Patent ID: 9435146
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: E05B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A door handle module for a vehicle, comprising: a door handle, movably mounted in a support frame for the opening of a door or hatch by a user, the door handle having at least one rest position and one working position, a mechanical coupling unit, through which a movement of the door handle from the rest position to the working position can be transferred to a lock, a crash lock, which prevents movement of the door handle and/or coupling unit during action of an acceleration force, so that activation of the lock is avoided, a securing element, and an additional spring; wherein the crash lock activates the additional spring by cooperating with the securing element during the action of the acceleration force, in which case the additional spring exerts a spring force in the form of an additional force on moving door handle, in order to force the door handle into the at least one rest position, wherein the crash lock remains activated after a first activation, and the door handle can be fully activated, wherein (a) the securing element comprises a snap-in device and the crash lock comprises a mating snap-in device, and during the action of the acceleration force the snap-in device is structured to cooperate with the mating snap-in device for activation of the additional spring, or (b) the securing element is a switch spring, wherein one end of the switch spring cooperates in shape-mated fashion with the crash lock and the other end of the switch spring cooperates in shape-mated fashion with the support frame, in order to provide a first and a second stable position to the securing element.