Patent ID: 11859419
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 12:
13. A method for controlling or operating a handle body of a vehicle, comprising the following steps:
providing an outer-side sensor at an outer-side surface of the handle body;
providing an inner-side sensor at an inner-side surface of the handle body;
generating an outer-side sensing signal when the outer-side surface of the handle body is touched;
providing a controller communicatively coupled to a handle driving device and the outer-side sensing signal;
generating a first control signal when the outer-side sensing signal is generated;
providing a vehicle door with an exterior surface;
providing the handle body in a retracted position wherein the outer-side surface is flush with the exterior surface,
driving the handle body via a handle driving device to a deployed position wherein the outer-side surface is parallel to the exterior surface, and activating the vehicle when the outer-side sensing signal is generated;
generating an inner-side sensing signal when the inner-side surface of the handle body is touched, the outer-side sensing signal and the inner-side sensing signal ceasing when the handle body is released; and
moving the handle body to the retracted position and locking the vehicle door when the outer-side sensing signal and the inner-side sensing signal cease.