Patent ID: 7158044

Claim:
Handle on doors, hoods, especially for vehicles, with a stationary handle part ( 10 , 20 ), which can be mounted in a recess in the outer skin of the door ( 40 ); with a gripping element ( 30 ), which acts as a movable handle part and is supported ( 31 ) on the stationary handle part ( 10 , 20 ); with an electrode ( 26 ) of an electrical field-generating capacitor, located in the area of the stationary handle part; and with an electronic circuit for generating and monitoring this electrical field; where the electronic circuit responds to the approach of a human hand to the gripping element ( 30 ) and, if the response is positive, initiates defined functions in the motor vehicle wherein the electrode ( 26 ) of the capacitor is integrated into a supplemental housing ( 16 ); and the supplemental housing ( 16 ) is selectively locatable by the connecting means ( 18 ) on the surface of the stationary handle part ( 10 ).