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

Claim 16:
17. 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 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 actuating the actuating component;
wherein the actuating device includes a releasable latch device configured to releasably latch the actuating component in the stowed position;
wherein the housing has first and second housing parts that are relatively movable for adjusting a distance between the first and second housing parts in order to release the releasable latch device.