Patent ID: 11952809
Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. An actuating device for a lock of a vehicle, which is arranged, or can be arranged, on a vehicle, wherein the actuating device has an actuating component, which is to be grasped manually and which can be brought from a stowed position into a standby position,
wherein the stowed position is a position in which the actuating component is stowed and is not able to be grasped by a user, and wherein the standby position is a position in which the actuating component can be grasped by a user,
wherein the actuating component is operatively connected, or can be operatively connected, to at least the lock of the vehicle in such a way that the lock can be opened by manually actuating the actuating component when in the standby position;
wherein the actuating component comprises a flexible force-transmission element in the form of a flexible tube or a cable or band portion, wherein, in the stowed position, the flexible tube or cable or band portion is stowed and not able to be grasped by a user, wherein, in the standby position, the flexible tube or cable or band portion is exposed and forms a flexible loop that is able to be directly grasped by a user.