117) from a rest position to an active position. In this way, if pivoted violently, the locking member (116) strikes the aforementioned mobile fitting and prevents same from moving. According to the invention, the handle also comprises a piece (200) for blocking the locking element in the active position thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2005Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.Inventors: Fiorenzo Savant, Raphaƫl De Bourayne
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Publication number: 20080036219Abstract: The invention relates to a door handle which is intended, in particular, for a motor vehicle. The inventive handle comprises a lever (105) which can rotate around a first axis (107) in a frame (101) that is intended to be fixed to the door (102) and which is mechanically connected to a mobile fitting that can be intercepted by a locking element which is articulated to the frame (101) or a body which is solidly connected to the frame, such as to pivot around a third axis (117) from a rest position to an active position. In this way, if pivoted violently, the locking member (116) strikes the aforementioned mobile fitting and prevents same from moving. According, to the invention, the handle also comprises a piece (200) for blocking the locking element in the active position thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2005Publication date: February 14, 2008Applicant: VALEO SICUREZZA ABITACOLO S.P.A.Inventors: Fiorenzo Savant, Raphael De Bourayne
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Patent number: 6588813Abstract: A handle for a vehicle door has a control lever hinged to a connecting structure for connection to the door, and a detecting assembly for detecting the presence of a user's hand about to open the door; the detecting assembly having a magnetic aerial, which is housed inside the lever to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user's hand nearing the handle, and is connected by a sliding connection to a circuit carried by the connecting structure and which supplies a presence signal to a control unit for releasing the respective lock upon reading an identification code carried by the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1999Date of Patent: July 8, 2003Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.AInventors: Massimo Marcarini, Fiorenzo Savant
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Patent number: 6527316Abstract: A vehicle door handle wherein a lever, operated manually by a user, has a core having a seat and an aerial housed inside the seat and for identifying the user; the seat being insulated from the outside by at least one continuous layer of thermoplastic material at least partly surrounding the core and separated from the aerial by at least one spacer body.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2000Date of Patent: March 4, 2003Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.Inventors: Astorre Agostini, Fiorenzo Savant
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Patent number: 6382688Abstract: A vehicle door handle having a supporting structure connected to a door of a vehicle; a movable grip hinged to the supporting structure; and an inertial-mass safety device for preventing movement of the grip in the event of lateral impact on the vehicle. The device has a slide movable between a forward position retaining the grip and positively engaging a seat formed on the grip, and a withdrawn rest position permitting free movement of the grip; and an inertial mass separate from the slide and movable, in the event of lateral impact, to move the slide into the forward position.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2000Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.Inventor: Astorre Agostini
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Patent number: 6367295Abstract: A handle for controlling a lock of a vehicle door has a connecting structure for connection to the door; a control lever hinged to the connecting structure and gripped by a user; and a control device for setting only the one lock to a safety-off mode; the handle having a respective electric aerial, which is carried by the lever, detects an identification code carried by the user, and is connected to the control device to supply the control device with an enabling signal as the user approaches the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 1999Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Assignee: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.Inventors: Astorre Agostini, Fiorenzo Savant