Patent ID: 8919047

Claim:
A door assembly comprising: a structure including an exterior panel surface; and a handle assembly coupled to the structure and including a grab bar having an outboard surface; wherein the handle assembly is linearly moveable relative to the exterior panel surface of the structure between a retracted position and an extended position; wherein the grab bar is positioned with the outboard surface of the grab bar approximately flush with the exterior panel surface of the structure when the handle assembly is disposed in the retracted position, and wherein the grab bar is laterally spaced outboard of the exterior panel surface of the structure when the handle assembly is disposed in the extended position; and wherein the handle assembly includes: a motor having an output rotatable about a rotation axis; and a yoke mechanism interconnecting the output of the motor and the grab bar and configured for translating rotational movement of the output into the linear movement of the grab bar to move the grab bar between the extended position and the retracted position.