Vehicle door handle - Patent 0903454

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EP 0 903 454 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.09.1999 Bulletin 1999/36

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	24.03.1999 Bulletin 1999/12

(21)	Application number: 98117948.4

(22)	Date of filing: 22.09.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: E05B 5/00, E05B 17/22, E05B 65/19

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

23.09.1997 IT TO970835

(71)	Applicant: Valeo Sicurezza Abitacolo S.p.A.
	10026 Santena (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Dal Palu', Attilio 10098 Rivoli (IT)

(74)	Representative: Cerbaro, Elena et al
	STUDIO TORTA S.r.l., Via Viotti, 9 10121 Torino 10121 Torino (IT)

(54)	Vehicle door handle

(57) A handle (8) for a vehicle door (1), having a structure (9) which is fitted to the door (1) and supports at least one device (14) for manually controlling a respective electric lock of the door (1); the device (14) having a pushbutton switch (15), and a single rocker-arm body (24) in turn having a respective end portion (26) acting directly on the pushbutton switch (15), and a respective intermediate portion (28) hinged to the structure (9) to rotate, under pressure applied by the user, to and from a rest position in which the body (24) is maintained by an elastic spring (36) carried by the body (24) itself.

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