Door handle apparatus for vehicle

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9108591
APP PUB NO 20080061933A1
SERIAL NO

11898342

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A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a door handle adapted to be provided at a vehicle exterior of a vehicle door and operated in order to open/close the vehicle door, a sensing electrode provided inside of an upper-outer surface of the door handle, a sensor for detecting a user approaching the sensing electrode on the basis of a variation of an electric capacitance generated by the sensing electrode, controlling device for controlling the vehicle door so as to be locked/unlocked on the basis of information detected by the sensor and water-removing device provided on the upper-outer surface of the door handle in order to remove water retained in the vicinity of the sensing electrode.

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  • AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ieda, Kiyokazu Kariya, JP 53 1139
Inaba, Hisashi Kariya, JP 29 437
Mushiake, Eiji Chita-gun, JP 29 688

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