Patent ID: 6588813
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A handle (1) for a vehicle door (3), comprising a connecting structure (4) for connection to a supporting body; a movable control member (5) carried by said connecting structure (4) and activated, in use, by the hand of a user; and detecting means (6) for detecting the presence of said hand proximate to said movable control member (5), and for supplying a presence signal to an electronic control unit further executing interrogation of a data storage medium carried by the user; wherein said detecting means (6) comprise magnetic sensing means (12) associated with at least one of said connecting structure (4) and said movable control member (5) to detect the variation in a magnetic field caused by the user gripping the movable control member (5),wherein said sensing means (12) detects the variation in said magnetic field caused merely by a presence of the hand of the user proximate said movable control member (5), and wherein said sensing means includes a wire aerial at least partially disposed within said control lever.