Patent ID: 7331618

Claim:
An outside door handle, comprising: a handle for a door; and a switching component coupled to the handle and configured so that when there is an opening force that acts in an opening direction away from the door on the handle in order to open the handle, the switching component automatically responds and generates a switching signal, a response threshold of the switching component selected to be at such a low level that the switching component responds before the opening force overcomes a restoring force counteracting the opening force and prestressing the handle into an unactuated starting position; wherein the handle includes a base part on which the restoring force acts and an actuating part attached moveably thereto; wherein the switching component is integrated into the actuating part of the handle; wherein a first part of the switching component is connected to the actuating part of the handle and a second part of the switching component is connected to the base part of the handle; wherein the actuating part is arranged between the door and the base part and is configured such that the opening force which acts in the opening direction on the handle is transmitted from the actuating part to the base part; and wherein the switching component is arranged between the base part and the actuating part and configured such that the switching component responds when there is a relative movement between the base part and actuating part.