Patent ID: 9353557
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: E05B,H03K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A door handle arrangement for vehicles, comprising: a body; an electrically insulating cover connected to the body and having an outer actuating surface for a user and a metal actuating electrode including a metal layer coupled to an inner side of the actuating surface, the actuating surface being elastically deformable by an actuation in the area of the actuating surface, a sensor electrode disposed at a distance from the actuating electrode and opposite the inner side of the actuating surface, wherein the sensor electrode is disposed within the body of the door handle arrangement and lies opposite the actuating electrode so that the distance between actuating electrode and sensor electrode is variable during deformation of the cover in the region of the actuating surface, at least one static spacer disposed between the actuating electrode and the sensor electrode and configured to maintain a spacing between the actuating electrode and a substrate supporting the sensor electrode; and a control and evaluation device in communication with the sensor electrode to detect a capacitance between the sensor electrode and the actuating electrode.