Patent ID: 9022436
Filing Date: 2015-05-05
Classification: B60N,E05B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An actuator arrangement for an electronically actuatable door latch that controls a door of a vehicle, the actuator arrangement comprising: the door; the electronically actuatable door latch mounted to the door; an actuating member configured for direct engagement with a hand of a user, the actuating member mounted directly on the door and disposed within a passenger compartment of the vehicle and operatively coupled to the electronically actuatable door latch, the actuating member configured to actuate the electronically actuatable door latch when the actuating member is pushed in an outboard direction; and a bracing member mounted to the door proximate the actuating member at a position inboard of the actuating member, such that the bracing member remains stationary with respect to the door and permits a user to brace against the bracing member when pushing the actuating member in the outboard direction, wherein the actuating member and the bracing member are configured to be mounted to a portion of the door facing an interior of the vehicle, and wherein the bracing member and the actuating member are arranged on the door in a manner that permits contemporaneous direct engagement by the hand of the user when the user actuates the electronically actuatable door latch.